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Love my Naturally Aspirated Hemi...
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ferraiolo1
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Such is life with most first generation model years.
Although one of the reasons I went with ram is the ability to still access everything in the engine bag with ease vs all the other trucks on the market now.
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Although one of the reasons I went with ram is the ability to still access everything in the engine bag with ease vs all the other trucks on the market now.
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We lifted the cab on my F-150 when I blew a head gasket, but turbos we squeezed through the wheel wells. Honestly, with the right tools/lifts/time pulling the cab ensures you have absolute access to all plumbing.
Yes…and God forbid I ever have turbo issues with my Ecodiesel as they’ll need to lift my Ram cab too!
Yup!
Havent tried changing spark plugs yet I see.
ferraiolo1
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I have in a 4th gen. Not nearly as bad as the #8 plug on the previous gm 5.3s and sure as hell not as bad as the 2019+ gm trucks.
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Turbo is integrated into the exhaust manifold, gives more space to work
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A supercharger sits on top. Just sayin'........
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Superchargers are considered parasitic compared to turbochargers. But the zero lag is pretty cool.
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I prefer the term symbiotic.
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I prefer the term symbiotic.
Like Venom and Eddie!
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Yea, the zero lag is because a twin screw is always providing boost so you get power on the bottom end too. Advantageous for the big heavy truck or old muscle car. Turbos do great screaming on smaller lighter cars doing top end. Each has thier place.
You guys in the diesel crowd are the odd ones out as usual.
AngelPhoenix
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Should just attach some seats and a steering wheel to the bottom part and drive it like that, looks better.
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Why do you guys need to always compare.
Posts like these are silly.
AngelPhoenix
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And your post telling us our post is silly is not silly because…?
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Changing spark plugs in a 5th gen truck is all gravy.
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Yea, the zero lag is because a twin screw is always providing boost so you get power on the bottom end too. Advantageous for the big heavy truck or old muscle car. Turbos do great screaming on smaller lighter cars doing top end. Each has thier place.
You guys in the diesel crowd are the odd ones out as usual.
I think it depends on the application and engine. The twin turbos in my 2.7L Ecoboost F150 had zero noticeable lag, felt honestly like a mid-sized V8, 325 hp / 400 lb-ft of torque. Almost the same amount of torque as my RAM now. Except I got 17 mpg on 33" tires, whereas on my Rebel I'm barely getting 12.5 mpg on the same drive cycle.
Of course I rather have the RAM, mainly because it sounds awesome with an exhaust and I wasn't sure how well a new generation of twin-turbo six would last after 100K. A big truck that sounds like an Accord doesn't seem right, with the RAM Rebels good looks and awesome rumble, just gives it a sense of occasion when driving that doesn't get boring.
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Mainly because I am not a bored old troll that has nothing better to do than talk about a single case of a new truck having problems on a forum FULL of TONS of posts of their very own truck with problems.And your post telling us our post is silly is not silly because…?
Seems a little silly to me
