Ram Goes to Stunning 900 lb-ft of torque

ShinerBock wrote:

IdaD wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:


Here is some light reading with the actual differences between a I6 and V8 diesel. I6 versus V8 diesel.

Some good info on why the Ram won't necessarily be the fastest, even if it has the most torque. To me being marginally faster up a hill, largely due to simply starting out a little quicker, is pretty meaningless. When I bought my Ram I knew I wasn't getting the fastest diesel. I'm pretty sure I got the best diesel and overall package of the current crop, though - for my needs anyway. None of them are bad by any means.

Same here. When I bought my 2014 CTD I knew it would not be the quickest off the line or fastest up the hill. I did know that all the diesel options available had more than enough power to pull what I needed with plenty of power to spare so I went to the rest of the requirements on my list like fuel economy, cost, and ease of maintainance.


From all the research that I did and speaking with people that had each truck, the fuel mileage of the Cummins was on average better by 1-2 than the other two in the configuration I wanted. Up front costs leaned towards the Ram since the dealer was giving me more options for a lower price than the others. Then the ease of maintainance with a 15k oil change interval and the fact that I get Cummins parts 10% over cost at work. Those reasons along with Cummins being my old employer and I have some background knowledge of the engine and can still get any maintenance diagram I want led me to the Cummins.

There is no doubt in my mind that the new powerstoke is more powerful, quicker, and faster than my Cummins, but those were not the reason I bought it. If the Cummins did have enough power to tow what I need it to with power to spare then it would be a different story, but since it easily can then my secondary requirements made my decision. That still doesn't mean that I admit the fact that the Powerstoke is more powerful.