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Stick shift or auto?
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Stick shift or auto?
Got to wondering how many have a stick(standard) shift or auto? I had a Cummins with a 5 speed stick and it was just so cool. With back issues I'm not able to use one anymore but would if I could.
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I had a 99 7.3 with the ZF6 & hated it. Why the hell is reverse all the way to the left & up??? Hat a lot of trouble with the clutch as well. I've also had a big block with a ZF5 & really liked that transmission
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Not sure this should be in the 6.0 forum, both because it might interest everyone (as we see here) and because there are so few 6.0s with a stick, I expect. Damn, a tuned 250 with a stick would be a lotta fun though.
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From what I understand, the manuals can be tough to pull loads on hills because of the lag to build boost between shifts, whether up or down. I've never driven a 6.0L manual, but I did own a 2018 RAM 3500 Cummins with the G56 6-speed manual. (I miss that truck). Power output was not drastically different than my 6.0L truck; the RAM was making 350HP and 660lb-ft and had a 3.73 rear end. I loved driving the stick, but towing a heavy load up a hill was never ideal. If you selected too high a gear and couldn't pull the hill, you'd downshift and in the time it took to clutch, change down a gear, and then release the clutch...the truck would lose boost and you might find you now were not carrying enough speed to pull the hill even in that lower gear. I generally learned to pick the lower gear and just run the hill slower. And the RAM produced 660lb-ft at 1400RPM, not 570lb-ft at 2000 RPM. The 6.0L is responsive, but it produces peak power and torque a little higher than other diesels.
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