dodge ram hemi top speed help
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dodge ram hemi top speed help
Hey got a question about top speed on my ram once i get passed 90mph my truck seems to slow right the hell down and its take a little while to reach 120mph is this normal for a QC 08 5.7l hemi with exhaust tuner and intake?? I just watch videos of the srt-8 jeep and it seems sooo much damn faster
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You have a 5,000lbs+ full size pick-up truck. It's not a Vette. It takes so much more power to get the truck up to speed and keep it going after that because your head on with 90mph winds with pretty much a 6ft tall wall. Try to wlak Into the wind with a large piece of plywood. Same idea.
The ram isn't stable enough to be going that fast and your gonna hurt yourself an/or others with stupidity by driving that fast and racing it like it's a sports car.
The ram isn't stable enough to be going that fast and your gonna hurt yourself an/or others with stupidity by driving that fast and racing it like it's a sports car.
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Sure it may not be perfectly stable at those speeds but i was just wondering if it was just my ram or not...btw i dont live in a city i live out in the country away from anything basically and have stretches of road about 10 miles long i dont speed that much around other people and i do stand the chance to hurt myself but i dont do it all the time was just simply asking a question all i will hurt if something happens is myself or a deer. Just seemed like my old 99gmc 5.3l topped out much easier but ur right about the wall idea specially with our flat frontends...
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I agree with Dog on being careful but I also know if you are going through Atlanta on I-85 or I-75 and doing less than 85 your gonna get run over. LOL
But hey havent you adjusted your top speed with you SC to 140? Or can the Cortex not do that?
But hey havent you adjusted your top speed with you SC to 140? Or can the Cortex not do that?
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i have mine set to 149 and have had no problems doing 130. i would have went faster but my daughter knocked my cell phone out of my hand while i was texting and almost made me spill my redbull. i wish she would stay in her booster seat........