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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    lol, dude..take an internet break and touch grass. 5000 posts? LOL.
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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    well.. apologies, I thought the video was excellent, really informative, and the intention was to bring some good data points into the topic. But, clearly as someone who doesn't hang out in this forum very much, I kinda stepped into it. Yet, like a bug light on a porch, look how many showed up...
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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    Is there an eye rolling emoji around here? "buzz words" yet the 40 minute video discusses each "buzzword" in better, more intelligvent detail than many of these threads you refer to. Didn't mean to trigger you!
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    2023 Ram MPG Upgrades - Hemi E-torque

    lol, good lord. Shouldn't have even explained why I was driving slow. The point is.. drive 55 mph and watch your mileage go from 1/2 ton truck to honda civic mileage as fast as you can fart. I get wanting better mileage. But it's a heavy, steel truck, with a V8 (for many of us). There's no...
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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    I'm not as quick to draw a connection from engine lubrication to tow/haul mode; there are a lot of other variables. Does the alternator, for example, lower power output when MDS is engaged? That alone should disable it when towing. MDS has been around a long time..He shows the oil ports for the...
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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    LOL, clearly. (appreciate your input here, but when you write, "The stock pump has more than enough pressure and volume." how am I to believe this? Not you, I mean how do I know the stock pump is good enough? If I take your word for it, why? I'm no expert, but the guy in the video has been...
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    oil weight, MDS, and lifter failure. It's settled.

    Been researching this one. everyone's generally right: 1. Yes, the RAM engineers probably do know better and probably do have reasons for 0w-20. [mod: keep the politics out of the forums - you can speak your mind in OT] However, no company is going to warranty engines over a slight downward...
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    2023 Ram MPG Upgrades - Hemi E-torque

    lol, do I seem that dense? I hope not, had to make the wife joke. 1. Drafting a semi well requires a ridiculously unsafe distance. I had adaptive on the number 3 setting, which is hundreds of feet, I did this to lower the throttle oscillations and to prevent the brake slam when a californian...
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    2023 Ram MPG Upgrades - Hemi E-torque

    I'll share two things: 1. Even though the exhuast is hard to improve on (none of the cat backs add any power), I replaced my muffler with a borla. I drive the same roads all of the time, and after this one change, one stretch of road the MDS came on, and remained on, for the entire length of it...
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    New General Grabbers, first impressions, and why

    It is rated as one of the best all-terrain tires you can buy right now. The general grabber has some modifications making it more highway friendly, slightly less weight, and a propietary layer under the tread for cushioning. Which is my point actually: what are you doing, and what's best for...
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    New General Grabbers, first impressions, and why

    Yup! Smart, good choice, and it's also 3 peaks rated. I saw those, they're $14 less than the grabbers, so it's not a big savings, and I felt better with a more aggressive tread. BUT! Only because I will tow, on occasion, a trailer or a boat over miles of dirt road that can get washed out on...
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    New General Grabbers, first impressions, and why

    https://generaltire.com/tires/light-trucksuv/grabber-atx That one! Stormed all day, and I like them even more now. But, I know all too well, let's see where they're at in 20,000 miles.
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    New General Grabbers, first impressions, and why

    oh dude, I beat the hell out of them. I did things on those tires I won't be doing again.. that's for sure.
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    New General Grabbers, first impressions, and why

    The Duratracs on my 2020 Rebel were, by all metrics, excellent. And let me tell you.. I really beat the heck out of 'em. 41,000 miles and 2 were bald. Doing my research I also found out that Duratracs are OLD - designed in 2009 with zero revisions. Apparently many new tires are better. One of...
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    An Engineer's Ultimate Guide To 3.21 VS 3.92 Axle Ratio

    How I wish 3.21s were available on the Rebel. My boat weighs, maybe, 2000 pounds. No one mentioned it, but you can get great mileage on 3.92 - just drive 60mph. I'm half joking, but I took a call once, stuck behind a real truck, and adaptive cruise control kept me behind it at 55mph. Because I...
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    2024 Ram electric pickup

    LOL. Texas and California are a world apart. One of the main reasons CA is so expensive, without knowing a thing about Texas infrastructure, is that California had to build all new structures, power lines and most importantly: additional gas based power plants at all solar installations. And...
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    TSB #24-001-20 A/C Fix. Has anyone had it done yet? Plus are you happy with the results?

    I have a 2020 Rebel.. AC seems to be fine... but it takes several minutes before it does anything when I first start it up, you know, when the truck is actually well into triple digits. I've taken it up as a quirk, maybe a penalty of some environmental reg on car makers. So I start 'r up...
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    2024 Ram electric pickup

    For the record, the reason for this condition is the very aggressive push to solar and wind. The solar and wind, complete with entirely new power lines to those remote areas, forced PGE (famously) to neglect most of the stuff most utiltiy companies perform regularly. What is CAs CO2 goals again...
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    Desert Dawg Ram Rebel Build

    Lol. Well, ultimately take it as a compliment. I had a custom ordered C7, and it looked awesome. Months later, I see , MY SAME CAR, in a nearby neighborhood. I was so relieved to see he had chrome wheels. It ruined his entire car making my car look all the better. Whew. But I was flattered and...
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    Any good methods to buff out some "desert pinstriping"?

    i applaud the street cred and the manhood. clean, shiny trucks are for.. for... I don’t know, but put an insult here.
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