Not sure if I have any problems with my truck. It just lacks power. It its the 318 with the 3.55 gears and taller 285/75 16". But I have all new TPS, IAC, MAP, plugs, wires, muffler, and free flowing cat. In 4th and 5th gear I can mash the pedal to the floor and not hear much if any increase in sound with no felt increase in power. 5th gear won't acclerate up a decent size hill. Forget pulling a trailer. 3rd gear is required for that at 55mph on any type of hill that I want to keep speed.

Could some of you guys with a manual trans do a wide open throttle time run for me. Say 4th gear 40-60mph. Or third gear 40-60mph. So I could compare your times with my time.

Yes my signature says 5.3l - its so all the wise people can correct me on it.,

 

What about the LWD part in your sig?

 

I might change my sig to 1x2 as well. lol

 

Well good lord, people aren't going to take you seriously with a sig like that.
I can't think of an acronym that fits LWD....

 

Those tires combined with those gears are the problem. My truck is a total turd with even 31s on it and it's a lot lighter than your Ram. IMO 30" tires are perfect (and the limit) with 3.55s on a 5.2 5 speed, and your tires are about a 33. Dropping tire size or switching to 3.92s or 4.10s would help a lot.

 

were you drunk when you made your sig ??

 

Work nightshift... But once I read it and noticed how many people just have to take (waste) the time to correct me I figured I would just leave it.

Back on topic. Can anybody time thier truck so I can compare. So I don't waste time tracking down a powerloss.

To the guy that said my tires are too big. The truck was a dog with stock size tires. Plus the tires are near brand new and had I known I was going to buy such a large boat to tow I would have kept the stock size tires.

Can anybody time thier truck so I can compare

 

I can time mine later tonight, but mind you I've got more power than stock and weigh less. Not many 5 speed ram guys around here... Have you checked to see if your belly pan gasket is leaking?

 

My truck with the 5.9/auto takes between 1-2 hours to go from 50-75 in overdrive......that's if it even makes it to 75. If it does, it's a good day.

I hate my auto.

This concludes this test of the Emergency Tangent System. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread.

 

Ok, FWIW my 3rd gear 40-60 was a hair over 5 seconds and the 4th gear 40-60 run was about 7 seconds.