G56 Sure Sounds Better Than NV5600 In Issue 53 of the TDR.

[jwilliams3]

Buddy,

No war here!



You have some good points in your post...

Dont take me the wrong way I am just stirrin' the ole pot a bit!

 

[BSwope]

Yeah Justin its fun to have the big wooden spoon somethimes! :-laf

U get your ride all back together and goin i want to make it out and watch ya pull this summer!

 

[BSwope]

Man id like to stay and chat some more but i have 2 Christmas Parties to hit and a cooler full of CHEESE BURGERS in'a can! Happy Holidays fellas!

Glad the boss likes to drive!! DD

 

[d.miner]

I went for the G56 DEE2 option, light weight high performance plastic gears...



Man does this thing run good

 

[cerberusiam]

My truck put down whats in my sig! And let me tell ya i can smoke my bro-inlaws vp44 stock for stock pritty bad! So im pritty sure the computer isnt cuttin any power!

My lowly 48RE did 288/546. Poor little G56 just can't take the power like the auto. :-laf :-laf



In stock form the fuel is ramped down under 2K in all the CR's.

 

[BSwope]

My lowly 48RE did 288/546. Poor little G56 just can't take the power like the auto. :-laf :-laf



Well Hercules130's stock truck with the G56 put down 300hp/558tq!

 

[SchwartzJ]

My lowly 48RE did 288/546. Poor little G56 just can't take the power like the auto. :-laf :-laf



In stock form the fuel is ramped down under 2K in all the CR's.

Different dyno, diffferent day! I assure you, same dyno, same day, your auto will not lay down as much power as the G56.

 

[JUeckert]

Well thumb back a few pages to page 72 and look at the tow ratings of the automatic vs. the 6-speed manual. It says that the automatic will tow 3,000 lbs more than the manual. I posted a new topic on the General Diesel forum about this.

If this is true, then the big puff piece on the G56 is just that ... a puff marketing piece. Dodge had BETTER GET A REAL TRUCK MANUAL transmission for he Cummins unless they are planing to phase out manual transmissions!

i wouldnt put to much stock in those factory published rateings. gm pulled the same crap a few years back[likely still do],they were rateing the auto to pull more weight then the manual,yea ok! my theroy,they have more profit selling an in house auto,over an out sourced manual. [at least in years PAST] take a look on the lot's,[any brand] and you will see the manual transmission is becoming extinct. dodge,has got the largest number of manual transmission trucks on new lots,and even they have taken a downward turn in the past few two years.

 

[steved]

i wouldnt put to much stock in those factory published rateings. gm pulled the same crap a few years back[likely still do],they were rateing the auto to pull more weight then the manual,yea ok! my theroy,they have more profit selling an in house auto,over an out sourced manual. [at least in years PAST] take a look on the lot's,[any brand] and you will see the manual transmission is becoming extinct. dodge,has got the largest number of manual transmission trucks on new lots,and even they have taken a downward turn in the past few two years.

"Reason being, you "can't" abuse an auto that way you can a manual" - this was what I was told by a fleet owner, and his reasoning for buying all autos.



I also believe the general public wants autos, so they are not going to produce as many manuals... if there isn't the demand.



steved