Is the Aisin transmission worth it?
I got the new truck bug, and the Aisin transmission trucks are a fairly rare find in my area, especially loaded out ones. My current truck is a 2012 Ram with the 68RFE, so I believe it's rated at 610...
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Well that depends on who you ask and which transmission is in their truck. :B
There's a teardown over at cumminsforum so you might check that out and draw your own conclusions. It isn't worth it for the extra power cause the standard CTD has plent of that already, but if you tow heavy a lot the Aisin may hold up better and it does have lower 1st and 2nd gears. But the consensus seems to be that the 68RFE is a pretty solid unit as well, at least at stock output. I've been happy with mine so far although I've barely had a chance to use it yet.
There's a teardown over at cumminsforum so you might check that out and draw your own conclusions. It isn't worth it for the extra power cause the standard CTD has plent of that already, but if you tow heavy a lot the Aisin may hold up better and it does have lower 1st and 2nd gears. But the consensus seems to be that the 68RFE is a pretty solid unit as well, at least at stock output. I've been happy with mine so far although I've barely had a chance to use it yet.
