Dodge Test Drive(s)
Well today was the day to do a couple test drives. Back ground. We are currently on our second Dodge/Cummins. We purchased a 1 or 2 year old 1993 Std Cab 4x4 Dodge/Cummins and drove and towed wi...
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45Ricochet wrote:
Got to hand it to you Chris, you withstood a 30 minute test drive and came home empty handed :B I know I couldn't have done that. Lucky for me the closest Ram dealer is 75 miles away so the temptation rarely enters my mind. Sure glad I don't use the dealer for PM's :W
All the guys running 3.42's over on the Cummins Forum are happy about the towing. Don't think I've heard one complaint yet!
OBTW Donn
NC's 2013 DRW loaded Longhorn weighed in at 9140, not sure where you saw the 12k weight. But yeah 9140 is about 1k more than mine so they are heavy.
Well they must have played with torque limiting at the lower RPM's(unleashed), as in the past they have been very restricted down at lower RPM's to make these very tall gears work. It was based on the need to higher RPM's in the past to get transmission line pressure up to hold torque converter locked etc. Bill at DTT coached me when towing not to rolling into the power below 1800 rpm's for this reason.
Chris
