2017 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel HD
With Ford expected to add a diesel and ten-speed to their aluminum-bodied F-150s for 2017, Ram engineers are working hard — likely focusing on many different bottlenecks, rather than a single technolo...
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wilber1 wrote:GordonThree wrote:
Is this all because the little diesel weighs a lot more than the 5.7, or are other heavier components involved too? If it's so heavy, how is the fuel economy improved, seems like magic math gets involved.
You could ask the same question of just about any diesel and yet it is so.
The 9-speed was developed for front wheel drive vehicles only. Not saying they couldn't add a gear or two to the current 8-speed, which was developed for rear/all wheel drive vehicles.
