My son has an 05 with the Hemi and its pretty impressive. Personally my past mopars have been ok but not as durable as my Gms or Fords.
Now my wife has the LT1 in her Caprice wagon and I have to admit that it would be tempting to put it it in my F150 but I think that a Ford should have a Ford engine and I would have to add the cost of a divorce into the swap.
From what I have read on he chevy boards the LT1 swap into older chevys is not easy.
regards
rikard

 

that hemi probably has 5x the power my truggy has.

kinda turns me on thinking about putting that kind of power in ole' betsy.

 

hemi in a ford would be different. i say build a 393 or 408 stroker and throw a vortech supercharger on it. it might have a chance of keeping up with a hemi if setup right.

but in general ill never buy another general motors product, i have my reasons. ill stick with ford and consider a chrysler, oh crap i do own a dodge, oopsy

 

I'm in love with the '09 Rams. I want a single cab with a Hemi and factory dual exhaust. I would have 5x the power and probably get 1 - 2 mpg better.

I just felt a disturbance in the Force. A die-hard Ford lover somewhere just read this and cussed me out good.

 

lol the 09 ram id say is the best looking half ton truck out there this year the new f150 doesnt really cut it for me.

 

The Dakota looks more HD than the Ram does, they should have sissified the smaller truck IMO. The 02 to 05 Dodge's look the best of the big rig styled, but the 93 and down still look the best.

 

You want a ram.

Buy an extra trany and transfercase when you buy it.
Find someone other than chrysler to warrenty it. They wont honor their warrenty.
Buy a whol butload of tools that youll never use outside of your dodge.
Enjoy the inability to haul a bed load of fire wood they got coils in the rear now.

Why would one want a truck whos selling point is a 15% reduction in weight?
Sorry Dodge sucks. PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

 

I think the last year of the full-sized Fords (for the most part) I liked were the 95s or 96s before they changed the body style. Some of the newer Super Dutys look alright. The Dodges I like are the body style prior to the current one, not really fond of the newer ones... ('02-up?). I won't by a Dodge/Chrysler with an automatic, period. I do like the newere 5- and 6-speed manuals, though. As far as 'imports', I've always liked the Datsun/Nissans, Toyotas, Mazdas, etc. since the 70s. Granted, they aren't made for heavier duty stuff, but for the most part, what they're built for, they work fairly well.

 

i know trannys and transfer cases have never been there strong point but obviously someone hasnt been watching the news. our lovely president obama is guaranteeing that even if chrysler fails the warranties will be honored with taxpayers money. i really hate this guy btw

95-96 ford trucks were the last ones i liked as well, i dont care much for new vehicles in general ford included. stuff is made so crappy nowadays

 

Back to penrider's problem.

Reading through this post, my first thought was fuel delivery/exhaust back pressure.
It looks like you're all over these areas, so I won't beat you up with more of the same ideas.

I know that tire size can make big performance differences.
I just can't believe that your tires are the cause of this horrible performance.

I hate to bring up the evil "C" word again, but it's something I've experienced.
I had a "rebuilt" Chevy in high school. 1/2 ton, 2wd, 350 cid.
It ran like a top. Started and idled great, and had good throttle response.
The trouble was that it was an absolute dog.
I could also hear the valves fluttering at higher rpm.
(By the way, can you hear anything odd?)
I tore things apart enough to look at my cam...
Sure enough- all of the lobes were gone.

I think you're going to get to the bottom of this.
After reading your posts, I believe you're persistent enough to figure it out.

Gears and tires make a huge difference....
Just not the difference you have described.
Like you, I gotta believe the trouble is in the engine.

Good luck,
Murph.

 

I'll have to wait till I get the exhaust replaced to hear it very clearly, I've been mostly going by feel so to speak. One thing I did find this afternoon was that the entire EGR/Smog pump setup is all screwed up(rusty, broken lines, missing parts). Most of that is pretty well hidden so I didn't notice before.
It wouldn't surprise me that this is at least Part of the issue. I need to park it side by side with my '88 and check this out.
I Assume you guys are thinking that if the cam is worn evenly on all the lobes, it will idle/start smoothly but not have enough lift to build power??? That does make sense.
I'll figure this thing out yet! Never let your truck whoop you!
Oh, and as far as all the Dodge comments: The only Good dodge trucks with gas engines were Pre-1980. The only Good Newer trucks are Cummins with Manual Trannies. Everything else is junk.
Trust me, I've been down that road that's why I went back to Ford.
(one dodge truck-82-3/4ton 4x4 with torqueflight/318, way underpowered, and with Good care and maintenance rusted to nothing in less than 5yrs.
two dodge trucks-96&99- with 5.9L/46RE's-neither lasted 50,000 miles before tranny died.
one durango-2001- with 5.9L/46RE-on third tranny at 140,000, almost $10,000 worth of various computer/emissions/accessory control problems, and the steering/front end has been totally rebuilt and Still won't stay lined up. the durango has such a bad name, KBB lists it as worth only $2,000 retail if in Perfect shape. it's Loaded and only 8yrs old!!)
You could say I dislike Dodge Trucks.

 

The cam wear thing is just a possibility. That's all.
I just mentioned that because it was a similar symptom.

Since you have mentioned your EGR system is a mess,
I would say you need to look into that... A LOT.
I just finished chasing my tail with my EGR system.
Your motor is tuned to run with that system.
So, removing it w/o re-tuning the motor means = it's gonna run like crap.
Luckily for you, you have another engine to compare it to.
Make notes of all the lines on your healthy truck.
Learn where they go and what they do.

Get that old dog running good so we can all hear about a success story.

Murph.

 

If done correctly. You can throw the entire EGR system in a garbage can and experience nothing worse then better milage.

 

That's the key, "correctly".

 

I yanked all of my Smog stuff out of my motor and didn't even reset my battery. I gained five miles to the gallon and one hundred horsepower extra to the rear wheels!