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| Dodge Ram 2000, 1/2 ton, clubcab,sb,4x4,5.9L. We now have Approx. 5000 miles, we are getting 13-14 mpg. This is straight highway, no pulling! Any suggestions greatly appreciated!! Thanks, Kathy | |
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Just bought a 2001 Ram Cummins 6-speed manual and intend to purchase a compression brake. Any insight from you, my fellow Ramheads, as to which unit I should go with? Thanx |
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| Take your 13-14 mpg and be very happy. I only get 12.5 with the 5.2 in a similar setup. | |
| I would say that mictro's mileage is more like what you should expect. 13-14 mpg on the highway huh? Man, my V10 LB QC gets that and it's much heavier than your truck. Something sounds amiss. | |
| The Boston Herald is running a central dodge ad listing all diesel 2000 rams for 6000 off sticker not bad ......although not to long ago they were listing leftover 99 diesels for 7700 off hmm maybe but the 2000's are down on torque and horsepower which is important when going to home depot to get a sheet of plywood LOL I did call and the woman said they had 67 diesels on their lot ! | |
| It's a truck, not a Geo Metro. | |
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The 3.54 should give you better mileage than the 4.10. I chose the 3.54 partially for that reason, but mostly because I thought my Cummins would be turning too many rpms at highway speeds with the 4.10. Otherwise, I would liked to have had the 4.10. Since you have the 4.10 already, it may be cost prohibitive to change it. I think I read somewhere else on this site that someone switched it after they had the truck and paid over $2,000. to get it changed. If that were the case, you'd probably be better off keeping it and looking at the benefits of the 4.10 (probably a higher tow rating for your truck than the 3.54 and more pop off the line!). Good luck! |
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Playing with the overhead computer while driving a 2001 Ram V-10 5 spd 265 tires 4x4 reg cab long bed 3.54 rear I am getting the following: Milage between 0 (stopped) and 29 (down hill). At 65 mph (cruise control on) 1850 rpm, 14 mpg average on the flat. Off road I am getting like 3mpg. I will satart breaking in for tow next week. The up side....FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE....Off-road, the only way to go is with the gas engine stick. |
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| Sorry for the long wait for a reply (been busy trying to get an LS6 Chevelle in my driveway. Now that that has been accomplished....). 67 diesels? Holy batsh^t! That's amazing. I take it there were no HO 6 spds. though? 6K off sounds like a pretty tempting deal. Not tempting enough to get me out of my V10 but 6K is nothing to sneeze at! | |
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What size are the tires?If you are running something like 265x75x16's/31x10.5x15,you will notice a big performance difference if you go to 3.55. My friend had a 78 D250 with 4.11's and he had some fairly big tires on it,not huge ones like 33" or 34",and he broke a bunch of teeth off the pinion gear,and it ruined the rear.So he went boneyard hunting,and found a Dana 60,3.54,an exact fit for his truck.It only had 12000 on it,and we put it in the next Saturday.On Sunday,he calls me whining about how slow his truck was now.Duhhh. A few weeks later,I did the only gear install I've ever done.What a mess!We did it right,those 4.11 gears were on it almost 150,000 miles later,when the truck was retired. Don't do it unless you REALLY need to save 20 whatever bucks a month,you will lose a lot of performance.Personally,I wouldn't do it.even if the rear was FREE.It's not worth the performance hit. |
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