jabres
Jun 18, 2017Explorer II
6.4 Dodge???
I know this has probably been posted a hundred times, but I am looking for some reviews/ real life experiences with the 6.4 Dodge motor. I currently have a 2007 GMC 2500 6.0 gas in my landscaping/c...
spoon059 wrote:jabres wrote:
I know this has probably been posted a hundred times, but I am looking for some reviews/ real life experiences with the 6.4 Dodge motor.
I currently have a 2007 GMC 2500 6.0 gas in my landscaping/camping hauling fleet. I am looking to add another truck this time around, but thinking about trying out a Dodge 3500 with 6.4.
OP, my good friend and camping buddy had a 2015 Ram 2500 with the 6.4. He liked the power around town and most of the time towing. We tend to tow and camp in the mountains of central/western PA and my friend found that he didn't enjoy towing with the 6.4 in the elevations. As others have mentioned, the gearing is a bit wonky and the truck likes to skip over 3rd gear and downshift into 2nd when you start pulling grades. After 2 years of that, he recently traded it in on a 2017 Cummins.
Personally, I would stick with the 6.0 GM engine over the 6.4 Ram engine until Ram gets a "better" transmission underneath that truck.