This is my first time posting on a forum. Did I do this correctly? I had a 98 Ram 3.6 six banger gas. It could barely make it up grades at 65 mph. It got 16mpg and was loud, the steering loose at 200k and I finally had enough. I bought the 2015 3.0 liter diesel Ram 1500. The high torque keeps the speed up on hills. The mpg gauge after 500 miles is reading 29mpg average combined! Before I drove around the city, the highway mpg was 32. My range is over 700 miles on a tank. Yes, my accelerator foot is light as a feather and I don't go over 63mph usually. I have floored it once after being warmed to help break it in. I will do that once every couple hundred miles. I used Power Service fuel additive which increases the Cetane rating. I found DEF at Walmart for half the cost. I am wondering if there is any other way to be thrifty on that stuff. I have heard parts are hard to get so I am already buying my Rotella synthetic T6 5-40 although Ram says to use 5-30 but in Texas summers, I want the higher number. Buying the oil 3 gallons at a time saves bucks too. I got the oil filter for 16 bucks instead of the Mopar at over $40. I use GasBuddy.com to find the lowest diesel price., $1.45 in north Arlington, 20 cents cheaper than the south side of town. I keep my tires at 44 lbs, maxed. I bought a Spectre air filter because it is supposedly as good as the K&N and just 30 bucks through Amazon.com . I have thought about drilling holes in the plastic housing. I saw some "smart guys" on another forum blast some guy for doing that, but why does an open one have better flow than a closed on? DUH!!! I ordered a Smitty tri fold tonneau cover. FYI, 6061 aluminum is much stronger than 6063 which Tonno uses. This should help highway mpg as well.
I noticed something about a tuner. I have no idea what that does. Can someone help me with some information? Any other ideas for this great vehicle? My last new vehicle was a 2007 BMW X3. This truck is much better! If you are thinking about buying this truck, I strongly recommend it!
Yeah your doin it right! Welcome man!! You can always do a "quick reply too" so you dont need a title and stuff. But your good man.
For your truck, its a pretty good engine from what i hear. It is a diesel, and they do have kinks, so i wouldnt start modding anything in the engine just yet. No intakes, tunners, ext. I personally wouldnt tune it, the ED is a light duty diesel and is supposed to pull a nice amount and have enough power to move you around and what not, pull what you throw at it. That being said, try to squeeze more power out of it, will cause damage, not a matter of if, its a matter of when. And if you really needed that much power for pulling stuff, should have got a Cummins.
As far as your intake, Spectre has good DIY hoses and clamps, and adapter tubes, or a peedinker 90's honda rice rocket. I would not put that system in my expensive ass ED. They also dont have carb numbers where in california means you fail smog, not sure where you live. Also there is a guy on youtube that does mopar modifications, and he made his own intake. By replacing the filter and box, will not do anything for the ED, because i guess it has 2 air choke points. I dont know if this has any truth to it or not. Oiled filter allow small dust particles into your engine. Im running a K&N drop in, so if i find out they are actually bad, and its not some "know it all" talking out his ass ill replace it. If you really want an intake, check if mopar has one. It will cost an arm and a leg, but wont void your warrenty.
Also i wouldnt add a tonneau cover for just fuel econ, you will never offset the cost with fuel saving. If your getting it for storage perfect.
to 6.7cummins, I would say the 6.4 and the 6.7 are worse than the 6.0. Once you drop 7-10k into the 6.0 it is as good as 7.3 where as the other two will always break... Follow powerstrokehelp.com on youtube
6.4 is prolly the worse of them all.
like silversurfer said in some areas not many places want or are capable of doing headgaskets on an f350.
