Well then...

"Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection" (itsalwayssteve) 03/27/2017 at 14:11 • Filed to: If you can't dodge it ram it

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This is in the shop for black leather with bright-orange stitching...

Open the door and BOOM!

I’ve heard they exist... But this is the first time I’ve ever seen one.

Takuro Spirit > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 14:18

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That almost makes up for the orange stitching. ALMOST.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 14:19

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It’s sad that they used to derate the engine for the auto, now they do for the manuals. I enjoyed driving my dad’s ‘99 6 speed. Was actually better shifting than my Dakota’s 5 despite being connected to the transmission by a 1:1 scale model of the CN tower.

Milky > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 14:21

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865lb-ft(?) of torque and a manual. Goddammnn. I wonder if thats the most you can get with a manual?

Tapas > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 14:34

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Works for a highlighter company maybe?

Or he’s sick of having to find his truck in the lumber yard or factory or oil company parking lot.

jimz > Milky 03/27/2017 at 14:48

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nope. it’s derated to 660 lb-ft with the manual. you get 800 lb-ft with the 68RFE automatic, and if you want the full 900 lb-ft you need to stump up for the Aisin AS69RC. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Milky 03/27/2017 at 14:48

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The manual is derated to like 600. I guess it wasn’t worth the investment to develop a beefier manual trans.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 14:49

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Why orange on a yellow truck? You thing they’d want to match it to the exterior

Milky > jimz 03/27/2017 at 14:54

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Boooo. Still a lot, but not as much as it could be :(

Milky > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/27/2017 at 14:54

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Sad Chrysler fanboy is sad.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Milky 03/27/2017 at 14:56

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Still not that long ago even Diesel guys would get weak at the knees for a stock truck with over 600lb/ft.

jimz > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/27/2017 at 14:59

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it’s pretty difficult to get a single-countershaft manual transmission to tolerate more than about 700 lb-ft of torque. it’s a few things; #1 the solid input, output, counter and layshafts can only handle so much torque before they snap; #2 parallel gearsets inherently try to force each other apart when you apply torque to them; #3 the helical gears used also experience significant thrust load under torque. Heavy truck transmissions are beefy-ass double-countershaft boxes- sometimes with straight-cut gears in certain cases- which can be made much stronger.

automatics, on the other hand, are almost all done with planetary gearsets which are trivial to make incredibly strong.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 03/27/2017 at 14:59

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Something tells me this is a build for show. The shop has done four or five SEMA vehicles and we always get them before the suspension/stereo/wheels/etc.

Perhaps that’s because the leather needs a few weeks to settle and lose its box wrinkles.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 15:00

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Oh so it’s probably getting paint or a wrap any way. Makes sense

benjrblant > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 15:23

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Please tell me that something on that truck is glow in the dark. Stitching, leather, hell, even the factory paint. Something is just begging to be glow in the dark.

Spoon II > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 16:33

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I would totally drive a highlighter colored truck any day!

nermal > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 16:38

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Needs pics when done.

TahoeSTi > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 18:06

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Yeah the last Full sized truck you can get with a clutch.....It keeps them on my list.

Frenchlicker > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 03/27/2017 at 21:26

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I still love the insane colors Ram offers on their trucks. It’s weird that they let anyone order what’s clearly meant for fleet sales.