Got a new ride...finally
01-25-2012, 02:23 AM
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Got a new ride...finally 
Picked up a 2012 Laramie Cummins Turbo Diesel. Had a chance to drive the chevy 2500 and ford as well, didnt much like the chevy's interior, felt solid plastic, and ford's was nice but just didnt fit me. Got a few mod ideas lined up but it will be quite a while...
01-25-2012, 05:10 AM
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Those Laramies are nice, congrats. I looked at a couple new body style Dodges before getting my GMC, just didn't like the size of the front end in comparison to the height of truck and size of tire. You pretty much need a lift and 35's to get proportionate in my opinion.
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01-25-2012, 04:56 PM
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Havent had her over 80 yet, in town im getting 13.5-14 depending on my right foot and on the highway shes nudging a bit over 18. Just hit 1100 miles today so its nowhere near broken in. I do plan to pull the emissions crap off and put a 5" turbo back exhaust(with muffler...dont want it too loud)and put a H&S minimaxx tuner on it.
I really liked this truck a lot more than the ltz chevy and the denali gmc they gave me to drive, and we have had the '11+ fords for a year now so i've had plenty of time with them. The ford has the second nicest interior to the dodge(in my opinion), and the chevy just felt absolutely too cheap.
The antique plates look kinda slick to me, its a possibility, the acura interior i havent heard anything about? As far as wheels and tires my only real visual mods will be a 2" lift, grill guard or bumper replacement, and 35x12.5 inch tires on my stock wheels. This will all be later down the road though.
I really liked this truck a lot more than the ltz chevy and the denali gmc they gave me to drive, and we have had the '11+ fords for a year now so i've had plenty of time with them. The ford has the second nicest interior to the dodge(in my opinion), and the chevy just felt absolutely too cheap.
The antique plates look kinda slick to me, its a possibility, the acura interior i havent heard anything about? As far as wheels and tires my only real visual mods will be a 2" lift, grill guard or bumper replacement, and 35x12.5 inch tires on my stock wheels. This will all be later down the road though.
01-25-2012, 05:22 PM
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Havent had her over 80 yet, in town im getting 13.5-14 depending on my right foot and on the highway shes nudging a bit over 18. Just hit 1100 miles today so its nowhere near broken in. I do plan to pull the emissions crap off and put a 5" turbo back exhaust(with muffler...dont want it too loud)and put a H&S minimaxx tuner on it.
I really liked this truck a lot more than the ltz chevy and the denali gmc they gave me to drive, and we have had the '11+ fords for a year now so i've had plenty of time with them. The ford has the second nicest interior to the dodge(in my opinion), and the chevy just felt absolutely too cheap.
The antique plates look kinda slick to me, its a possibility, the acura interior i havent heard anything about? As far as wheels and tires my only real visual mods will be a 2" lift, grill guard or bumper replacement, and 35x12.5 inch tires on my stock wheels. This will all be later down the road though.
I really liked this truck a lot more than the ltz chevy and the denali gmc they gave me to drive, and we have had the '11+ fords for a year now so i've had plenty of time with them. The ford has the second nicest interior to the dodge(in my opinion), and the chevy just felt absolutely too cheap.
The antique plates look kinda slick to me, its a possibility, the acura interior i havent heard anything about? As far as wheels and tires my only real visual mods will be a 2" lift, grill guard or bumper replacement, and 35x12.5 inch tires on my stock wheels. This will all be later down the road though.
01-25-2012, 07:13 PM
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Get rid of that EGR asap. The sooner you can keep from pumping all that soot back into the engine the better off you'll be. Also if you have the exhaust brake, run it as much as you can. They will get carbon buildup on the insides pretty quickly with the brake left off. A 5" exhaust will be a great mod, put some gauges on there while you're at it. Boost and EGT mounted in the manifold merge collector above the turbo. If you tow long distances, an other EGT after the turbo is a good idea to make sure the oil is cooled off enough before shutting the truck down so as to not cook the oil residing in the turbo.
01-26-2012, 01:46 AM
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I've been trying to convince my grandad to invest in a programmer and emissions delete on his f350 dually but he likes how quiet it is. the new 6.7 is a nice motor i just hope they hold up better than the early run 6.0 and 6.4s... i know ours has ~50k miles on it with no problems
01-26-2012, 07:34 AM
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Man, gorgeous looking truck!
But in response to the 6.4 comments... 70k miles on a tuned 2008 f250 and not an issue besides making too much power for the stock trans. And I know a lot of owners in the tuned community and I don't hear all the horror stories that most claim... they just always say "unrealiable 6.4" ....????
Mine will run circles around a dpf deleted cummings any day of the week.
But in response to the 6.4 comments... 70k miles on a tuned 2008 f250 and not an issue besides making too much power for the stock trans. And I know a lot of owners in the tuned community and I don't hear all the horror stories that most claim... they just always say "unrealiable 6.4" ....????
Mine will run circles around a dpf deleted cummings any day of the week.
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01-26-2012, 07:37 AM
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But honestly, It is literally about PERSONAL preference these days, any diesel will do what you need, hold its value, etc(which btw, dodge has had the worst performing diesel since the clean air act was initiated... in last in every comparo with the GM/Ford/Dodge).
EDIT: shame GM won't ditch the shitty IFS for a solid axel.
EDIT: shame GM won't ditch the shitty IFS for a solid axel.
