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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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
Shiner you may want to look up your information on the baby Dmax! It's a 2.8L not a 4.0! That would be why it won't be in their 1500 trucks. They are getting a 4.5 diesel in the 1500 2017 or 2018.
I never said the baby Duramax was a 4.0L. I said that a full size 1500 deserves a 4.0L+ with around 290hp and 480 lb-ft, and that the little diesels should be left for the midsizers like the baby Duramax is in GMs midsize twins since a midsize will get better fuel efficiency than a full size any day.
These little diesels with less than 280hp in full size trucks just don't have the towing performance the other towing 1500 engines do which is why it is not rated the high towing numbers of those engines. Take a look at the baby Duramax, it out tows its gas counterparts and is comparable in unloaded performance. Same goes with 2500/3500 diesels where they easily out tow their gas counterparts and have similar unloaded performance. With the Ecodiesel, it does not tow more than its gasoline counterpart nor is its unloaded performance anywhere near them. Yeah, it will pull 6k lb trailers(which most base model V6s do these days and even midsizers), but it does not command the weight like the other 1500 tow engines. I think it is because it is too small and does not have enough power for a full size 1500. Like I said before, a 4.0L with at least 290 hp and 480 lb-ft would be a better fit for a 1500 while these baby diesels with less than 250 hp that are probably better suited to go in the midsize trucks.
