Ford 7.3 Diesel...only 185 HP
Hard to believe that the first 7.3 was only 185 horsepower. Was also IDI (In Direct Injection) and non turbo for those who were not paying attention to diesel powered trucks back in the late 80's.:...
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JustLabs wrote:The Mad Norsky wrote:Hannibal wrote:
Back in '94 folks said of the Cummins Ram, if you can hitch it to it, hit'll pull it. So I bought a '95 Cummins Ram. Couldn't wait to tow with it! What a disappointment. And the speedo was 5mph off so 65 was actually only 60. Foot to the floor in O/D economy gear because it couldn't downshift to use direct towing gear. But it was a Cummins Ram so I made all the excuses for it and bored my family and friends to tears with how wonderful it was to have a big rig engine in my pickup truck.:B
I had a 96 Ram 2500 Cummins. 3:55 rear axle. Great, I mean really great fuel economy. But OMG it was gutless.
Had a little, oh gosh memory fades now, but small Komfort fifth wheel we towed. Less than 30 feet if memory serves me. Truck would get to cruising speed of say 60 MPH fairly good, but that's all it had, nothing left to accelerate with. did I say gutless???? :B
I always get a chuckle when someone tells me how great the old Cummins were to tow with. My buddy had an early 90s Ram for quite a few years. That thing couldn't pull a greased string out of a cat's butt.
They had enough flywheel torque to pull a cat inside out butt, once you cut that 400 ft/lbs of torque by 31% through O/D, you had a mere 276ft/lbs to the drive shaft. The cat wins.
On the positive side, my '95 12v Cummins Ram did lose it's fuel cut off solenoid one day while on my work route. Being mechanically inclined, I knew to rap a tie wrap around the solenoid to hold it up so I could start the truck and head for the Dodge shop. Luckily, they had one in stock and it was an easy replacement.
