Originally Posted by cyclone429

Were smarter than Engineers ( maybe not me)
Give me a 6sp man trans with a hemi and I will buy a new Dodge truck, until than, I 'm drving Dodges old truck! Not a new Dodge, But a old dodge, Dodge Your not even the same block as rival truck brands.

Hell, I may go back to Ford, just for spite.
(sounds great, but I will never do it)

Originally Posted by dirtydog

I dunno who Pasquale is but wholy crap, did he ask a ton of mpg "gas saver" type questions. The engineers were eating it up too. I think to buy a full size truck and expect compact car mpg's is asking a bit too much with the allowable design priciples of modern gasoline engines. There are patents that would enable engines to achieve much, much more, but the oil companies buy the rights to those patents whenever they come up, so they ultimately control our future for the gas consumption so they can keep on profiting from the poor inefficiencies of gasoline engines. Afterall, it's their future they care about, not ours.
Pasquale if your out there...Alcohol cannot be used as they said. You'll deteriorate your seals in your gastank and your engine(alcohol dries them up)plus it lacks lubricity. Also, while it may be initially cheaper to run alcohol and you may gian mpg's, the end result is a loss or "equivilant" to gasoline because alcohol burns quicker and thus you get less mpg's as compared to gasoline. Not to mention the tuning isn't meant for alcohol consumption...lol
You did se the window sticker that said 13city/17highway when you bought it right? Just asking?

Regardless of engine design, The dodge ram weighs minimum 5,000lbs and has the aerodynamics of a brick wall. Aint nothing gonna help much with that. Torque is your best friend and gearing down is the only way! 4:10's or 4:56's depending on how much highway you travel?

Originally Posted by SeanW727

^^^^^^
I was only ever able to find one hemi ram in a stick shift. IT was a base model ram 2500, hemi with a 5spd.... 8ft bed standard cab.... And the guy didnt show pictures of the stick shift inside the cab so i have no idea if he was telling the truth or not.