Recent content by silver billet

This is going to be the same with a stock hemi. If you're not comfortable modding as suggested then I'm not sure the hemi is what you should be getting. Perhaps it takes a little longer with the hemi to get hotter vs the EB but a bunch of us do mod our trucks to get the temps down. I'd avoid...

Stock, yeah the hemi will hit 250F as well or even north of it (though without derating) towing a heavier load. Good news is that its pretty easy to get it mostly under control. I removed my active grill shutters (just slip your hand in there and pull out everything but two rows of slats) and...

Guys who have done the swap have found it gives slightly better MPG than the 5.7. But in any case I want a real engine. Squeezing 30 psi out of a mousy motor just isn't my thing.

I admire your patience. I suppose the ole shotgun is a little too drastic?

10 to 15 percent of your trailer weight ends up on the rear of your truck. So typically about 600 to 1000 depending on size of your trailer.

Sales literally collapsed last year when the only option was turbos. Was that the only reason why it collapsed, dunno, but it definitely played a huge part. Yeah I said that right from the beginning. I'm not interested in turbos at this point, but bankrupting you just to get their most powerful...

That's hydraulic lifter bleed down. My pentastar did that a few times too. You can try a better oil filter, one with a silicon ADBV but mixed results doing that.

GM's v8's have lifter/cam issues, Fords 7.3 has had lifter/cam issues, hemi has had lifter issues, pentastar has had cam/lifter issues, even the cummins has had recent lifter issues. The relationship to police cars and high idling is correlation, not causation. If you have weak cam/lifter then...

At the moment... neither. Wait for the 6.4 hemi, we all know its coming soon.

It's there for a reason; as long as you aren't slamming it repeatedly up against the rev limiter it's not a problem. I tow with it on in combination with TH mode to keep it locked to 6th for hours at a time.

You can leave the computer/fan stock and still see a major benefit by running (for example) a 180. If you want the fan to come on sooner, that is yet another benefit and thing you can do, but it doesn't have to be done to see a benefit. The 180 by itself is so effective in my usage, I...

He has been suspiciously absent with recent updates though. Not a good sign. :(

I'm confused because my truck has a fan and it comes on whenever temps get hot enough. So I'm not saying you're wrong, just that I have no idea what feature you're referring to and why it would be useful over and above what normal cars and trucks already have. 🤷‍♂️

A number of us are running the BD Diesel manifolds which are reinforced and have longer studs. It's a non issue for me, already been replaced on both sides and I don't expect to have to touch it again. I'd put this on the same level as the plastic oil filter, probably something that is solvable...

Why would only ET do this? The truck has more than enough power to spin the cooling fans regardless of whether it has ET or not.