Raced my 3.6 V6 '13 Ram
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MopaR&D
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You'd end up with something like a Gen3 Hemi, Ford Coyote 5.0L or Godzilla 7.3L, GM LT...
I think the best performance tip you can take from new engines is to make power more from the heads than the cam for a more streetable package.
By the way... this truck averages between 26-28 mpg, depends on where I go.
True, not saying you can do it a 100% exactly with older engines, but mainly with the right heads or head mods you should be able to get decent hp 350-450 hp without going too crazy with cam and compression.
Is it down hill all the time?
I had a 19 4x4 V6 8 speed, short box and it averaged 10 mpg less than that.
I also hate the dog-by-wire set up, my wrangler will just go dead-petal on flat ground.
LOL... uphill both ways
Round trip to work and back is about 50 miles. About 55 % is pretty flat, and the other 45 % is pretty hilly. I go about 60 mph. "dog-by-wire" is much better term than drive by wire
My old "spine of steel" ram.. '01 2500 2WD 5.9 got about 17 mpg going the same course for many years, even at 326,*** miles. Both figures, of course, are in the summer time. The old Ram had a bigger tank and could hit 500 miles to a tank if I ran it down. This '13 Ram, I've got 551 miles to a tank, and it's a smaller tank.LOL... uphill both ways
Also, my old Ram ran 16.7's in the quarter, this one 15.2's. Better gas mileage and 1.5 seconds faster lol. Now, will it hold up all the years of the old tried and true ....
It seems like the newer they get, they just do not last as long.Also, my old Ram ran 16.7's in the quarter, this one 15.2's. Better gas mileage and 1.5 seconds faster lol. Now, will it hold up all the years of the old tried and true ....
It like that with everything, nothing like re-modeling the kitchen and putting all new high-end appliances in, 5 years every new appliance was dead.
I was pissed about that one.
They all died within a month of each other, fridge, microwave, cook stove.
I got so sick of it, I went in and said "what washer can I buy that will go 20 years like my parents did"? I was laughed at.... They said "how long they been lasting you?" I said about 7 years, and they said I was getting most life as most only last 5-7 yrs. What a shame
There is an old wringer washer in the basement that my wife washes the throw rugs in, its most likely close to 70 years old, still works fine.
Grandmas old fridge is up at the house at our farm, ugly pink color from the 50s still working.
Somewhere when the real "Sears and Roebuck Co. and Montgomery Wards", and Maytag was still owned by Maytag, there was some quality, and it was serviceable. But at the same time they were stumbling, Kmart and Target were getting a strangle hold on consumers. Toaster was only 2.99 vs 9.99 - exciting! yeah.... if they could'a seen
I think the old wringer washer is a Maytag, Grandmas old fridge is a General Motors.
That 3.6 is a good balance of power and economy.
We rented three Caravans/T&C for trips from FL to NC and loaded them up with people and supplies.
They did great up and down the hills (mountains, really) fully loaded and got a combined average city/highway of 28 MPG.
It would be interesting to drive one with a manual trans, like in the new-ish Jeeps.
We rented three Caravans/T&C for trips from FL to NC and loaded them up with people and supplies.
They did great up and down the hills (mountains, really) fully loaded and got a combined average city/highway of 28 MPG.
It would be interesting to drive one with a manual trans, like in the new-ish Jeeps.
At one point, we had eight adults, including the luggage of four of them, boxes and boxes of polymer clay, a sewing machine, a small tool box, a cooler full of drinks and ice, and a 66 Coronet fender.
...up and down the mountains around Asheville, trying not to be late for our zip line reserve time.
...up and down the mountains around Asheville, trying not to be late for our zip line reserve time.
It will pull fine, I used mine to tow my dump trailer.
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