RE: HEMI engine ?

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (fasstdak@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Jun 19 2004 - 07:26:48 EDT


To put it mildly...oh hell no! The 6-speeds are much better but still some
lag out of the hole.

- Bernd

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 2:45 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: HEMI engine ?

On Jun 18, 2004, at 20:17, Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:

> I'm not impressed with the new Cummins/48RE combination...shifts too
> sluggish (no shift kit...yet) and the electronically controlled turbo
> lags too much out of the hole. Nice power once you're at speed, but
> I'd rather
> take an '03 and use a few bolt-ons.

Does that go for the 6 speed too? I was going to take a look at one
when I was at the dealer buying shock bolts, but "shockingly" they
didn't have any Cummins 600s on the lot - auto or standard.

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Michael Maskalans             <http://mike.tepidcola.com/>
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