2500 Chevy Duramax vs 2500 Ram Cummins on the Ike Gauntlet
Good to see some Ike Gauntlet pulls again and no surprise the Ram performed better than the Chevy in braking performance and fuel economy. Link
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Cummins12V98 wrote:
I don't think anyone is "DISSING" having more gears behind the higher revving V8's. I for one who should know if the RAM needs more gears towing 35k West Coast does NOT feel the need for more gears.
When RAM had the 4 speed auto and 5 speed stick they sure did need more gears but they both really needed to have more evenly spaced gears. The 6 speed stick and auto evened out the spacing nicely and work well behind the inline CUMMINS..
The 6 speed "stick", aka the G56 absolutely needed at least one more gear. Especially in anything with deeper gears than the 3.42s, for top end rpms vs speed. And the 3.42s could have used another cog down lower to shrink up the gear splits.
