Why does the Dodge 8.0L V10 get such a bad wrap?
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Good question. I've known folks with the Dodge V10 and never heard anything bad about them. The only thing I could ever figure was that it lived in the shadow of the 5.9 CTD so it was passed over by many. Otherwise, I always thought of it as a more than capable engine.
It did have a way of drinking up the gasoline, but it went incredibly fast for a truck!
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450 lb-ft was not all that much, true, but considering it was at 2400 RPM, that's pretty significant. Peak HP was ~310 @ 4000 RPM.
When you consider a 460 with only 500cc less displacement only made something like 230HP during the same time period, and only 390 lb-ft of torque, it is pretty impressive.
When you consider a 460 with only 500cc less displacement only made something like 230HP during the same time period, and only 390 lb-ft of torque, it is pretty impressive.
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I like
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Over
Rebuilt
Dodge
myself.
I’ve got an F150 and a Ram parked next to each other, so I’ll personally allow it. At least the F150 took two plus decades to show hints of that 2nd Gen Ram cracked dash. I need to patch up some hairline cracks one of these weekends.
Besides, the Dodge brothers worked for good Ol’ Henry way back when, so it brings out warm fuzzies at times.
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