What Did You Do To Your 2ND GEN RAM Today?
Today (okay technically yesterday now) I hauled *** up a steep hill, hitting 70 in a 45, and got to the top and smelled clutch. I was hovering around 35psi in 5th at 1/2-3/4 throttle and could feel it slipping. Truck was unloaded. I am disappointed that my 450hp rated dual friction clutch is not good enough. I guess no more turning up the power screw for now. I don't want to buy a clutch, high perfprmance diesel clutches are EXPENSIVE! I will just drive it more cautiously until I decide what I want to do.
Champion
Joined: May 2012
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From: Renton, WA
oh how different a diesel injector is...
mine are 7 hole injecting at 4,500psi.
then again big difference being mine is directly injected into the cylinder, yours are injected into the intake manifold.
diesels use their injectors like a spark plug...injects fuel the moment its ready for detonation. intake valves only pull in air. no fuel in the intake.
Today (okay technically yesterday now) I hauled *** up a steep hill, hitting 70 in a 45, and got to the top and smelled clutch. I was hovering around 35psi in 5th at 1/2-3/4 throttle and could feel it slipping. Truck was unloaded. I am disappointed that my 450hp rated dual friction clutch is not good enough. I guess no more turning up the power screw for now. I don't want to buy a clutch, high perfprmance diesel clutches are EXPENSIVE! I will just drive it more cautiously until I decide what I want to do.
dual friction sounds like a gasoline clutch...
replace that POS with a valair or a south bend clutch..you'll be sorry if you go with any other company.
go for like a 600hp rated clutch so you don't have to worry about slipping it again...
that may sound like overkill, but they don't have very high torque ratings, and its the torque that causes the slippage...
It is a South Bend OFE single disc. It is not a POS. It retails at $900+ for the kit with the flywheel. Not the baddest clutch out there by any means, but definitely a good clutch. Up a less steep hill today I floored it in 5th an it didn't slip at all so I am not gonna worry about it for now.
Champion
Joined: May 2012
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From: Renton, WA
yeah south bends aren't cheap...
I paid like 1100 for my double disc. (got a few hundred off on it cause I'm special
)
had to upgrade my hydraulics for it too...that was another couple hundred.
it holds under all conditions though...bit grabby though...
I paid like 1100 for my double disc. (got a few hundred off on it cause I'm special
)had to upgrade my hydraulics for it too...that was another couple hundred.
it holds under all conditions though...bit grabby though...
Champion
Joined: May 2012
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From: Renton, WA
so when you doing the door trim?!
Legend
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From: Fredericksburg, Virginia
It is a South Bend OFE single disc. It is not a POS. It retails at $900+ for the kit with the flywheel. Not the baddest clutch out there by any means, but definitely a good clutch. Up a less steep hill today I floored it in 5th an it didn't slip at all so I am not gonna worry about it for now.
