Next generation Ram

[bighog01]

Is anyone else excited for the next generation Rams? Specifically the HD's..I'll be in the market for a new dually when it does happen. Surprisingly I've heard very little about it, besides being a few more years. Seems like Chevy and Ford have had a few redesigns since the current Ram has been around.

[wilber1]

Bionic Man wrote:
Volvo has done outdrives. I am unaware of any Volvo engines in boats though. They are almost all Chevys.

But that is going away as well. Malibu has gone in house for their engines. And Mercury Marine now has their own V6 and V8.

Are we sufficiently off topic now?

Volvo Penta Has been building marine engines for decades.

[Fast_Mopar]

RobertRyan wrote:

FishOneonOne wrote:
I find that hard to believe. Bottom line Sergio calls the shots and he's still looking for a partnership do to financial issues.

It would be a pretty strange Automotive company if divisions were taking resources from others. Sergio is there to give direction and make sure each division is accountable

RobertRyan, not sure what you are smoking, but I want some of it.

[NJRVer]

Grit dog wrote:

alboy wrote:
Its my understanding they put the big C in most applications that dont need to go Fast.

Pretty much, but what's your point?
I love a hot rod diesel pickup as much as anyone, but in general/historically diesel don't = fast anyway.
14sec 1ton pickups is just a by product/added benefit of being able to buy a light duty truck that can have insane power with virtually zero modifications. And it counts for only a minute amount of the overall Diesel engine applications across the board.

Here's a big C for you.
Pretty sure this is pretty fast too.
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1970-PLYMOUTH-BARRACUDA-TORC-201179


Tried to cut and paste that and it didn't work.
If you go on Barrett Jackson auction docket it is Item #1337

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

alboy wrote:
Its my understanding they put the big C in most applications that dont need to go Fast.

I don't know about that. This old POS 12 Valve I race against runs pretty good! :B

Smoking out the garage!

[Grit_dog]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
My neighbor broke every type of record out there with a street legal 95 RAM 2wd. He was the first to break into the 9's at near 140mph. Stock long lock. The Cummins 5.9 has broken many drag race records.

Agreed you can make them very fast, but a 9sec pro street drag truck is about as far a departure from the intent of the already off topic discussion as you can get.
I know the ISB will hold up to huge power on a stock bottom end, but your neighbor could not have had a totally stock long block.
At the very very least, valve springs were upgraded. And you can't stuff that much air/fuel through with a stock cam either.
Stock short block I might believe, but even that's real suspect. Compression ratio would need to be lower to, to fit the air fuel charge at that kind of power.

[jus2shy]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

patriotgrunt wrote:
Here we go again, stirring the pot to close this thread down soon. Ford's 6.7 is being used in F-650/F-750 applications and the 6.6 Duramax has been selected to power the Military's new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. I've also seen articles suggesting that GM will use the 6.6 Duramax for its new 5500 series trucks. Hope you enjoy watching the argument you just started.

You might have an argument with the GM "IF" it's used in a Militaty application in another brands vehicle, If that application is classified as MediumDuty. Remember the 6.2 and 6.5 were standard issue in the HUMVEE, I don't think anyone would consider it a MD engine! But Ford and GM only use their diesel engines in their own applications. NO one else is buying them. Up until recently Cummins was the engine in the F650/750. Cummins in used in many other applications as a Medium Duty engine.

The Cummins Engine plant in Columbus, IN (CMEP) for the 2017 Model Year will be ONLY producing the 6.7 for the RAM trucks. The other 6.7 applications will be produced in another plant. That tells me the Cummins RAM combo is ramping up for stronger future sales.

Just wanted to note that the JLTV is actually being built by Oshkosh. It's empty weight seems to be 15,000 lbs with upper payloads of 5,000 lbs. Thing is, these vehicles have tons of configurations, who knows what they'll rate it to tow depending on configuration. But the mass itself puts it well into the medium duty truck range (Well beyond an F-450 + payload). The **** thing is a beast, much bigger than the HMMWV. Lots of these JLTV's will be purchased, so GM has a pretty sweet deal here. I sincerely hoping they're using something stronger than the Allison 1000 transmission, hopefully a 3000 at minimum. All I know is that it's an Allison transmission backing the engine.

JLTV Wiki

[Cummins12V98]

My neighbor broke every type of record out there with a street legal 95 RAM 2wd. He was the first to break into the 9's at near 140mph. Stock long lock. The Cummins 5.9 has broken many drag race records.

