Holy crap; that's some power!!!

[Sydwayz]

Originally Posted by fountain1fan

brian my neighbor down the road jest put a chip in his 03 dodge black smoke every where when he kicks. it it's a auto with twin 6 i/n stacks in the bed . we ran them when he was stock . d i was allover his ass . e auto lose to munch hp in the tranney . mine is the 6 speed 3.73. both are 4x4 qcs. be for the chip all he could do is spin his tires in 1 st gear i can smoke them in 2 bark them in 3 and churp them in 4 all stock . i'm waiting for my warranty to run out befor i do any thing . i'll probley go with a T&S down loader or the ramafirer robbie

I never drive the truck far enough without the boat to figure a highway mileage.

I did tow Monsoon (12K lbs on the trailer) from VA to Chicago and back last weekend, which included the MD/PA mountains. I got 9.6 mpg hand calculated for the majority of the trip; flat or mountain.

[Downtown42]

I got 8-9 mpg towing in the gas Dodge. Hand calculated.

I would think diesel towing in the lo-mid teens mpg.

[BY U BOY]

Originally Posted by Downtown42

I got 8-9 mpg towing in the gas Dodge. Hand calculated.

I would think diesel towing in the lo-mid teens mpg.

I GET 9MPG IN MY 1500QC 3800LBS BOAT
24MPG IN MY FATHERS CTD 3800LBS BOAT

[razor1115]

2002 7.3L PSD, Auto tranny, 4X4, crew cab with 305 tires with the 60hp TowSafe mode on a Superchip and 4/5" MBRP exhaust.

Towing 6000lbs (24 Outlaw and trailer) at 75mph with the air on, all gear, 15 cases of beer and 5 people = 11.8 mpg.

No towing and in town driving = 14.8 mpg

Set the PCM back to the factory setting and mpg actually went down in the above boat towing scenario...

Zack

[tblrklakemo]

Originally Posted by RedDog382

Where are you going to have the transmission repaired?

yup...trans is the first thing i would beef up. you dont want to toast a tran$ running big diesel power, heavy truck, heavy boat, and heavy foot.

[Downtown42]

Originally Posted by razor1115

15 cases of beer and 5 people

Zack

now there's a guy to hang around with, won't have to drop the trailer to get more beer in town.