First drive Ram 1500 diesel
1500 Ram diesel
Nice review ,I think they like it and clears up some points on why Ram did not use the 5.0 Cummins
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1500 Ram diesel
Nice review ,I think they like it and clears up some points on why Ram did not use the 5.0 Cummins
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hone eagle wrote:
these guys got better
27+ mpg
I was referencing Pickuptrucks.com
Once out of the mountain roads, we kept a steady 50 mph average along the scenic Pacific Coast Highway, where we saw our average fuel economy creep up to 26 mpg (remember, that includes our climb up the canyons and then back down), but out on the highway, cruising at freeway speeds (in California, that’s about 70 mph), we saw the instantaneous readouts tell us we were getting between 24 and 26 mpg. If we had to guess where the EPA ratings will land, we wouldn’t be surprised to see 20 city and 29 or 30 highway.
We did get a chance to take some shorter loops later in the day with a Laramie 4x4 with the EcoDiesel; when navigating the wide open city streets on our 12-mile test loop, we averaged 42 mph and 22.7 mpg.
We also got a chance to do a bit of towing. Ram provided us with a small boat and trailer (weighing about 3,000 pounds) for us to drive the urban 12-mile route. We managed to get 15.4 mpg under load in tow mode. In fact, it was while towing that we saw a little of the EcoDiesel’s shine come off the finish. We found that even under the relatively light load of a small boat, the response of the transmission seemed sluggish.- As I said before the fuel economy is not that great...
They were getting 22.7 unloaded and 15.4 towing a 3,000 lb Boat! Are you kidding me?
PUT got: 2013 Light Duty Challenge
22.3 unloaded in an Ecoboost F150 and 10.9 towing 8,500 lbs.
21.7 in a Ram Hemi unloded and 10.4 towing 8.500 lbs.
Shwing and a miss.... hone eagle wrote:
Anybody notice the high pressure pump?
look familiar ?
CP4.2? like the Ford and GM diesels, but from what has been reported they have worked the bugs out on these pumps. Have not seen any new posts about them in a long time. The ceramic coating was the issue and unlike the CP3 when the CP4 goes south the metal fail out gets set to the injectors taking out the whole engine. In the CP3 the metal fail out heads back to the fuel tank not the injectors, saving the engine.
Don- Good read. Final paragraph says it all. If you need fuel economy and towing ability buy it. It is just like the 2005 to 2006 jeep liberty crd. ?The liberty got 25 to 28 mpg and could tow 5k.
thomasmnile wrote:
ZF used by Chrysler
A question for anyone that may know the answer. Are these 6 & 8 speed trannies used in light duty truck the "variable" variety likr what is increasingly being used in cars? If so, anyone hazard a guess how they will hold up under towing conditions in the long run?- Re posted
- They are not variable transmission like on the car. The ones on the car use a steel "belt" and work like the transmissions on snowmobiles and atvs where the two pulleys vary in size relative to each other and change the gear ratio.
The 6 and 8 speeds in the trucks are regular automatic transmissions that have 6 or 8 forward speeds. I would suppose they would hold up to towing as well as any other automatic transmission. In fact I would imagine they would hold up better since having more actual gears would reduce the need to run with the converter unlocked which would help keep the heat down.
