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FishOnOne
Nomad
May 04, 2016

Second Gen 3.5 EcoBoost and 10 Speed Transmission

Same horse power and torque is up to 450ft/lbs. Also a duel fuel system and a servo controlled waste gate. This engine appears to raise the bar on pulling performance and fuel economy could raise ...
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captnjack
Explorer
May 17, 2016
RoyJ wrote:
captnjack wrote:
Strength and durability of what? The transmission? There are stronger transmissions out there they could use. Or beef up this one.


Transmission of course.

"Beef up" can imply hundreds of millions of $ of R&D and re-tooling. You don't think Ram would've beefed up the 8 speed by now for their HDs? Or use stronger ones out there, like the variant on the Rolls Phantom?


Good point. Easier said than done.

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