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New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel #1549968 12/18/13 09:34 PM 12/18/13 09:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,135 Mesa, Arizona D dart4forte OP I Live Here
dart4forte OP I Live Here D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,135 Mesa, Arizona	Anyone have experience or know someone that has some expereince with the new Dodge 1/2T diesel truck?

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dart4forte] #1549969 12/19/13 12:42 AM 12/19/13 12:42 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,523 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy Rhinodart Rhinotruck
Rhinodart Rhinotruck Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 43,523 Round Lake Beach, Illinoisy	Didn't know they were out yet! I do know there is a site for them already, but haven't checked it out lately. The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it. JB Rhinehart, Realist A-Body's RULE!

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: Rhinodart] #1549970 12/19/13 02:00 PM 12/19/13 02:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,018 Morningside AdventurerSport waaaay out there in left field
AdventurerSport waaaay out there in left field Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,018 Morningside	Too early to know much, me thinks. Engine is a proven design, so I don't expect any reliability issues. Read an article that said a guy drove some 628 miles on a single tank, going 80-85mph on the interstate, and still had 20 miles worth of fuel left when he got there...? JS 76 Dodge Adventurer Sport Power Wagon W100 318, 727, NP203 Fulltime 4x4 Russet Red 06 Jeep Commander Ltd 4x4, 5.7L Hemi, QuadraDrive II 06 Chrysler 300C AWD 5.7L Hemi 10 Mopar 10 Challenger R/T, #483/500, 5.7L HEMI 10 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd 4x4 5.7L HEMI 11 Dodge Ram 1500 LoneStar Quad Cab, 5.7L HEMI, Fulltime 4x4, Deep Cherry Red 16 Jeep Cherokee Limited 3.2L Pentastar V6, 9 Speed Torqueflite, 4x4, Black

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: AdventurerSport] #1549971 12/19/13 06:24 PM 12/19/13 06:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada WO23Coronet master
WO23Coronet master Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada	I think the engine is fine, just hope they have the emissions stuff dialed in

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: WO23Coronet] #1549972 12/20/13 01:13 PM 12/20/13 01:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	Now for the surprise, it's a 3 liter engine (182 cubic inches). I wonder what kind of manifold pressure they run with that. R.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dogdays] #1549973 12/20/13 03:40 PM 12/20/13 03:40 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,135 Mesa, Arizona D dart4forte OP I Live Here
dart4forte OP I Live Here D Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 16,135 Mesa, Arizona	I guess my true interest would lie in the towing capacity in terms of it handling a loaded 24' car trailer. Of course fuel economy is of an interest as well.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dart4forte] #1549974 12/21/13 01:09 PM 12/21/13 01:09 PM
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 136 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada MoparSam member
MoparSam member Joined: May 2004 Posts: 136 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada	http://www.ram1500diesel.com

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dogdays] #1549975 12/21/13 10:26 PM 12/21/13 10:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada WO23Coronet master
WO23Coronet master Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada	Quote: Now for the surprise, it's a 3 liter engine (182 cubic inches). I wonder what kind of manifold pressure they run with that. R. I'm guessing it would be in the mid 20's for PSI at least to get the HP they are out of it, it's well over 1HP per cu in

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dart4forte] #1549976 12/22/13 10:09 AM 12/22/13 10:09 AM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,956 Greenville, PA redraptor master
redraptor master Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 5,956 Greenville, PA	Quote: I guess my true interest would lie in the towing capacity in terms of it handling a loaded 24' car trailer. From what I've read that's not gonna happen stock and doesn't have the CGVW to do it. What's gonna be interesting is what the Nissan guys are doing with their Cummins V-8.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: redraptor] #1549977 12/23/13 11:14 PM 12/23/13 11:14 PM
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,310 Walnut Creek, CA blown340 master
blown340 master Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 3,310 Walnut Creek, CA	Quote: Quote: I guess my true interest would lie in the towing capacity in terms of it handling a loaded 24' car trailer. From what I've read that's not gonna happen stock and doesn't have the CGVW to do it. What's gonna be interesting is what the Nissan guys are doing with their Cummins V-8. Official link It looks like its officially rated at 9000lbs towing. 70 challenger convertible. 340/5 speed. blown, intercooled, efi, blah blah blah 71 valiant scamp 318/A833OD/AC/PS 00 dakota RC 4.7L 5 spd autoX'r. SRT10/T56 swap in process 73 W200 Power wagon, PTO winch, 4 spd

