Dodge V-10s

[BigClay]

Nice. Congrats.

If you need any help with stuff let me know. My pops is the dodge god when it comes to these trucks

Awesome to know! Where in VA is he located (proximity to NC)

[it usually runs fine]

Man i'd never own a red dodge....Gross.

[1fox2go]

24401 is the zip

[BigClay]

Man i'd never own a red dodge....Gross.

[1fox2go]

Mines red too. I like it. To each their own I guess

[cLAYH]

Red's not my first choice either but if the deal is right.....
If I had to I'd drive a pink Dodge before I drove anything else.

Thats why I painted the under carriage on the Jeep red. To match the truck.
'

[BigClay]

My jeep is white, my tahoe is white, the wife's car is white, so red seems awesome to me!

[BigClay]

Just found out the truck has a dana 80 in the rear. A little research let me know this is a full floater usually in DRW trucks, but dodge put them in their 2500s with a manual and the v10. Anyone know anything more about this axle?

[rstrucks]

Just found out the truck has a dana 80 in the rear. A little research let me know this is a full floater usually in DRW trucks, but dodge put them in their 2500s with a manual and the v10. Anyone know anything more about this axle?

The '97 2500 5 spd diesel we had here at work had the D80 as well. Strong, heavy, cheap.

Good call on the manual trans BTW.

[dp96zj]

Sweet find on the truck, looks super clean!!!



I think he was bullshitting you guys about the red truck

.hello Mr. Towpig

Anyways here she is, needs a bath and some new meat on the rear.


I'm pretty pumped Iv'e always wanted a diesel.

[BigClay]

The '97 2500 5 spd diesel we had here at work had the D80 as well. Strong, heavy, cheap.

Good call on the manual trans BTW.

Thanks Ryan. I have not heard many bad things about the manual, and conversely I have not heard many good things about the auto, so I think the manual will treat me well.

And hopefully the 4x4 will get me up to the top of the Black Mountain Cabins!

[Jeeptech01]

Just found out the truck has a dana 80 in the rear. A little research let me know this is a full floater usually in DRW trucks, but dodge put them in their 2500s with a manual and the v10. Anyone know anything more about this axle?

I know that everything is stupid beefy on it and I've never had to replace anything on one except hub brgs and pinion seals. The latter always caused the former. I alway try to keep em just a touch overfull.

[it usually runs fine]

Yea nice score on the truck It looks like it was treated well

[1fox2go]

My truck has the dana 80 rear, with the cummins.

You pretty much got the same truck but without the diesel. Def a good find

[BigClay]

Well a little update for searching posterity. I have towed with the Dodge a few times now, I have driven it around town and straight highway driving.

So far on the highway with a small load in the bed I averaged 11.5 mpg.

Towing I averaged 7.5

Mixed city driving and some quick high way driving I averaged 9.5

I do have to say the 7.5 towing was me in a real hurry and lots of hills. The highway driving was also lots of hills, and I was not babying the skinny pedal. I will try to get some highway numbers where I am easy on the skinny pedal.

Overall I love this truck. The V10 will light up the tires if you are not careful. I also have found that 1st gear in the NV4500 is only needed when I am towing, without a load I start off in 2nd.

[1fox2go]

Well a little update for searching posterity. I have towed with the Dodge a few times now, I have driven it around town and straight highway driving.

So far on the highway with a small load in the bed I averaged 11.5 mpg.

Towing I averaged 7.5

Mixed city driving and some quick high way driving I averaged 9.5

I do have to say the 7.5 towing was me in a real hurry and lots of hills. The highway driving was also lots of hills, and I was not babying the skinny pedal. I will try to get some highway numbers where I am easy on the skinny pedal.

Overall I love this truck. The V10 will light up the tires if you are not careful. I also have found that 1st gear in the NV4500 is only needed when I am towing, without a load I start off in 2nd.

Same issue here with 1st gear, even with my oversized tires. Stock are 245s, Im running 305s

Also for MPG comparison, since we both have almost identical trucks just gas verses diesel. Empty I run mid 20s on the highway with cruise set empty. Last trip on flat istate I got 25-26 mpg

Towing a 30 foot gooseneck (8800# empty) with two Xjs (~4000# each) bed full of tools, spare parts, camping gear and coolers, and the truck with 4 people total. I averaged 11mpg towing to big dogs and back.

I have 3.55 gears, with my oversized tires Im sure my mileage would be a little better towing if I had the 4.10s, but since it is my DD and I do not tow the big gooseneck often, I get my mileage back from the highway driving with the bigger tires

Hope that helps anyone curious about gas verses diesel

[R-TM-R 209]

You've gotta look at the tranny if the fluid is burnt orange red the tranny most like needs replaced.m

[jsteves]

You've gotta look at the tranny if the fluid is burnt orange red the tranny most like needs replaced.m

Welcome to six months ago.

[1fox2go]

and that he has a manual...

Not saying they are immune to old nasty fluid but a lot more tolerant when it comes to fluid

[Jeeptech01]

No no just replace the trans that is what burnt fluid means..

[ZJ TINS]

I get my trannies flushed every 100k miles. But it uses the special machine which gets around 95% and takes an hour (it heats and runs the tranny during the flush). Never replaced a tranny yet (not even every had to work on mine) and the fluid comes out red/brown on the dipstick before and bright clear red after. Around $100 it is alot cheaper than a tranny. I will probably start every 50k miles above 100k miles now on. The ZJ has 175k miles and shifts better than Tom's at 90k after some guy worked on his.

[EndorphinJunky]

Red's not my first choice either but if the deal is right.....
If I had to I'd drive a pink Dodge before I drove anything else.

Thats why I painted the under carriage on the Jeep red. To match the truck.
'

That's an awesome setup you got there. Nice choice on the short fifth wheel trailer to stick on there!

The V10 is in the magnum family like the 5.2's n 5.9's. Here's what wikipedia has to say on them..


"Originally conceived in the 1980s^{[citation needed]} as a truck engine for the larger Rams^{[citation needed]}, the Magnum V10 was re-engineered as the engine of the Dodge Viper^{[citation needed]} in 1990 by Chrysler Engineering, and used in the Ram 2500 starting in the 1994 redesign of the Ram line. When the 8 L 488ci V10 Magnum debuted for the Dodge Ram 2500 & 3500 in 1994, it was the most powerful gasoline engine available for consumer pick-ups. It provided far less power than the V10 in the Viper and used a cast-iron cylinder block. Output was 310 hp (230 kW) and 450 lb·ft (610 N·m). It was discontinued after the 2003 model year."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_LA_engine

[biggoofy]

Why the fuck are you bumping old dead thread for no reason!

[cowboy63b]

to piss you off.

[EndorphinJunky]

Why the fuck are you bumping old dead thread for no reason!

Sorry that picture made me randy..