damn old chevy beat a dodge
ok so my truck really suprised me tonight, its turned up and has a cold air intake with a straight exhaust but thats it. i was driving through joplin earlier and a dodge dually got beside me and started dropping gears. we got stopped at a stop light and i could hear him start to spool up so he could launch. i left on the foot break and we were nose to nose then i pulled about 3 truck lengths on him before letting off. i know it was just a stock 24v cummins truck but im pretty happy because i only hear how gutless 6.5s are :tu:
my truck is an automatic and chirps the tires when it shifts into second, is that normal? at the strip it ran a 17.3 at 78 mph |
I would have to say your 6.5 is running perty good. But hay my 85 Ford with a 6.9 diesel out pulled a 06 Duramax at a sled pull this summer :choochoo:
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thats pretty fast for a pretty close to stock 6.5. someone might of put a shift kit in your tranny before you got it so thats why its chirping the tires in 2nd. nothing wrong with that in my opinion though:w2:
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Originally Posted by Hummin Cummins
(Post 624682)
I would have to say your 6.5 is running perty good. But hay my 85 Ford with a 6.9 diesel out pulled a 06 Duramax at a sled pull this summer :choochoo:
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Originally Posted by Woody35
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thats pretty fast for a pretty close to stock 6.5. someone might of put a shift kit in your tranny before you got it so thats why its chirping the tires in 2nd. nothing wrong with that in my opinion though:w2:
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I love suprising unsuspecting owners of "other" trucks....like the gas v8's with flowmasters who think their truck is fast because its loud....well all they see is a puff of smoke and im gone so have fun explaining to your girlfriend in the passenger seat why an orange highway maintenance truck beat your lifted vortec with a fake ram air hood....:choochoo:
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haha yea i know what you mean. my truck is nothing special by any means, and i think the newer dodges are really nice trucks, but i dont think he suspected that from a 92 chevy haha
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if you know your way around trannys you can open them up and tighten the bands... thats the easiest way to chirp the tires wen it shifts...
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6.5's are one of the quickest trucks in stock form I've driven. My lil 1/2 ton 6.5 is waayyy quicker than any stock dodge I've driven.... And quicker than most duramax's too.
Now, start chippin em, and it's a whole new day. :) |
Thats one thing I have always liked about the 6.5. They have the go of a gas truck with more power. If you where going to pull a 20k trailer it would not be my first choice but most of the time I drive it and deliver products to people with the occasional 10k worth of trailer behind it.
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