nlambert182
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- Joined
- Dec 28, 2022
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- Location
- Huntsville, AL
- Ram Year
- 2018
- Engine
- 6.7 Cummins
The EcoDiesel and Hemi engines weigh pretty much the same, don't they? I haven't owned one so I have no basis for that other than what I've read/heard.
If that were true and the gear ratios/trim packages were equal I'd say the ED would win in my book. If I were going back to a 1500 I would probably consider the ED over the Hemi. I loved the sound that the Hemi makes made but it really didn't impress me much otherwise. I'm a torque guy though. Never really cared that much about HP and I have never liked to rev an engine to 4k+ rpms if I can do the same job at say 1,500.
For mpg, my 6.7 gets better than my Hemi and my wife's Armada. It gets pretty close on the highway to my son's Acura TL gets in town (but he has a heavy foot). The Armada only eeks out 17.5 mpg in the best of circumstances. I haven't fallen below 19 mpg in town yet. I've hit 23 mpg empty on the interstate. This is a heavy truck.
If that were true and the gear ratios/trim packages were equal I'd say the ED would win in my book. If I were going back to a 1500 I would probably consider the ED over the Hemi. I loved the sound that the Hemi makes made but it really didn't impress me much otherwise. I'm a torque guy though. Never really cared that much about HP and I have never liked to rev an engine to 4k+ rpms if I can do the same job at say 1,500.
For mpg, my 6.7 gets better than my Hemi and my wife's Armada. It gets pretty close on the highway to my son's Acura TL gets in town (but he has a heavy foot). The Armada only eeks out 17.5 mpg in the best of circumstances. I haven't fallen below 19 mpg in town yet. I've hit 23 mpg empty on the interstate. This is a heavy truck.
