Wes,
I was just wondering. It doesn't surprise me that a 2001 model with an 8.1
liter engine will outpull a 1993 model with a 7.4 engine.
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
To: "Nafzger" <nafzger@vtc.net>; "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>;
<RACE427@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Cummins powered Dodge Ram
> No. The Ford is the biggest V-8 they offered in a gas engine that year
> (93?) . He found that driving to Southern California on I-15 at 65 mph
gave
> him about 5 mpg better gas mileage than driving at the posted 75. He
> cruised in the outside lane and just enjoyed the drive. The new truck
gets
> better mileage at 75 and has noticeably more torque.
>
> Wes
>
> on 3/10/01 7:56 PM, Nafzger at nafzger@vtc.net wrote:
>
> > Wes,
> > Was the Ford a V-10 or Powerstroke diesel?
> > Howard
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> > To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; <RACE427@aol.com>;
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 9:50 AM
> > Subject: Re: Cummins powered Dodge Ram
> >
> >
> >> USFRA Treasurer Hugh Coltharp just got back from his "maiden voyage" to
a
> >> swap meet in Southern California in his new GMC truck with the largest
new
> >> big block the General makes. It's gas powered but he reports no drop
off
> > of
> >> power or need to down-shift where his relatively new Ford truck really
> >> started to labor. The truck is a two wheel drive, 3/4 ton with the
full
> >> length bed and a small topper. He got better gas mileage than the Ford
> > and
> >> was very happy with the torque it produced. Got a good deal through my
> >> brother-in-law on the purchase. Clean cash deal, no trade in, about a
10%
> >> savings and he was able to spec out the order the way he wanted it.
> >>
> >> He has the Ford for sale ... exceptionally clean, meticulously
maintained,
> >> and white as salt (although it has never been on the salt at
Bonneville)
> > ...
> >> he uses his $100 Honda trail bike for that. You could have seen it at
the
> >> end of the access road.
> >>
> >> Wes
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