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Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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i absolutely smoked what looked like an 07-08 dodge half ton crew cab today. just thought i would share...felt good smokin a half-ton hemi with a 2500 truck with 33's on it. :uhoh:

 

good ol' 6 litre!!!!!!! still kickin ass!!!

P71_CrownVic Senior Enthusiast

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i absolutely smoked what looked like an 07-08 dodge half ton crew cab today. just thought i would share...felt good smokin a half-ton hemi with a 2500 truck with 33's on it. :uhoh:

 

good ol' 6 litre!!!!!!! still kickin ass!!!

 

Yeah...I'm sure weight, rear gears, 33" tires, etc didn't play a role.

 

In a related story, I completely smoked an early 80's Datsun pickup the other day...

Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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i absolutely smoked what looked like an 07-08 dodge half ton crew cab today. just thought i would share...felt good smokin a half-ton hemi with a 2500 truck with 33's on it. :uhoh:

 

good ol' 6 litre!!!!!!! still kickin ass!!!

 

Yeah...I'm sure weight, rear gears, 33" tires, etc didn't play a role.

 

In a related story, I completely smoked an early 80's Datsun pickup the other day...

 

 

what do you mean? my truck is a 1500hd...?? with 33x12.5 tires with 18 inch rims. with the tool box in the back my truck weighs 7200 lbs with me in it...?? its 3:73's in the diffs also...the hemi should be more horsepower (claimed) weighs less and had stock rims and tires... :lol:

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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The ram isn't that much faster than a 5.3 for supposedly having 390hp

The Hemi is (and always had been, I think) detuned somewhat in the HD trucks. It's rated at like 380 currently in the HDs. Back when I worked at the dealership still I drove a 05 Ram 2500 with the Hemi and I was real let down with the responsiveness of the engine compared to the 1500s. Not sure if it's just because of the added weight or what but they are notably slower for sure.

becker87 Senior Enthusiast

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I smoke most things i race. :uhoh:

 

Then again the only people that want to race around here are highschool kids with cavailiers, and i just race them to prove that they are not the "shit"

Superperv23 Enthusiast

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The ram isn't that much faster than a 5.3 for supposedly having 390hp

The Hemi is (and always had been, I think) detuned somewhat in the HD trucks. It's rated at like 380 currently in the HDs. Back when I worked at the dealership still I drove a 05 Ram 2500 with the Hemi and I was real let down with the responsiveness of the engine compared to the 1500s. Not sure if it's just because of the added weight or what but they are notably slower for sure.

 

 

I was going by 1500 fastnest so if the 2500 is noticeably slower it would likely be an even match

Superperv23 Enthusiast

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My theory is that its the 5 speed transmissions that are holding it back.

 

I think they still use that 2 second gear ratio foolishness dont they? One ratio for up shift and one for down which makes the truck faster from a dead stop or from 1st gear than if you ask it to kick down from 3rd.

Nytemare Senior Enthusiast

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My theory is that its the 5 speed transmissions that are holding it back.

 

I think they still use that 2 second gear ratio foolishness dont they? One ratio for up shift and one for down which makes the truck faster from a dead stop or from 1st gear than if you ask it to kick down from 3rd.

 

they can use as many ratios as they want...Dodge transmissions still suck the big one.

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Ive raced twice in my new truck. Once against a 4.6 Explorer and a Ram 3500 Dually with the cummins. So far I am 2 for 2. The explorer got the jump on me but I didn't let off and caught him, he then proceeded to turn on his 'firefighter' light, which made me slam on my breaks. He almost lost it, I was laughing at the time. The Ram was really easy. We were at a light, went around a turn and I kicked into it. I looked in my mirror and all I saw was black smoke coming from his tailpipe. I was extremely surprised I beat him that easily, especially since I have the sluggish 4.8, which is STOCK!

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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i raced (not sure what year) harley davidson F250 with a 6.0 and i actually pulled a trucklength ahead of it in my 2001. i was very suprised but it felt good

tanked_darren Senior Enthusiast

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Ive raced twice in my new truck. Once against a 4.6 Explorer and a Ram 3500 Dually with the cummins. So far I am 2 for 2. The explorer got the jump on me but I didn't let off and caught him, he then proceeded to turn on his 'firefighter' light, which made me slam on my breaks. He almost lost it, I was laughing at the time. The Ram was really easy. We were at a light, went around a turn and I kicked into it. I looked in my mirror and all I saw was black smoke coming from his tailpipe. I was extremely surprised I beat him that easily, especially since I have the sluggish 4.8, which is STOCK!

 

 

I was designated driver one night and driving my buddies mega cab dodge cummins, and we raced a ford explorer, absolutley destroyed him, he had his window down, the girls were talking to him and when we took off I blew a huge pile of black smog into his vehicle!

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