Then there was four- digits of torque.

[Wayne M.]

This just dropped. The big 1000!

https://www.autonews.com/detroit-auto-show/power-move-ram-hits-1000-lb-ft-torque

 

[NIsaacs]

Little more info here: https://www.edmunds.com/ram/2500/2019/

 

[TFucili]

 

[EDankievitch]

No more Manual transmission in 2019? That sucks not only did they make the truck UGLY they take away the one option that could have swayed me back to buy another RAM.

 

[orhusky]

Time for a new truck! LOL

 

[kthaxton]

Trailer tire pressure monitoring is interesting.....but man, that rear view mirror sure seems to hang low.

 

[Wayne M.]

No more Manual transmission in 2019? That sucks not only did they make the truck UGLY they take away the one option that could have swayed me back to buy another RAM.

Yes. I caught that too. I guess they just weren’t moving the option. I wonder the sales total for ‘18?

 

[Wayne M.]

It’s amazing how Cummins can manipulate the HP vs. Torque! 400/1000!
I know HP don’t get you moving, but that and Tq usually commensurate.

 

[Wiredawg]

With 400HP/1,000TQ, This is the most awesome truck yet. In another thread about 5th gen's, I commented there are those who like looks of every Ram Gen from the start (me), those that it grows on them (especially with the big hp/tq numbers), and those who will never like it. Where we really cast our vote is at the dealership when one is purchased. I'll bet this breaks sales records and be curious if they beef it up for more GVWR and GCWR.

A lot of folks had an idea this was coming and if I wasn't committed to buying a 5500 versus a 3500, would have waited. But that is another thread/story.

Cheers all!, Ron

 

[Cummins12V98]

I just added a thread on this subject because i saw nothing about it on the titles. four digits of torque did NOT get my attention, oh well.

 

[kthaxton]

Lol, I knew what it meant.

Wayne, you did it wrong.

 

[Wayne M.]

Lol, I knew what it meant.

Wayne, you did it wrong.

I wanted to see how many I could slip this by!

 

[Cummins12V98]

Lol, I knew what it meant.

Wayne, you did it wrong.

I did a glance to be sure it was not a duplicate thread, oh well!

 

[kthaxton]

I wanted to see how many I could slip this by!

One, so far.

 

[Newsa]

Intereating that a lighter graphite iron block had less vibration than heavier cast iron. I'll stick with cast iron. And watch the resale price of the manual transmission trucks skyrocket as they become collectors items because they are no longer made.

 

[Wiredawg]

There's Texas Ram dealership has six
manuals on Ebay at a nice reduction.

Ron

 

[jgillott]

So what does 1000 lb/ft mean? When do we actually get to use that 1000 lb/ft? On a sunny day in July when in 5th or 6th gear below 3000 ft elevation? Will the torque management actually allow the driver to use all of that power?

We had 24-valves 15+ years ago putting 1000 lb/ft to the ground. I had one and know what that feels like. Now I'm not comparing those old modded trucks to the amazing trucks rolling of the assembly line now. But, the number don't impress me in the least if the ECM doesn't allow it to be used in real world driving.

 

[nukegm]

Intereating that a lighter graphite iron block had less vibration than heavier cast iron. I'll stick with cast iron. And watch the resale price of the manual transmission trucks skyrocket as they become collectors items because they are no longer made.

comrade newsa - several of my buddies with g56s all chimed in today with similar thoughts as yours. now i almost want to stop driving mine. cheers!

 

[Wiredawg]

jgillott,

How much torque do you feel you are getting out of your truck, just WAG a number?
I once drove a friends Prevost bus conversion with 500 HP and almost 2,000 lb feet of torque and it absolutely had torque management on the Allison transmission. The bus weighed around 40Klbs.

I've owned every Gen of Ram, and each has progressively performed better and stronger. My 2017 Ram 5500 is derated to 325HP/ 750TQ and is the best all around truck (so far) I've owned in terms power, trans, cooling, max tow programming, and GVWR/GCWR. BTW, to be honest, I'm now running a computer to give me the same HP/TQ as the pickups, only my truck ways almost 12K Lbs versus around 8-9K lbs on the pickups.

I just want better understand your perspective and expectations of hp and tq on your truck.

I appreciate the discussion,

Ron

 

[jgillott]

jgillott,

How much torque do you feel you are getting out of your truck, just WAG a number?
I once drove a friends Prevost bus conversion with 500 HP and almost 2,000 lb feet of torque and it absolutely had torque management on the Allison transmission. The bus weighed around 40Klbs.

I've owned every Gen of Ram, and each has progressively performed better and stronger. My 2017 Ram 5500 is derated to 325HP/ 750TQ and is the best all around truck (so far) I've owned in terms power, trans, cooling, max tow programming, and GVWR/GCWR. BTW, to be honest, I'm now running a computer to give me the same HP/TQ as the pickups, only my truck ways almost 12K Lbs versus around 8-9K lbs on the pickups.

I just want better understand your perspective and expectations of hp and tq on your truck.

I appreciate the discussion,

Ron

I just want consistent power under every circumstance. I don't care necessarily of it is 500 lb/ft or 1000 lb/ft. I, as the driver want to be able to control that, not the ECM. I guess I'm just hoping that this new design is at least capable of handling the torque management in a way that doesn't feel intrusive or inconsistent when operating that unit.

On edit: I will use my Sprinter for example. It is just a tiny 161 hp and 265 lb/ft tq. But evey time you stab the throttle, it responds in the same way. No lag, no hesitation, no dead pedal. It just reacts to the driver. My simple hope is that Ram/Cummins have figured out how to get rid of those complaints that we hear all too frequently from some 4th gen owners.