duramax diesel

[THE CLEANER]

Hi All,I test drove the chevy 2500 duramax this week and i got to take my hat off to this truck!!!:--) This truck is hooked up the right way. Not only does this truck move but the allison trans in this truck is awesome. I would have to spend another $5000. 00 on my truck to get the performance and reliability of a great transmission to be in the same league. Don't get me wrong i love my cummins,but i wish they would unleash the potential that this motor has and put a transmission in this truck that we could depend on. This is just my opinion.

 

[fj40charles]

I think the jury is still out on the reliability of the allison transmission. Your best bet for reliablility on a transmission, regardless of brand, is to go manual if you want to do some heavy duty towing.



No question about a Cummins being more reliable than a duramaxipad.



Charles

 

[fj40charles]

This thread probably belongs in "general diesel" category since it is really a "general run of the mill diesel... . "

 

[RichB59]

Spend the money

on your trans you will be very happy. lots of good stuff out there for your Dodge and you will still have the the CUMMINS.



LOL



Rich B

 

[catoiler]

The allison trans is a very good trans,but they also need a little help. a friend of mine has one in his race truck(peterbilt 379)the truck turns 11. 30 with a detroit 892 silver,needless to say a little work has been done to it!!

 

[jerrethomas]

i think allison got ahead of themselves when they released the wt series transmissions which are a full electronic transmission. they still have some bugs in them that need to be worked out.

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

Just think you could have spent that $5000. 00 on a truck that looks like an Avalance... ... ..... Nice hood! That alone would keep me from owning a Chubby. Plus I spent the $5000. 00 on my truck and I can eat a new Chevy Corvette Come Get Some

 

[wlowe]

OK, lets figure this out. My truck was $14,000 less than a new 2500 duramax (chevy wouldn't deal), add $5,000 for upgrades for my truck, yea, I'm still in the black! What a deal!