New to me 2019 Ram RCSB.

[Daktoram]

New to me 2019 Ram reg cab short box. Hemi 8 speed, only option is 3:92 posi. Bought it with only 3650km's on the Odometer. Almost a shame to.daily drive it now. Now im putting up my 2016 Midnight Express RCSB that has 194,000kms for sale.

 

[Mike Townsend]

That is a good find. Someone just sat and looked at it for 7 years apparently

 

[CalifPhil]

That is just like my 2019 RCSB. Beautiful score!

 

[Daktoram]

Bought it from an older gentleman that used to build his own hotrods. Always wanted a hotrod truck, and its just easier to buy em new and clean em

 

[GeauxinUp]

Is your 16 rwd or 4x4?

 

[mikeru]

That is just like my 2019 RCSB. Beautiful score!

Except that his has a Hemi and yours has, well...

Just bustin' yer ballz. I'm only kidding...mostly.

 

[Daktoram]

Is your 16 rwd or 4x4?

2wd

 

[Daktoram]

Is your 16 rwd or 4x4?

2wd

 

[olyelr]

Wow, beautiful truck man! Great find !

 

[Islander39er]

Nice truck!

 

[Wild one]

2wd

Do some research on the driveshaft.They don't much like being drove at high speeds,as the RCSB 2wd's with the 8 speed have a tendancy to throw driveshafts,especially the 3.92 geared trucks.It can get very expensive if it does chuck the driveshaft out from under itself,as quite often it breaks the transmission,and there's even been a few RCSB 8 speed trucks catch fire and burn to the ground if the shaft goes through the fuel tank,or hot transmission fluid hits the exhaust and catches fire.

Critical driveshaft rpm is right around 5400 rpm,so when you get to about 5,000 rpm in 6th gear,you might want to start backing off the skinny pedal.
6th gear is the direct gear,so what the tach is reading in 6th is the same rpm the driveshaft is seeing

The 8 speed 2 wheel drive Regular Cab Shortbox trucks,have a very poorly designed driveshaft,they use an unsupported slip yoke in the driveshaft,and at higher driveshaft rpms,the driveshaft basically starts to turn into a skipping rope.
Nice little toy though
Your picture of the bottom side of the truck actually shows the unsupported slip joint,it's under the rubber bellows that are about 1/2 down the driveshaft

 

[Daktoram]

I'm familiar with it, my 2016 is the same

 

[Wild one]

I'm familiar with it, my 2016 is the same

Finding 2 rear wheel drive regular cab shortboxes in Canada isn't exactly easy,lol. When i bought my little shortbox,i had the dealer do a Canada wide search for an R/T and there wasn't 1 available on any Canuck dealers lot,so i ended up buying a shortbox 4X4 instead,and now i'm glad,as i would of blown a $h!tpile of driveshafts out from under it,as the truck has seen 155 mph,and many trips in excess of 140 mph,gotta love Alberta and Saskatchewan back roads