Finally! RAM gets a competitive transmission behind the Big C!
Welp, it’s finally happenin. The 8 speed Powerline slush boxes are rolling off the assembly line and gettin stocked up to go in the ‘25 model Ram diesels!!!
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Where is 12V saying he dont need a steekin 8 sp tranny!
Marty
Haha figured his ears would start burnin and he’d show up. Same with Fish to say how bad Dodge is because the plastic dash in his 20 year old abused sun baked farm truck didn’t hold up, so Ram sucks….hahaha.
But mostly it was an actual post of a long awaited addition to Rams and consideration to not be they sucker that buys the last of the schitty transmissions just to see the new one come out in 6 months!
LOL... That old red Dodge is still running. Gave it to an employee.... I'm sure the dash lost a few more pounds since that last posting if you want to still call it a dash... LOL
If it broadens the 1-8 gears a bit, and makes the gear shifts closer together like the Ford/GM 8 and 10 speeds did. It will be a great addition for that brand.
The 6 SPD is really no different geared than the Allison 3000 and 2400?!?iirc. 3.54 first to a .65 DOD. If the extra two gears gets them into the 4.10-4.5 first get ratio, that will net them way more take off power than is already available to them. Then not slowing down as much in the next lower gear in the 5-8 range.
4.89 1st gear.
0.64 8th gear.
bout perfect for a diesel.
The 10 speeds are nice and even nicer in a gasser imo because there’s so much more rpm range to play with.
But 8-9 fwd speeds is imo about perfect and of diminishing returns from there on.
Take the newer GM and Ford 10speeds. Both the different HD ones and the same 1/2 ton ones.
9th or 10th gear, one or the other, is a waste. There’s only 150–200rpms difference.
