Ls1 dodge ram!!!
04-25-2013, 09:11 PM
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They are fairly light for what they are. Lighter than newer gen GM trucks.
I should make mine a mid engine. with a corvette transaxle :p
03-28-2014, 02:03 PM
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Hate to dig this thread up from the dead but this truck is awesome. You get great fuel economy. Someone had mentioned in the thread why not do a Cummins swap. I have a 91.5 VE pump cummins I used for a 55 Chevy cab swap. It has 37" tires with heavy steel wheels and the best I have gotten is 21 mpg. I think you made the right decision with the LS1. It is a quiet smooth running engine. The Cummins is a loud engine and it shakes and rattles as you know. I think it is hilarious what the guys at RCC said.
I have a couple of questions for you.
You were running 14.0 and then you finally broke into the low 13s. I must have read over it but how did you get the times down. I thought I read where you did a 75 shot to get it to 12.5.
You said you were getting 18 mpg on the highway and 10 mpg in town. I'm guessing that is from a high stall converter?
How hard was the gauge cluster swap?
Again awesome truck.
I have a couple of questions for you.
You were running 14.0 and then you finally broke into the low 13s. I must have read over it but how did you get the times down. I thought I read where you did a 75 shot to get it to 12.5.
You said you were getting 18 mpg on the highway and 10 mpg in town. I'm guessing that is from a high stall converter?
How hard was the gauge cluster swap?
Again awesome truck.
04-24-2014, 12:54 PM
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I can't believe I didn't see this until just a few days ago when the video of you (OP) and the LSx ****** was posted. I read through the entire thread, and all I can say is it's the coolest, most unique, LSx swap I've seen. Being from Missouri, are you going to head over to KC in May for the KC2K14 event?
04-24-2014, 04:55 PM
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04-24-2014, 08:21 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=446876215415965
That is the first one I saw.
Left some epic butthurt on the Jeep guy..all kinds of excuses on why he lost.
That is the first one I saw.
Left some epic butthurt on the Jeep guy..all kinds of excuses on why he lost.
04-28-2014, 03:46 AM
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Hate to dig this thread up from the dead but this truck is awesome. You get great fuel economy. Someone had mentioned in the thread why not do a Cummins swap. I have a 91.5 VE pump cummins I used for a 55 Chevy cab swap. It has 37" tires with heavy steel wheels and the best I have gotten is 21 mpg. I think you made the right decision with the LS1. It is a quiet smooth running engine. The Cummins is a loud engine and it shakes and rattles as you know. I think it is hilarious what the guys at RCC said.
I have a couple of questions for you.
You were running 14.0 and then you finally broke into the low 13s. I must have read over it but how did you get the times down. I thought I read where you did a 75 shot to get it to 12.5.
You said you were getting 18 mpg on the highway and 10 mpg in town. I'm guessing that is from a high stall converter?
How hard was the gauge cluster swap?
Again awesome truck.
I have a couple of questions for you.
You were running 14.0 and then you finally broke into the low 13s. I must have read over it but how did you get the times down. I thought I read where you did a 75 shot to get it to 12.5.
You said you were getting 18 mpg on the highway and 10 mpg in town. I'm guessing that is from a high stall converter?
How hard was the gauge cluster swap?
Again awesome truck.
stock bolt-on ls1 stock 4l60e 14.05 @ 94mph
added sstb3600 stall and ls6 intake 13.4 @ 96 mph
added 75 plate shot 12.9 @ 105
added 125 jet 12.5 @ 107
added 150 shot 12.1 @ 108 mph
added LS2 and drag radials 11.77 @ 111 1.63 60'
It can still get high 18-19 on the highway at 55-65 mph, in town it fallls with the converter, but with tuning I'm still in the 9-12 mpg range depending on how much stop-go there is
04-28-2014, 03:48 AM
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I can't believe I didn't see this until just a few days ago when the video of you (OP) and the LSx ****** was posted. I read through the entire thread, and all I can say is it's the coolest, most unique, LSx swap I've seen. Being from Missouri, are you going to head over to KC in May for the KC2K14 event?
I wish I could make it, but I'm working 6-7 days a week trying to save for a house, its the hardest thing I have ever tried to do...downpayment on a house while having a car parts buying habbit. Are you from KC?
04-28-2014, 03:55 AM
#239
"Seriously? go get your car , I didn't come all this way(12miles) to race your truck".
Not gonna lie, that kinda offended me since I have helped him with the Jeep in the past and he knows all about the Ram and how much work I put into it...I simply replied...
"Are you afraid of the Ram?"
He tilted his head back like Parris Hilton and closed his eye ..said"NO".... then I said "Lets do this.
Right before I got in my truck he asked if I wanted him to spray...I said "Do you need it?" He again, Paris Hilton head tilt...."No"
here is the results of his overconfidence
