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David and Danette
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Topic: New TV Ram 1500 Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 5:34am |
I was getting my 2010 Liberty serviced, to pass the time I looked at the new vehicles. I looked at a Ram 1500 and the low sale price $18,000. I walked around and ended up going back to the Ram 1500 three times. When I got home did some research and found several postive reviews and the next day my wife and I ended up buying the Ram 1500. It is a basic tradesman regular cab. It has the 4.7 V8 with the cargo boxes on the sides of the 6.5 ft. bed. Manual windows, door locks, no cruise control, not even a remote control. Its a basic work truck with a class IV reciever hitch and factory wired with 4 pin and a 7 pin conectors. It has a 7,700 Lb. tow capacity and a six speed transmisson with electronic gear select. Never owned a pickup truck before it is definetly bigger than I am used to but surprisingly it easy to drive. The gas mileage isn't great but I don't drive that much averaging about 8,000 miles a year. Looking forward to towing the Rpod with it and hope to get the time soon to go camping. David and Danette
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Keith-N-Dar
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Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 7:50am |
That will do a great job towing your pod. Enjoy!
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Keith-N-Dar
Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 11:01am |
Very nice, with that size engine and presumably low rear-end gearing you'll be able to tow a house. Don't forget to get some pics of your rig! |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 11:28am |
The Ram 1500 4.7 V8 engine has 2 sparkplugs per cylinder. Does anyone Know the reason for that ? I think I have heard of airplane engines having two plugs for safety but I wonder the reason for this engine and the 5.7 Hemi too has the two plugs per cylinder. Just curious. David
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 1:33pm |
My guess would be to get a more even fuel burn during each power stroke.
Or maybe you can just bolt a propeller on the front and you are pre-cleared by the FAA for takeoff!
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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barbanjoe
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2012 at 4:01pm |
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BarbanJoe
010 Rpod 171 02 Jeep 4x4 12 Ram 1500 |
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David and Danette
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 24 Nov 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 01 Jul 2012 at 10:21pm |
Thank-you for the answer, I guess it is for a more efficient use of burning all the fuel. And that is one thing it has no problem of burning fuel the MPG is not very great.
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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
2012 Vibe 6503 (2014-2019) 2009 r-pod 171 (2009-2014) Middle Tn 2014 Ram 1500 Quad cab |
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barbanjoe
Senior Member Joined: 21 Apr 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 126 |
Posted: 01 Jul 2012 at 10:25pm |
It is for cleaner emissions, Chrysler products have always had great performance but high emmissions and low gas mileage. Waste spark systems have been around since early eightys and not all use 2 plugs per cylinder, most systems are 1 coil 2 cylinders.
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BarbanJoe
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Goose
Senior Member Joined: 24 Sep 2010 Location: Arizona Online Status: Offline Posts: 672 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2012 at 11:30am |
Our Hemi has two plugs per cylinder, now I know the rest of the story. It also has one coil pack for the two plugs. Goose
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Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee
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Seanl
Senior Member Joined: 19 Sep 2011 Location: Fredericton NB Online Status: Offline Posts: 633 |
Posted: 02 Jul 2012 at 7:24pm |
I once had a Honda Motorcycle in the early 80's that had two cylinders and 4 spark plugs. It had very large cylinders so two spark plugs per cylinder gave it a more complete burn.
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Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition
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