[Grit_dog]

alboy wrote:
Its my understanding they put the big C in most applications that dont need to go Fast.

Pretty much, but what's your point?
I love a hot rod diesel pickup as much as anyone, but in general/historically diesel don't = fast anyway.
14sec 1ton pickups is just a by product/added benefit of being able to buy a light duty truck that can have insane power with virtually zero modifications. And it counts for only a minute amount of the overall Diesel engine applications across the board.

[Grit_dog]

Cummins12V98 wrote:

patriotgrunt wrote:
Here we go again, stirring the pot to close this thread down soon. Ford's 6.7 is being used in F-650/F-750 applications and the 6.6 Duramax has been selected to power the Military's new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. I've also seen articles suggesting that GM will use the 6.6 Duramax for its new 5500 series trucks. Hope you enjoy watching the argument you just started.

You might have an argument with the GM "IF" it's used in a Militaty application in another brands vehicle, If that application is classified as MediumDuty. Remember the 6.2 and 6.5 were standard issue in the HUMVEE, I don't think anyone would consider it a MD engine! But Ford and GM only use their diesel engines in their own applications. NO one else is buying them. Up until recently Cummins was the engine in the F650/750. Cummins in used in many other applications as a Medium Duty engine.

The Cummins Engine plant in Columbus, IN (CMEP) for the 2017 Model Year will be ONLY producing the 6.7 for the RAM trucks. The other 6.7 applications will be produced in another plant. That tells me the Cummins RAM combo is ramping up for stronger future sales.

Yeah not the smartest move to use that c rap bag 6.2/6.5 in the Hummers. I'd of took a good bicycle over that engine in Iraq based on my exp with them!
But the Dmax has been med duty in the class 6 GM trucks for many years.
Speaks volumes for the 6.7 Pstroke if Ferd is finally using that engine in med duty apps.

[Grit_dog]

Ive seen some Dmax powered boats, but not sure there's any mass production of the Dirty max for marine use.
They make killer wakeboard boat motors in the bigger boats.

Bottom line, stock for stock, the Dmax and Pstroke will beat a Ram Cummins in a drag race like is red headed step child, but it takes longer to get the big iron movin.

My 07 in my sig couldn't see the tail lights of my LB7, similar tunes, in a 1/4 mile, but the big C don't take kindly to being speed shifted. Auto trans would make it a better race but still no competition.
That's why you see more V8 trucks at the drag races and more cummins at the truck pulls.....different engines.
Not a fan of the complexity of any of the new engines but they're all pretty darn reliable and powerful.....but I can still do injectors on a new Cummins with a set of hand tools and a cheapo tq wrench......and have it back on the road that afternoon.

[Cummins12V98]

patriotgrunt wrote:
Here we go again, stirring the pot to close this thread down soon. Ford's 6.7 is being used in F-650/F-750 applications and the 6.6 Duramax has been selected to power the Military's new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. I've also seen articles suggesting that GM will use the 6.6 Duramax for its new 5500 series trucks. Hope you enjoy watching the argument you just started.

You might have an argument with the GM "IF" it's used in a Militaty application in another brands vehicle, If that application is classified as MediumDuty. Remember the 6.2 and 6.5 were standard issue in the HUMVEE, I don't think anyone would consider it a MD engine! But Ford and GM only use their diesel engines in their own applications. NO one else is buying them. Up until recently Cummins was the engine in the F650/750. Cummins in used in many other applications as a Medium Duty engine.

The Cummins Engine plant in Columbus, IN (CMEP) for the 2017 Model Year will be ONLY producing the 6.7 for the RAM trucks. The other 6.7 applications will be produced in another plant. That tells me the Cummins RAM combo is ramping up for stronger future sales.

[blofgren]

alboy wrote:
Its my understanding they put the big C in most applications that dont need to go Fast.

Sure, and where they need long term reliability and lowest maintenance and repair costs. 😉

[RobertRyan]

FishOneonOne wrote:
I find that hard to believe. Bottom line Sergio calls the shots and he's still looking for a partnership do to financial issues.

It would be a pretty strange Automotive company if divisions were taking resources from others. Sergio is there to give direction and make sure each division is accountable

[mich800]

If we learned anything from the thread earlier in the week is sales = quality.