Ram 2500 Hemi 6.4L vs GM 2500 HD and Ford SD gassers

[ib516]

LINK to video which includes 0-60 times and a brief overall comparison.

[ckwizard777]

spoon059 wrote:

ib516 wrote:
Can you get the 6.2L gasser in a HD truck? I think it's 1500 series only.... :h

6.2 is only top end 1500 series. The 2500 has the 6.0. Not sure what the difference is, but my father in law has a 2500 with the 6.0 and loves his.

The 6.2 is an aluminum block and heads.
The 6.0 is an iron block.

[Engineer9860]

ghostrider42 wrote:
If I couldn't have my N14 (the best Cummins ever built), I'd have to go with a V10

Early N14s had electronic gremlins.

The Big Cam 3 was a better, more reliable engine.

[ghostrider42]

If I couldn't have my N14 (the best Cummins ever built), I'd have to go with a V10

[spoon059]

ib516 wrote:
Can you get the 6.2L gasser in a HD truck? I think it's 1500 series only.... :h

6.2 is only top end 1500 series. The 2500 has the 6.0. Not sure what the difference is, but my father in law has a 2500 with the 6.0 and loves his.

[ib516]

larry barnhart wrote:
As usual the test was a fixed story. all brands seem to be best when it is internet story but this test was not too bad. Dash on the chev was not an 2014 dash and why not test the 6.2 engine not the 6 liter. fun to watch and not a bad report for any of them.
chevman

Can you get the 6.2L gasser in a HD truck? I think it's 1500 series only.... :h

[larry_barnhart]

As usual the test was a fixed story. all brands seem to be best when it is internet story but this test was not too bad. Dash on the chev was not an 2014 dash and why not test the 6.2 engine not the 6 liter. fun to watch and not a bad report for any of them.
chevman

[ib516]

ANOTHER ARTICLE which describes in more depth the changes to the 2014 RAM HD line. It concentrates more on the 2500/6.4L Hemi combo.

Sounds like they liked it.

[JIMNLIN]

Thanks for the linky. Yeah it looks nothing like the old GM setup....

[MM49]

The five link rear suspension is nothing like the Chev's of history. The new Ram 2500 rear shocks are wide set. They actually mount through the centerline of the frame members.
MM49LINK

JIMNLIN wrote:
Now were getting close to what we lost when the Dodge V10/8.1 GM and Fords V10 was dumped from the pickup market. When the new gen 6.2/6.4 start putting out 450-475 ft lbs I can see one sitting on my wifes side of the garage.

I had mid/late '60s GM 1/2 and 3/4 ton with the coil springs. Lets hope the Rams coils ain't nothing like them as they were flat dangerous with a high COG truck camper in the bed. The coils couldn't control body roll even with a double shock set up.

[jerem0621]

wintersun wrote:
Well that certainly is a contender for the dumbest post I have come across in quite some time. For trucks that are going to be used to tow the SAE J2807 tests are the only ones worth doing, worth reporting, and worth reading.

Wintersun has some internets anger issues...

[JIMNLIN]

Now were getting close to what we lost when the Dodge V10/8.1 GM and Fords V10 was dumped from the pickup market. When the new gen 6.2/6.4 start putting out 450-475 ft lbs I can see one sitting on my wifes side of the garage.

I had mid/late '60s GM 1/2 and 3/4 ton with the coil springs. Lets hope the Rams coils ain't nothing like them as they were flat dangerous with a high COG truck camper in the bed. The coils couldn't control body roll even with a double shock set up.

[MM49]

The Ram will be the best trailer tower of the bunch. The rear coil spring is much more stable than the leaf spring suspensions.
MM49

[buffalobore]

wintersun wrote:
Well that certainly is a contender for the dumbest post I have come across in quite some time. For trucks that are going to be used to tow the SAE J2807 tests are the only ones worth doing, worth reporting, and worth reading.

But it was worth commenting on?

[wintersun]

Well that certainly is a contender for the dumbest post I have come across in quite some time. For trucks that are going to be used to tow the SAE J2807 tests are the only ones worth doing, worth reporting, and worth reading.