Ford vs. Ram vs. GM Diesel HP/TQ Ratings
Looks like what many have speculated and that the 2020+ 6.7PSD is underrated for both HP and TQ. Link
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Bionic Man wrote:FishOnOne wrote:Bionic Man wrote:FishOnOne wrote:Bionic Man wrote:
More gears isn’t all about getting to the top of a hill (that most people will never traverse anyway) faster. It’s the driving experience. I really don’t understand why that is hard for some people to acknowledge.
In addition, aside from the marketing aspect, moving to a better transmission with more gears would allow RAM to run one tranny instead of two, and one engine output level, and be competitive power wise in the 2500 again. Pretty silly for them to hold onto the current strategy.
The problem is I don't think Stelantis has transmission engineers so that means Ram will again have to outsource the transmission and if that transmission is only used in Ram HD trucks it will be extremely expensive.
A version of the Z 8HP works in the Demon. I’m sure with adjustments it could work in the Cummins. Or, heaven forbid, go the route that GM did with the current “Allison”.
And how much inefficiency do they have with two output engines and two separate transmissions for the same truck?
I don't believe that transmission is designed for a PTO provision.
Good point. How would an outsourced transmission be more cost prohibitive than a outsourced engine? Or the current Aisin for that matter?
RAM has no choice but to outsource the diesel engine. Remember Daimler threatening to install a Mecedes diesel under the hood of the Dodge trucks. It would have been a lot cheaper for them to do that.
As for Aisin transmissions... Again, there's a reason that the majority of RAM trucks both 2500 and 3500 have the 68 transmissions in them. Cost!
