dodge ram diesel......:(

[vmchurch]

ok, not a noob and defiantely not a guy that races a ton, but i was on a two lane hwy and i went to pass the guy i the dodge ram 2500 diesel (he was doing like 50) and as soon as i moved out, he floors it just to be an ass. Well, since i wasn't in a great mood anyway, i figured id just give it more gas and pass him anyway. I kept it floored and VERY slowly pulled past him, he just kept up with me. Ive got a 5spd, F22b swapped CB 4dr with no A/C, no P/S and the JDM tranny. Is there any reason he should be able to keep up?

[NAiL05]

Tunes Cummins can be fast shit the cummins itself is a great motor. The motor generates more torque than your car plus has more power. Also diesels are no slouch they well get up and go when provoked. ON another note they make power so easy its not even funny.

[Dani Filth]

Probably because those diesels are quite powerful. I've seen modified ones run 11s and 12s.

[C91BLX7]

Yep they put out about 400HP with turbo last time I looked.

[vmchurch]

ok, so instead oh thinking my cars slow as balls, i guess i could be happy i eventually pulled on him considering he's got a ton of torque at any speed........right?

[Dani Filth]

well in stock form they arent monsters simply because theyre so heavy and diesels arent race engines. but yeah at a roll hes making lots of power and he already has the momentum to get moving.

[NAiL05]

well in stock form they arent monsters simply because theyre so heavy and diesels arent race engines. but yeah at a roll hes making lots of power and he already has the momentum to get moving.

True but diesels are somewhat race engines you can say. They are really strong motors from the factory and pretty detuned. IT doesnt take much to make them fast. Usually the weak links are the auto trans. But they have aftermarket stuff for that. The quickest diesel in tx right now is in SA and runs 9's.

[cleanjdm]

i think the stock diesals cut off around a hundred, i could be wrong
but most stock vehicles, mostly american made ones, lose their potental when their in the last gear and doing speeds around 100. the other day i was on the freeway and this 4 door dodge truck with a hemi is flying and doing like 90, so i catch up to him and theres like 5 people in the truck. so he floors it, and so do i and as soon as we both hit like 105, it seems his truck wont go faster, so i proceed and in about another 8 secs, i hit my stock govenor at 115 and this guys is way behind. all i have is a stock f22a with 4-2-1 header, full 2.5 inch exhast, intake and its an auto. well, maybe he couldnt go any faster cuz of all the people he had!

[91 DX]

yea my friends dad has a 2005 with a k&n cold air intake with a power chip on the chip its running about 425 hp and about 675lb.feet of torque it hauls ass

[owequitit]

At low speeds most diesels will probably own you.

At high speeds, they have to fight a TON of drag, so they lose their advantage very quickly.

[Dani Filth]

i think the stock diesals cut off around a hundred, i could be wrong
but most stock vehicles, mostly american made ones, lose their potental when their in the last gear and doing speeds around 100. the other day i was on the freeway and this 4 door dodge truck with a hemi is flying and doing like 90, so i catch up to him and theres like 5 people in the truck. so he floors it, and so do i and as soon as we both hit like 105, it seems his truck wont go faster, so i proceed and in about another 8 secs, i hit my stock govenor at 115 and this guys is way behind. all i have is a stock f22a with 4-2-1 header, full 2.5 inch exhast, intake and its an auto. well, maybe he couldnt go any faster cuz of all the people he had!

aside from it being a truck that has nothing to do with this. hemis arent diesels