MotorTrend Tests the 1500's
The article The resident RAM and EcoDiesel haters might not want to read this.
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Fast Mopar wrote:
Speaking of making a religion out of it, since you have all the knowledge, please tell us what exact 0-60 acceleration time is acceptable. Maybe 6.5 seconds, 7.0 seconds, 7.5 seconds, 8.0 seconds, 8.5 seconds, 9.0 seconds? What is it?
I'll bite....
I'll say that the most gutless V6 half ton made(which is likely mine lol, excluding the ED), is acceptable at 8 seconds. Anything over 8 seconds generally requires a lot of throttle to keep up with traffic most places I drive. So as an arbitrary number. The difference is, that I generally can get away with not using much of the 300hp, but accelerating onto the highway, pulling up a mountain, and passing safely are the times that I need all 300hp.
To the point, any truck that takes 1/2 a mile a over half a minute to get to highway speed, and has nothing left over for payload, is not a winner regardless. The passing power while towing is so aweful, 2 lane passing really won't be an option. That should be fun.
I dislike the ED for the same reason I dislike any poor performing vehicle. It's an expensive, flawed engine. The pentastar is just better. Not Ram hating, ED hating.....
