Flexing a little 6.2 muscle today.

[KARNUT]

I never knew about the exploding driveshaft until I joined this forum in 2014 just after buying my GMC. In Texas my travels include a few long straight roads with no one around. My earliest memories include pedal to the metal on a certain road. The earlier trucks especially diesels even with gear venders wouldn’t see much over 120 mph. Around 2001 my mostly GM trucks started reaching 130 MPH without much work other than caned tuning. In the mid 90s my Impala and Z-28 bettered that, other rides too. My 2014 never got the treatment because my wife was always with me short 120 mph  passing was about it. All you 65 mph jockeys would are gasping never experienced those long lonely roads out west. Imagine my surprise reading about those exploding drive shafts. All my rides were tried out on those roads. Even the CRV. Not every time anymore. 

[Amcguy1970]

On 6/10/2022 at 7:37 PM, dieselfan1 said:

I think these trucks could easily top out around 150+ mph.

 

Yeah, no... The 2nd gen Ford lightning couldn't even do that (even though it had 40 less HP it was much lighter and more aerodynamic with a smaller frontal area). The SRT 10 Ram barely topped 150. These trucks would be lucky to hit 140, I bet more in the mid 130's realistically. Power is misleading sometimes...

 

Tyler

[Amcguy1970]

On 6/10/2022 at 7:37 PM, dieselfan1 said:

I think these trucks could easily top out around 150+ mph.

 

Yeah, no... The 2nd gen Ford lightning couldn't even do that (even though it had 40 less HP it was much lighter and more aerodynamic with a smaller frontal area). The SRT 10 Ram barely topped 150. These trucks would be lucky to hit 140, I bet more in the mid 130's realistically. Power is misleading sometimes...

 

Tyler