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My point with the previous example of committee decision making is that there's a lot going on behind the scenes in any decision. The values of the folks arriving at that decision are not necessarily your values. J2807 represents a set of standards dreamed up by a committee. They were trying to...

Originally Posted By: itguy08 I'll add this: Let's use the Ecodiesel's competition - the 2.7L F150. The 2.7 is getting in the low to mid 20's for MPG #'s from the mags. According to Fuelly, the Ram Ecodiesel is averaging 23.1 We'll use 20MPG for the 2.7 and 23.1 for the Ecodiesel. Assume 50...

I just looked up the towing specs of my old '99 Dodge Ram 1500. That truck was a complete POS. Everything about that truck was awful. The weak engine sucked gas like there was no tomorrow. When towing the tranny was hopeless at being in the right gear. The handling was scary bad and the brakes...

We, the naysaysers and I, may have to just agree to disagree. The ED truck weighs ~4% more than the Hemi truck. No way that weight is the cause of 25% reduction in towing capacity. Once you go read up on the J2807 standard, you'll see what I'm saying re. it being oriented mostly on WOT up...

Originally Posted By: jrmason That is nothing more than an opinionated statement.VM Motori has been building diesel engines since the 40's. They are a very reliable platform. My advice to the OP is to decide on a travel trailer (or at least narrow it down to a few) so that you can get a better...

Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle The important question: what is the price premium over a Pentastar V6? It's a fair amount more than a V6. If a V6 is all a person needs then the argument for an Ecodiesel isn't strong. For me I needed good towing mpg and good daily driver mpg. The V8 isn't really...

Originally Posted By: Texan4Life Out of curiosity what oil specs does this engine call for? It's some low SAPS Euro oil spec that's going to make for $200 oil changes (10.5qts). I'd like to use UOA to set oil change interval instead of the generic 10k mile OEM recommendation. Chrysler...

Originally Posted By: Donald You are looking for fuel, soot and iron (mainly) to tell you when oil is finished and needs to be changed. Cummins has charts of contamination levels and when to change the oil. I'm surprised to hear you say the iron is an important measure of when to change the...

I've used Blackstone for UOA on a race car for years, but now I want to do a UOA on my Ram Ecodiesel. My understanding is that I need to be aware of soot (ash?) levels in the UOA to judge when the oil is done. Blackstone doesn't seem to provide a # for soot in their analysis, so maybe I need to...

I've had my Ecodiesel for a couple months now. I didn't end up with the truck that I'd ordered. It got stuck in QA Hold for a month and I ran out of patience so I bought a truck off of a lot. I ended up with a Laramie, MSRP $47.6k, my price $39.6k. I didn't get any kind of special price, they'd...

Fraser, I've been watching your Ecodiesel posts for the past couple months. I have one also. Why did you choose T5 instead of T6? I tow a 7400lb 24' enclosed trailer with my Ram. The towing capacity of my truck is 7800lb per it's VIN so I'm pretty close to it's rated capacity. On my first...

Originally Posted By: IndyIan Originally Posted By: RangerGress Originally Posted By: itguy08 Originally Posted By: RangerGress According to various reviews, it looks like the Ecodiesel will get 30mpg on the freeway and 17 towing my trailer. Note how the Those reviews were using a light...

Originally Posted By: itguy08 Originally Posted By: RangerGress According to various reviews, it looks like the Ecodiesel will get 30mpg on the freeway and 17 towing my trailer. Note how the Those reviews were using a light (around 5k) boat, possibly the easiest thing to tow. Other trailers...

Originally Posted By: Ramblejam Originally Posted By: RangerGress Big Horn crewcab, shortbed, 2WD. 1625lbs payload with V8. Add 150lbs of payload for EcoDiesel (you only see this when you "build" a truck on the site), so 1775lbs total paylod according to the Marketing Dept. Call it a reasonable...

Re. 1hp equals 1hp. We're probably going to have to agree to disagree. Of course 1hp = 1hp. My point is that the ability of your engine to spin faster isn't all that useful. And with RPM part of the hp equation, that really is what it's about for high rpm engines. So sure, 1hp = 1 hp. But if...

Originally Posted By: Ramblejam Originally Posted By: RangerGress It would not be my choice of combinations. You haven't responded yet as to what configuration you ordered. Big Horn crewcab, shortbed, 2WD. 1625lbs payload with V8. Add 150lbs of payload for EcoDiesel (you only see this when...

Originally Posted By: Ramblejam Originally Posted By: hattaresguy One model had a payload of 1200 pounds! That's insane, if you put 4 big guys in that truck with a set of golf clubs for each it might be very close to be overloaded! Smallest engine, heaviest trims. I agree that's not much...

Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle Originally Posted By: RangerGress Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle Originally Posted By: RangerGress So much wrong in this thread it's embarrassing. 1. Hp isn't all that useful. Torque is all. Since HP really just boils down to torque X rpms, all hp really brings to...

Originally Posted By: Jarlaxle Originally Posted By: RangerGress So much wrong in this thread it's embarrassing. 1. Hp isn't all that useful. Torque is all. Since HP really just boils down to torque X rpms, all hp really brings to the table is the ability for the engine to wind out. No...

Originally Posted By: Ramblejam Originally Posted By: RangerGress I'm still at 1500lbs of real payload capacity. Gress, that's absolutely laughable. You've said you're ordering a crew cab with the diesel. Take a look again at the published max payload figures for this model. I've been...