About to pull the trigger........

[macojoe]

As long as you are not worried about gas that Dodge should be fine.

And my beast is getting 16.5 mpg in the 5.7 V8
My Black truck was getting 14.5

[charlie_the_tuna]

to be honest its not that i'm not worried about the gas mileage, i just cant afford the chevy or the ford. this just kind of fell into my lap and it was this or a subaru outback.
and if the boss ever found out what kind of mileage this thing gets she would sh!t. by the time she finds out it'll be too late.
maybe a couple years down the road things will get better financially and i'll be able to get the one i really want. until then this one will have to do.

[THEFERMANATOR]

The milage on a HEMI won't kill yeah that bad. At least it aint the old 360 that DODGE used for years that would get 12 on a GOOD day, or the V-10 that would get 8-9 empty running 55-60.

[charlie_the_tuna]

o.k., that one fell through. ferm? spare? what do you guys think of the 4.7? seems a bit small to me. all opinions welcome.
lemmee hear it.

[macojoe]

My black Chevy had a 4.8 and I towed my boat and my Camper that is 30 feet long, all I did was boost up my rear springs for the tongue weight.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

o.k., that one fell through. ferm? spare? what do you guys think of the 4.7? seems a bit small to me. all opinions welcome.
lemmee hear it.

The 4.7L aint a bad engine by any means, but it does require religous maintence. Slacking on just a couple of oil changes can and has resulted in quite a few bearing failures in them. I had a 4.7L in my 2000 DAKOTA that I had, and loved it. It needs a few RPM's to pull a load, but it does make good power up high. Theres also a good aftermarket out there for them for upgrades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLY3M...eature=related