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I think Dave40 works for Chevy.
Dave40
Whats the good word on 2500 delivery? I've had my Sierra 2500HD EXT Long Bed on order since October. Last my dealer would tell me is they are waiting on the NV4500HD 5spd (and he had the gall to ask if I would switch to auto!)
of the fart jokes. This is a family site. With some exceptions, I generally try to let the conference participants determine the tone of the conference. But there ARE limits. And if a complaint is made, a useful note may be erased because of the presence of a word or two. Guide yourselves accordingly.
Front Porch Philosopher
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Dave40 - why should we listen to you? What is your expertise? My parrot can talk too, you know.........
But I wouldn't go to him for advice on much.
A. The right blinker on his new chevy was stuck on....
Glad to see your on there case!
I need to find out about a car that my grandfather drove in the late 50's that we called the "Henry J". Any advice on where to find out about such a vehicle?? thanks
i.e. Pickups? What a novel thought?
The "Henry J" was built by Kaiser Motors Corps (as in Kaiser Aluminum, etc?), the company has been out of business for a long time (like De Soto I think they went under in the '50's), and the car was a "classic" when I was in high school - late 60's.
Meanwhile, back in Pickups....
(Sorry guys, I just couldn't resist.)
I think that Henry J was out of business by '51 or '52. A neighbor of mine had one. I always thought that the rear of the car looked like the part of the horse that went over the fence last.
Grow up.
Ladyblueski
P.S. Use the SPELLCHECK option before posting dave40. You get in a hurry (I understand your enthusiasm for CHEVYS) and forget stuff. Let's try to have a professional CHEVY topic here and make that Dodge salesman envious. He's selling an inferior product to Clinton supporters who want to be "misled".
It certainly wouldn't surprise me if the Isuzu engine posted similar numbers. The market for mid-level transportation diesels is very close technically these days.
I've heard the 500-600 ftlbs of torque from a couple of different places: Internet short reports, local fuel injection company's learning about the new diesel (mechanics, specs, performance), and a dealer friend who's been to national chevrolet conferences and meetings. so yes, 600 ftlbs is very real possiblity. sorry about the ego.
ford and dodge can't build a transmission to handle that kind of torque, thats why their motors aren't pumped any more. The new Chevrolet HD's will have an Allison transmission in it, although i'm wondering if they are designing a chevrolet specific transmision, or if they are using on of their current ones.
For those who don't know, Allison makes large industrial transmissions for everything from the 444T on school buses to 5000 ftlb caterpillar oil rig engines.
actually my dad's '94 chevy 6.5 did 0-60 in about 12-13 seconds. the truck weighed about 14000# empty, had a 4.56 rear in it. engine ran good until you hit 4th gear which was much too tall of a ratio. 0-50 was pretty quick for a truck that heavy, but 50-60 was a struggle. the new 454 runs a little faster.
If the new GM HD trucks do use an Allison, bet your last money it will be a new unit just for that truck. Remember, regular Allisons don't have a "Park" position, but that will be expected on trucks of this class. Medium and heavy trucks and buses with Allisons must park in Neutral and set the parking brake.
Rumor has it that the new Dodge power wagon will use a CAT diesel backed by a Mercedes tranny.
And Dodge (and ford) still use real axles up front. (IFS is for Cars.)
and the deal with isuzu still isn't final; it certainly wouldnt be the first time chevy's blown a good deal, they seem to make it their specialty.
The power wagon was a CONCEPT truck. they make concept vehicles to stir the public up, getting looking your way. While the Power Wagon has certainly achieved that goal, Not one concept vehicle has EVER made it to the showroom floor. maybe some characteristics that the public specifically liked will be seen, but thats about it.
GM and Isuzu is written in stone.
dodgeram - my info is correct - have relatives in the business - sell that Dodge now before resale hits rock bottom next year with the obsolete Cummins. Change your screen name to CHEVYRULES!
Doccers - IFS is for civilized BRUTES. Horse drawn wagons had straight axles and they aren't used much anymore. Had they put IFS on the wagons they'd still be in use.
dave40 - it's a 6.6 V8. Keep after 'em buddy. They'll all be CHEVY LOVERS next year!!!
6.6 LEVIATHON kicks butt!!!
"Some of these vehicles have a lower than specified torque
on all three of the steering gear to frame attachment bolts. The bolts can loosen over time allowing the steering gear to move.
This loosening can result in some unresponsive steering feel and some noise to the driver.
If this condition is ignored, the steering gear to frame can wear and/or fatigue the attaching bolts to the point of breakage or
the bolts backing out. If all the bolts break or back out, the steering gear would separate from the frame resulting in a loss of
steering control. "
Cheers,
Ryan
Why wouldn't Dodge pull out of the Cummins deal?
Why would Dodge do a deal with Allison?
Remember they are now part of MB. MB makes all kinds of diesels and certainly knows how to make automatic transmissions.
I don't know if that's good or bad, ain't never owned one.
6sp automatic, can't wait to see how that works.
I love the idea of the 6-speed. If Dodge would make a crew-cab, and offer the 6-speed auto, I'd probably sell my '99 F350 and flip to a Dodge.
If i remember correctly they were over 1000 HP. I couldn't believe a V8 could put up numbers like that.
We had also priced a rebuild for that set of motors at $30K just for a single rebuild kit!!
Cheers,
Ryan
http://www.car-truck.com/chryed/news/n012999.htm
So who has the Allison first, Mr. General Motors?
I don't understand why you say the engines have no low end torque. At 1500 and at 2000 rpms, all the Chevy engines have more torque than the engines they replaced. I know the 5.3 and 6.0 have more torque under 2000 rpms than the Ford 5.4, I can't remember offhand what the 360 pulls below 2000 rpm, but i would say the GM is equal to or greater than th 5.9 gas in that range.
These engines do run in higer rpms, but that is because they ACTUALLY HAVE TORQUE AT THOSE RPMS. all engines before had no torque at 4000 rpms, so they had to shift to get useable power. The GMs carry over 300 ftlb (depending on which engine) all the way up to 5000 rpm, while ford and dodge hardly carries HALF of that torque.
Its hard to explain without putting your foot into it once. If you drive one, you really notice no difference in driveabiility or take off power from any other motor, other than the fact you have a lot of damn power.
My point was simply this. Torque is multiplied with the transmission gear ratio. If Ford and Dodge don't feel a shift delay is necessary, then they are confident that their engines can upshift without losing momentum, which is what that bottom-end torque provides. Torque-curves notwithstanding, the GM engines may have a flatter torque curve and the torque may last longer (Corvette heritage showing here), but if the other brands are higher where the average trucker is going to drive, then that evens the field quite a bit. If you want to drive up around the 4000 rpm mark, then yeah, the GM trucks will feel great, but I can't think of too many people who frequently tow or haul who want to always rev that high (or get the load going that fast that quickly).
Don't let my current ownership of a diesel think I'm jaded. I never let my F150s (302 V8) rev that high - I preferred to have them upshift. Acceleration was never a point for me in buying a truck. Maybe that just makess me an "old-schooler" - I miss manual hubs, too.