TC Magazine Dodge 3500 gas engine road test
This article is very interesting, backed up with good data and observations. Sort of what one would figure for the gas engine... Dodge 3500 gas engine with TC
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Somewhere at Ram there is an engineer (I'm thinking it's an old one) who has over the years neutered the low end power of Dodge and Ram HD trucks (gas or diesel) for more than a decade. He/She does this in some misguided attempt at "saving the power train". The aftermarket even has a device that disables this um.. "feature".
Even my own Dodge has it and wont allow full power until I hit third gear (I believe it's second in the autos but not sure).
The thing is, I don't think it's needed and it's killing performance. Luckily for the competition they don't share this arcane thinking.
The latest system results in a big lie. Ram states the HP rating at 5600 RPM but since it won't hold that RPM in low gear, the HP is quite a bit less.
If I were in the market for a big gasser and was making my buying decision based on performance alone, I would buy something else.
Even my own Dodge has it and wont allow full power until I hit third gear (I believe it's second in the autos but not sure).
The thing is, I don't think it's needed and it's killing performance. Luckily for the competition they don't share this arcane thinking.
The latest system results in a big lie. Ram states the HP rating at 5600 RPM but since it won't hold that RPM in low gear, the HP is quite a bit less.
If I were in the market for a big gasser and was making my buying decision based on performance alone, I would buy something else.
