[BudmanHemi]

The Srt 10, and Lightning are half ton's. As far as the hemi not feeling like 345hp. He's right there when it comes to take off feeling. Throttle by wire kills the take off power of the hemi. Its surely not the engine that kills the feeling. Thats shown by real life 1/4 mile times, and not some BS magazine that gives props to whatever company thats sends more cash to them. Dodge chose to advertise commercials, Nissan chose magazines. facts show hemi quads run 15.3 RC 4x4's run 15.1, and RC 2x4's run high 14's bone stock. The titan definantly feels faster, and to some thats all that matters. To others the fact the hemi is faster matters. Its all personal opinion. If you like your truck, thats all that matters. All its got to do is serve its purpose weather it be commute, haul, tow, race, sit in garage, rust away it dont matter. If it does what you bought it to do then its a good truck.

 

[BudmanHemi]

Cant we all just get along? LOL Wait, Forums would be no fun if everyone got along. Nevermind. :jester:

 

[BudmanHemi]

Regardless of the warm and fuzzy outcome this debate has ended with. I still have the largest wang.

Cew Cew Cuw, I'll get those duke boys for you boss. Once i catch that general lee with that hemi.

 

[BudmanHemi]

High 12's is(must be 110mph or more) very quick for a 6900 lbs truck.I don't have a 1/4 mile conversion chart in front of me,but it must take at leat 600 RWHP to do that.You can get that out of a Cummins .What PSI do they use stock?If they use 7.5 psi stock,you could get in the 600 hp range with about 29 psi-a big boost.
Turbo Diesels have a huge advantage over spark engines because they can run very high boost with stock fuel.Most stock spark engines can go to maybe5-7 psi on 93 octane(about 30-45% increase in power),but after that they will detonate.It is relatively cheap to just jack up the turbo and fuel flow on a Turbo Diesel.No way can a "STOCK"spark engine double power as cheaply.
.Now stock vs stock-the Titan is faster than any Diesel pickup the Big Three make.Nothing against Diesels pickups,but I doubt the Big 3 make a Diesel pickup that is under 5500 lbs-a RC Ram 3/4 ton is probably the lightest.Luck,Charlie
PS I like the Hemi Ram,(almost bought a Quad cab)drove it before the Titan-they felt a lot alike.I bought the Titan because the Sidecurtain airbags were really impossible to find on the base pickup I could afford.I bought a XE KC 2WD-cost $22680+TTL.The Dodge dealers said they rarely saw a Side Curtain Hemi,and it was always loaded-MSRP ~38,000 selling for $31,000.The base Titan and Hemi Ram are both relatively cheap hot rod trucks~$20000 gets you 255 rwhp and a useful vehicle that can carry 6 people and a lot of cargo.

Diesels are amazing. You can get over 100hp with just a programmer. The mods on them are unbeleivable. Add some fuel injectors (huge gain) and some propane. Its very cheap to get them big heavy trucks to run 12's. My next may be a cummins. Needs alittle less noise, and i am still scared of the problems of cold engine start after a few years. I dont want to be plugging a 5yr old truck in everynight. My commute is 16miles a day, but if it were a long commute, or serious heavy hauling diesel is the way to go.