Hemi Ram - feedback?

[fleckster]

All the new 3/4 tons at the dealership I stopped at the other day had Michelins on them (and 44k plus window stickers )

...then minus the roughly $6000 I can save you plus the $4000 in incentives...might be somewhat reasonable then.

[Turbodave]

...then minus the roughly $6000 I can save you plus the $4000 in incentives...might be somewhat reasonable then.

Your number is in my phone if I decide to go that route

[yogurt_slinger]

here's your truck Dave, just so happens to be a board member too.


THUNDER ROAD BEOTCH!!!!!

[Shadow]

Any of you Hemi truck guys try a superchips tuner yet? My 04 4x4 1500 gets about 14mpg towing a 20' flatdeck with 3000lb vehicle and about 18 empty (hwy). I'm thinking about getting the superchips, supposed to clean up the shifting of the auto and get slightly better mileage.

[Turbo3Iroc]

I havn't tried any of the tuners but you are doing pretty good with 14 mpg towing a full trailer. I am lucky to get that with my car on a dolly. Adding a tonneau cover increased my hwy mpg 1 -1.5 mpg to 19 or just over.

[Shadow]

Ya, the toneu is next on my list. Good to hear it did something! (other than the obvious, storage) I fixed the restriction in the merge of the factory exhaust, took out the big muffler in the middle and the 2 1/2-2 3/4" pipe and replaced it with 3" and a straight through 3" resonator. I left the 3" factory tailpipe with the little muffler and it just has the slightest "note" difference when cruising and idling, but it comes to life a little more when your excelerating! My tow mileage seems to be a couple miles/gallon better, hense the 14. I haven't had a chance to see how it will be unloaded just yet.

[dds78910]

The tonneau cover helped mine out a little, about 1 mpg. I got the Snug top tonneau with the keyless remote. It is pretty easy to take off and a lot lighter than some others I've had so it is easy to pick up with 2 people.

[WickedShelby88]

Hey Dave, don't know if your still looking too much but if you get the right truck I would not hesitate to get one with 30k miles. Those are generally the best deals out there so you don't get raped buying new and like I said you can get a nice one. A guy I grew up with bought one from michigan that was a one owner 03 quad cab 4x4 and the thing was absolutely mint. I could not tell the difference and I'm pretty anal when it comes to the condition of an expensive vehicle. I think he gave 23 for it about 3 years ago and its never gave him any hassles. He got the 4.7 though which DOES NOT have enough power for towing, as he compared to his dads 93 GMC sierra in terms of power. To each is own but I do think the newer rams are one of the best riding and driving trucks I've ever been in.