2021 Ram 3500 H.O.

It really isn’t about favourite brand truck for me. I realize that had Ram not stuck the 5.9 Cummins under its hood back in 89 we might not have seen the Duramax. Had we not seen the Duramax or the Cummins in Ram and Chevy who knows what Ford would be trying to pass off as a diesel in their pickup. So I really appreciate what competition amongst the three has done. I am not impressed with Cummins in the big truck arena where the newer Cummins engines are referred to as boat anchors.... that might prevent me from placing the 6.7 Cummins on a pedestal like many Ram guys do. I am kind of placing the Powerstroke on a pedestal, not because it’s Ford, but because I believe the 6.7 Powerstroke has almost done for the pickups what the 5.9 Cummins did in the 90s and the Duramax did in the 2000s. It was first to introduce the compacted iron block, Ford was bold enough to incorporate reverse flow heads, they are first to have steel pistons. I believe the Powerstroke has raised the bar as far as cooling is concerned. Until I looked into it in the last few days I didn’t realize how large the radiator and charge air radiator were on the Ford. There is a huge difference in the physical size of cooling system components between the Ram and Ford. (Unless Ram has very recently upgraded?). The heat soaking is not going to be an issue when the intercooler has its own radiator.... and the secondary radiator is significantly larger than the air to air on the Ram. The Ford primary radiator has double the surface area as the Ram rad. With steel pistons Ford might even be allowing hotter egts than they did in the past. The 2020 Ford might not defuel as much as you think on a hot day,