Originally Posted by Catmando (Post 3322817)

BTW Motor Trend says Ram will unveil their long-awaited half ton diesel for 2013. They hope to get out ahead of Ford and GM in this market segment. They didn't say what motor but last I saw there were two motors under testing; a 4.2 V6 and a 5.6 V8, both built by Cummins.

They also say Jeep will bring out a truck for 2013. It's been a long time since Jeep had a truck in its lineup.

Originally Posted by mrfixxall (Post 3322851)

I was at the local dodge dealer the other day,,talking to the sales man he said that Dodge was coming out with a factory race truck next year that will be on the sale market..It's soppose to have a tweaked cummins in it..he said its going to be around 550 hp and 800 ft lbs of tq..

Originally Posted by Catmando (Post 3322933)

Hell it's making 800ftlbs now. Cummins diesels normally make around 2:1 tq/hp so if they bump it up to 550hp it should make at least 1000ftlbs. Twin turbo? What kind of racing?

Originally Posted by mrfixxall (Post 3323198)

I dont know..it was salesman jibber jabber..It didnt make sence to me tho after i asked a few ?'s he could not answer..time will tell and we will have to wait and see what dodge is doing..

Originally Posted by Catmando (Post 3321994)

You can buy the Ram which has the best engine or buy the Ford which you will have to put the Cummins in it eventually anyways. I owned a 2006 Ram dually for 50,000 miles and never had an issue with the truck.

I myself would rather replace a few truck parts than a whole engine but that's your call. Plus you can pump the Cummins up to 800hp and daily drive it. Try that with a Powerstroke, not gonna happen.

And BTW that's the last year for the 5.9. Your resale value will only go up from now.

Originally Posted by Fixxxer22 (Post 3326295)

when u have a boat you dont wanna tow it with 800hp pickup. esp with a dodge tranny putting the power back. daily driver or not. a torqshift will take the power better.