Lots of Fords

Cummins12V98 wrote:
The 48 is still the preferred trans for those racing rigs with a Cummins.

Sure it is not the 47RE that has less electronics? Chris

Kinda like the power glide 2 speed from GM. Not stock for either.

chevman

The 48 is still the preferred trans for those racing rigs with a Cummins.

Stefonius wrote:

goducks10 wrote:
How often do you ever read about bullet proofing a Dmax or Cummins?

Bulletproofing a Cummins 5.9? Never heard of it.
Bulletproofing the terrible 48RE transmission behind it, on the other hand... Oh, and let's not forget the "death wobble" coming from the poorly engineered front end.

All trucks from all brands have problems of their own. Someday, I hope to be one of those folks who gets to pick a truck based on what I like and what I want instead of what I need and what I can afford.

The 48RE was a turd, not a weak turd, just not enough gears for a low revving engine like the Cummins. You're correct, it is not as nice as the 5r...whatever or the 5/6 speed Alli that the competition had at the time, but it wasn't a time bomb behind stock or nearly stock power.
That said, if that was my only option for a 07 Ram, I would still have my Duramax.
And FWiW death wobble isn't just a dodge thing by any stretch. If it was I wouldn't have had DW in my 2000 F350 or 2008 F350. No soild axle truck is immune to it if parts wear out.
140kmi and counting on all bone stock never been touched front end in my Dodge. Maybe I'm just lucky?

Stefonius wrote:

goducks10 wrote:
How often do you ever read about bullet proofing a Dmax or Cummins?

Bulletproofing a Cummins 5.9? Never heard of it.
Bulletproofing the terrible 48RE transmission behind it, on the other hand... Oh, and let's not forget the "death wobble" coming from the poorly engineered front end.

All trucks from all brands have problems of their own. Someday, I hope to be one of those folks who gets to pick a truck based on what I like and what I want instead of what I need and what I can afford.

The 48RE did well on my 2005 3500 with 500+hp and over 1100ft/#s of torque, I did eventually upgrade the tranny for future increase in power. As for "Death Wobble", there are plenty of horror stories of Ford and GM trucks experiencing it as well. It starts at about 1:14 in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EuQ6f8rgT4
Yes - all brands have problems of their own, and they all share some of the same issues.

I've noticed that Fords seem much more popular here in Florida and GM products seem much more popular in New England. Just an unscientific observation.

goducks10 wrote:
How often do you ever read about bullet proofing a Dmax or Cummins?

Bulletproofing a Cummins 5.9? Never heard of it.
Bulletproofing the terrible 48RE transmission behind it, on the other hand... Oh, and let's not forget the "death wobble" coming from the poorly engineered front end.

All trucks from all brands have problems of their own. Someday, I hope to be one of those folks who gets to pick a truck based on what I like and what I want instead of what I need and what I can afford.

Very well said. Ford decided to put the 6.0 and 6.4 diesels in their trucks for 8 years; that is a lot of trucks and a lot of PO'd customers. A visit to any Ford diesel forum will provide a ton of proof of this and a ton of reading.


^ Yet they keep coming back! At least the Super duties got a good power plant now in the last couple years. And they even figured out the factory exhaust brake finally.

That's what I don't understand. If my Dodge just randomly dropped a valve and cratered the engine, or lifted the head, stock or with a little tune, or some other major issue that wasn't warranted by the use it was seeing, I'd drop it like a hot rock.
Coincidentally, even though my personal trucks have been a mix of GMs and Dodges since the 90s, I've put as many miles on every model of F series gasser in the same time period. I get a new company truck avg every year or 2, and of the 10 or so new ones and a few used ones, I've had 2 verifiable lemons.
In the same time period, with around 10 lightly used GMs or Dodges, I've had zero lemons. One Ram with a problem rear axle that was rectified with 2 new rear diffs before it hit 2000miles and a complementary 100k warranty for my troubles. Hence my money goes to the Horns or Bow tie, not the blue oval.
Emissions torture testing on the new diesels, again the nod goes to the Cummins with the Dirtymax in 2nd place. Seen a lot more 3000rpm screamin forced regens on the Scorpion engines than any regens on the Cummins. And if the Cumins needs a manual re gen, it just idles up a bit and does its thing. No need to rope off the "blast zone" around it!

goducks10 wrote:
How often do you ever read about bullet proofing a Dmax or Cummins?

All the time, when you start getting over 500rwhp! Lol
Bam!

How often do you ever read about bullet proofing a Dmax or Cummins?