Recent content by BowDown

Valve stem seals or the valve guides have excessive play. I vote valve stem seals, my 2003 5.7 did the same thing around 200K miles. Pooled oil in the head is leaking past the valve stem seals. When the truck sits for long periods of time, the leaking oil pools in the cylinder and burns off when...

I was going to say the very same thing, If I was keeping my truck past 27, Id swap the grill out to this

I disagree because this completely assumes the smaller engine was not designed with its power potential from the onset. There's hurricanes making 1000 fwhp using the same block but different crank and rods. The smaller engine with boost will act like a larger engine and typically outperform it...

This, 100%

Initial takeoff or the 1st 30 feet isn't what I'm talking about, the engine is lazy after the initial start and by lazy I mean requires more throttle than I think it should for mid range acceleration, 30-60,70 mph. Full throttle, yeah, it'll move but it's requiring more throttle input because...

I don't mean to offend but those that think the HEMI drives well and has plenty of power have never owned or driven anything with nice low speed power matched to the vehicle. The 5.7 was the best thing Ram had for a truck engine that still allowed them to meet EPA requirements, that's it. Those...

I'm happy with the 5.7 as well given the current options when I bought BUT, it could be better with more low speed power. The low torque really hurts the performance of this engine in the truck; in the cars, it's probably doesn't drive the same but we are talking about a near 1-2000lb difference...

I've grown up around cars/performance cars my entire life up to today. 73 Charger that was 318 powered then later 360 then 440, 2.2 Turbo 2 Daytona, 96 Z28 and the current 2003 Z06. I've had 2 HEMI trucks and had no issues with either but I will be buying a Tungsten with the HO hurricane next...

I like the 10 year part but not he 100K miles part, thats 6 years of driving for me. I have a 7/unlimited extended currently. I've read that the unlimited mileage extended was a dealer warranty only honored at that dealer and that they required you to do all the mileage maintenance with the dealer

None of which you provided any facts for, just your opinion. You or Ram engineer, whose would I value more, hmmmmm

Never said that and conversely, you did Still with the BS, you said what you said, you just got caught and cant be wrong

Yet you still have a light duty truck and the 5.9 (both gas and diesel) were in the 2500 which later went to the 6.7. Your fallacy is that you keep making the HD engin comparison in relation to a light duty 1500 truck. You have produced zero evidence to support your of an duty cycle issue with...

I didnt assume anbything, you said 6.4, not the SRT 6.4 which is a distinct difference

As have I, 277K on my 2003 and 93k on this truck. Would I have bought a 1500 (Limited) with the SRT power tuned for a truck? Hell yeas over the 5.7. Would I buy a 1500 with the SRT 6.4 over the HO Hurricane? No because I understand how the 2 will drive and where the usable power is

By this forum's own comments, most don't keep a truck more than three to four years so this is completely irrelevant to them. Secondly, a turbo engine built correctly will last as long as a naturally aspirated engine. They don't use the same components so they can be made to wear the same