Top speed of 3.6 Pentastar powered RAM Classic?

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chri5k

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Kinetic energy is a *****. At 70 MPH a 5,000 Lb vehicle has 800,000 Ft/Lb's of energy. At 110 MPH it has 2,000,000 Ft/Lb's. Think about where all that energy will go if something goes wrong at 110MPH.

When I was at Ft Bragg in the early 2000's a young soldier was coming to the Reilly Road gate doing in excess of 70 MPH. He hit a Honda Civic stooped at the light before the gate. The vehicle went airborne and landed on a civilian leaving the base on his motorcycle. The mother and daughter in the Honda were killed instantly as well. The only thing left of the Honda was the floor pan and wheels. It looked like a bomb had exploded in the Honda. At first I thought it was a suicide bomber until I saw the other vehicles. Parts were scattered all over the four lane intersection, in the trees and some even hit the gate house.
 
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Articlonestar

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I have a 2015 3.6 with the 3:21 gearing. I too had this very question. I got up to 114 and it stopped, with another gear left to use. Felt very smooth and super comfortable at that speed!
 

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I have a 2015 3.6 with the 3:21 gearing. I too had this very question. I got up to 114 and it stopped, with another gear left to use. Felt very smooth and super comfortable at that speed!

Factory shut off is 106/107'ish mph,you're speedo is out,or you have huge tires on the truck,if you seen 114 via GPS.They're all factory governed at 106/107 because of tires,a tune will really open up the top end speed though
 

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My 13 RC with 3:55 got up to about 118 and was still going in west Texas, but I let off. That was fast enough. My 17 has been up to 110 on the speedo for a very short stretch. QC and 3:21 so it took longer to get there. I obviously don't know what the computer is doing.
 
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