Can you buy a Hemi without MDS?
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Can you buy a Hemi without MDS?
I was just wondering whether or not you can choose not have the MDS system on your Ram? I want to buy new Ram but I don't like the MDS, Idon't care about mileage. If I wanted four cylinders I'd buy a Toyota.
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I was just wondering whether or not you can choose not have the MDS system on your Ram? I want to buy new Ram but I don't like the MDS, Idon't care about mileage. If I wanted four cylinders I'd buy a Toyota.
I was just wondering whether or not you can choose not have the MDS system on your Ram? I want to buy new Ram but I don't like the MDS, Idon't care about mileage. If I wanted four cylinders I'd buy a Toyota.
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RE: Can you buy a Hemi without MDS?
Ha yeah, it comes up so often. Truckman, you should buy an srt10 if you don't care about mileage.
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RE: Can you buy a Hemi without MDS?
You might want to read this article:
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
Or if you're too lazy this pretty much sums up the MDS:
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/new-mopar-hemi.html
Or if you're too lazy this pretty much sums up the MDS:
The HEMI will be able to transition from eight cylinders to four in 40 milliseconds (0.04 seconds).
Don Sherman's article in Automobile noted described a test of the MDS. They found that only four cylinders were used during 17% of the suburban traffic portion of the test, during a full 48% of the freeway test which included "over 70 mph" speeds. Overall, they found that the engine powered down to four cylinders about 40% of the time. Non-enthusiast drivers may experience even more savings. As with most testers (including us), Don was generally unable to detect the changes from four to eight cylinders and back again.
Don Sherman's article in Automobile noted described a test of the MDS. They found that only four cylinders were used during 17% of the suburban traffic portion of the test, during a full 48% of the freeway test which included "over 70 mph" speeds. Overall, they found that the engine powered down to four cylinders about 40% of the time. Non-enthusiast drivers may experience even more savings. As with most testers (including us), Don was generally unable to detect the changes from four to eight cylinders and back again.