2003 Ram V10 or 2004 Chevy 8.1
Howdy guys, I'm looking to replace my current truck (Chevy 454)with another gasser. This truck will serve as my daily driver (short trips) as well as for towing the fiver. I have found two 1-tons...
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rvrev2 wrote:Me Again wrote:
For 3-4k a good builder can make the Dodge tranny bullet proof when and if the time comes. Is it a 47RE or 48RE tranny in the Dodge? Chris
The advertisement I was looking at didn't list which tranny it had, and I have not been able to test drive it as it is 200 miles from me. The Chevy is a little bit farther away from me. This is one of the reasons why I wanted all of your input.
I'm sure it's the 47RE transmission as that was the transmission in my 2003 Ram 3500 V10. I owned it for 4 trouble free years. I really liked the truck but as you can fiqure the mpg wasn't the greatest. The best I ever got was 12 and that was non-pulling. It's a four speed and the Chevy will be a five speed. My brother had the 8.1L Chevy during the time I owned mine and we followed each other alot pulling our 5th wheels. I must confess that his truck seemed to have more power but he did have the 4.10 gears and I only had the 3.73 gears. I really think if Dodge had a 5 speed it would have performed better. Just seemed I was missing a gear.