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: blown340] #1549978 12/27/13 02:49 PM 12/27/13 02:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376 D dogdays I Live Here
dogdays I Live Here D Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 16,376	Didn't see any Diesels on that page. The 9K towing was all HEMIS. R.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dart4forte] #1549979 12/27/13 02:57 PM 12/27/13 02:57 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,976 Chilliwack B.C. Canada R RUNCHARGER I Live Here
RUNCHARGER I Live Here R Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 15,976 Chilliwack B.C. Canada	I wouldn't touch one. I think Fiat made a big mistake unless I'm proven wrong. Hopefully I'll eat my words when I seen the first one to go 500,000 without issues but I doubt it. Sheldon

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: RUNCHARGER] #1549980 12/27/13 09:19 PM 12/27/13 09:19 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada WO23Coronet master
WO23Coronet master Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada	The US military uses them so they have to be pretty solid, but the military ones have been touched by Gale Banks. IMO, if they have the DPF and EGR dialed in they should be alright

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: WO23Coronet] #1549981 12/27/13 09:53 PM 12/27/13 09:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,837 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,837 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	Quote: The US military uses them so they have to be pretty solid, but the military ones have been touched by Gale Banks. IMO, if they have the DPF and EGR dialed in they should be alright The US Military uses what? mopar65 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: mopar65] #1549982 12/28/13 01:04 AM 12/28/13 01:04 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada WO23Coronet master
WO23Coronet master Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,254 Canada	Quote: Quote: The US military uses them so they have to be pretty solid, but the military ones have been touched by Gale Banks. IMO, if they have the DPF and EGR dialed in they should be alright The US Military uses what? mopar65 It looks like they use it in some military applications (read the article to the bottom) http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/1208dp_banks_vm_motori_630t_v6_diesel_engine/

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: WO23Coronet] #1549983 12/28/13 02:18 PM 12/28/13 02:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,357 central Florida VL21 pro stock
VL21 pro stock Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,357 central Florida	Quote: The US military uses them so they have to be pretty solid, but the military ones have been touched by Gale Banks. IMO, if they have the DPF and EGR dialed in they should be alright This might not be such a rousing endorsement, when I think of Gov't diesels all I can think of is the thousands of GM 5.7 diesel Blazers and light trucks they surplussed to get them out of their fleets. I also remember years back when I worked for the Vermeer trencher people, we had some VM diesels used in some of the equipment ... that was another fiasco. I hope for Dodge's sake it won't work out that way, but Fiat and VM both conjure up bad memories. It takes gasoline to interest me.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: WO23Coronet] #1549984 12/28/13 02:31 PM 12/28/13 02:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,837 Central Missouri Fort Leonard... mopar65 master
mopar65 master Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,837 Central Missouri Fort Leonard...	Quote: Quote: Quote: The US military uses them so they have to be pretty solid, but the military ones have been touched by Gale Banks. IMO, if they have the DPF and EGR dialed in they should be alright The US Military uses what? mopar65 It looks like they use it in some military applications (read the article to the bottom) http://www.dieselpowermag.com/tech/1208dp_banks_vm_motori_630t_v6_diesel_engine/ that one picture they showed is of a 6.5 v8 turbo diesel not the v6 one. I work for the military and am around the hummv all day. so far i have not seen a banks v6 diesel yet. now i have read wear banks took a factory hummv 6.5 turbo engine and modded it for the military use. but so far i have not seen one yet.but i work on a training base, so maybe they are only used in combat units. mopar65 3520 pound race ready 1973 Street/Strip Dodge Dart - Stock stroke 440/727 10.49 @ 125.0 on 93 pump gas & ET Street Radials. More to come... ( SGT Miller) Proudly served 12 years in the US ARMY RESERVES support our troops

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: dogdays] #1549985 12/29/13 04:38 AM 12/29/13 04:38 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,880 Oregon hooziewhatsit master
hooziewhatsit master Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,880 Oregon	Quote: Didn't see any Diesels on that page. The 9K towing was all HEMIS. R. You need to select crew cab or quad cab at the top of the page, then load more results at the bottom. Will be interesting to see how good they turn out to be If you ever find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

Re: New 1/2 Ton Dodge Diesel [Re: hooziewhatsit] #1549986 01/01/14 06:01 PM 01/01/14 06:01 PM
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada D demon super stock
demon super stock D Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,179 Canada	I can picture a 2014 Ram diesel 1/2 ton as a shortbox, regular cab 2WD with the R/T hood, lowered and nice wheels.

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