Ram 3500 DRW 6.4L Hemi "Game Changer"
Truck Camper Magazine article and review HERE 18.2 mpg empty and 12.8 mpg with a 4700# slide in camper on board with 3.73s. That's with a dually! The truck has 5800# plus payload and would hav...
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Buck50HD wrote:ib516 wrote:Buck50HD wrote:
I'm confused as to how it's a game changer when the 6.4 was shown to get worse fuel economy than the GM 6.0 and Ford 6.2 in the recent PUT.com comparison. There may have been some error in their pump-clicking method but two separate tests showed the same trend.
Looks like the display is a little optimistic?
I think that test showed they were all within 1 mpg or so loaded and empty, yet the hemi makes 50 more hp and 49 additional lbs-ft of torque when compared to the GM 6.0L gas engine.
The article in this topic suggests a 30% mpg improvement over the 6.0 GM but no mention of hand calcs that I could find.
True. He does seem like a stickler for mpg figures. Maybe hand calculated, maybe not. You would think he would use lie-o-meter figures or hand calc figures for both so he is comparing apples to apples, but who knows.
