Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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transamz9 wrote:Hannibal wrote:transamz9 wrote:Hannibal wrote:transamz9 wrote:
You guys are forgetting that the diesel engines are making the same HP as the gas motors. Just don't have to turn 5500 RPM's to get it. Are you going to tell me that you feel comfy holding 5-5500 rpm's for 4-5 miles at a time?
Now you're starting to catch on. With the 345hp Hemi Ram in stock form, it needed to turn 4200rpm to produce 300hp. My '03 SO Cummins powered duplicate... wasn't capable of 300hp in stock form. So at a casual 4200rpm growl, the '05 Hemi would out tow the '03 SO Cummins in stock form without the shrill of 5500rpm. That's just my experience. The newer diesels will walk away from my 5.4L F250 towing anything. But at the cost of $8k and much higher potential for troubles. I'll gladly take the slow lane. Others are free to disagree.
Curious Hannibal, what did you pay for your '05 hemi new?
Listed for $33,580. I got it for $27,900.
So I only paid $3,000 more for my Diesel? Do you think your truck will out tow an '05 Cummins in stock form?
So the diesel didn't bring a premium price? That's odd. You can buy them cheap but sell them high? How's that possible?
Probably not. What are the '05 HO Cummins Rams rated for, 325hp? With my choice 3.73, 2nd gear was 4200rpm at 60mph. That was 300~hp. There was no lower gear available at 60mph. The Cummins with 3.73 in direct at 60 would be closer to it's 325hp 2900rpm if that's what it makes. At higher altitudes, the NA Hemi will start losing horsepower.
