RAM_Designs
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- Joined
- Feb 8, 2015
- Posts
- 717
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- Location
- Rockwall, TX
- Ram Year
- 2016
- Engine
- 6.4L Hemi
IMO it’s stupid to have more than one gas engine option for the HD trucks.
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I’m not fan of 10 or anything more than 6 speed tranny, it’s just government policy run amuck and costing us a fortune to fix the damn thing with it breaks which far in excess of any potential gas mileage saving, as for 7.4 gasser? Why not 9”4, 11.4. Where does it end? Honestly it’s much more than a gasser truck needs, btw, diesels were may favorite until the gubmint added all the stupid sulfur replacement things and turbos aren’t as good as they use to be and don’t last nearly as long as a motor. This stupid so called environmental saving crap put on diesel have all but destroyed them. Don’t get me started on the ridiculous prices we are now having to pay for a gubmint spcertified diesel in America.....
I just wish quality was more important than having a so called bigger motor, we all know with properly engineered, a 5. Anything can be a beast.
I'm not a fan of a transmission in a car or pickup that has more tn six gears. I want someone to explain why the 2012 2500 5.7 with a six sped and 410 rear axle got better gas mileage than a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a V-6 with a 10 speed and 3.92 rear axle. Or explain why that same 2012 got better gas mileage than a 2017 1500 5.7 with a 10 speed and a 392 limited slip axle. Of course I already know the answers and none of them make since other than the idiots in Detroit have never understood gearing.
And you are 100% correct a 5.0 liter or better can indeed be a beast. The overall best pickup I ever owned was a Ford F-150 with a 5.0L engine, AOD, and a 411 axle. 15-17 mpg regardless of what I was towing over mountains or on flat land. Took me 300,000 miles of hard use to eat the crankshaft in that beast. Slapped another engine in it and it's still going. I've kept it out of respect for all the service it gave me.
Well I certainly hope it does better than the existing 6.2L gas engine. I had a 2015 F250 SD with the 6.2, it was an absolute dog. The torque management was horrible. It had a terrible dead pedal problem, step on the accelerator hard and it would fall over like it had to think for two seconds about what to do. Almost got me in an accident several times. On top of that it rode like holy hell, finally my wife told me to get rid of it after less than a year, and get another Ram- and my wife never tells me to spend $50K LOL !