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I am still driving and towing with my stock 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins i special ordered in the fall of 1998. It still does fine st 280,000 miles. Once in awhile a little more grunt would be nice in the mountains. What have you done to increase power on yours?I am a stubborn old coot, I guess. Still driving my 2002 Dodge 2500 4x4 5.9. Diesel is $5.29ish around hear. Tow an Outdoors RV 270 RLS and it gets about 12 towing and around 18 empty. Has 211k on it and it’s not for sale. Recently looked at a ‘23 Ram 2500 Quadcab 4x4 at a car show and the window sticker said 106k! Ford was there and for a similar truck the window said 86k. Oh, hell, throw on some tax, license, dealer prep, and whatever else!
No, I love the sound of my old Cummins. With what I have done it has plenty of grunt. I may not have a backup camera and heated steering wheel but I have also not had a truck payment for 20 years. For you all who have bought new trucks, congratulations. I hope that they serve you well. But, I hope to still be driving my old Dodge until I get the heat treatment. And I pray to Him that it is a good long time off.
I have 20 gas stations in a 3 mile radius from my home. I usually survey the prices on a errand and hit the low price station on the way home. The BP station that is less then a mile away is usually the cheapest. Today selling at $2.89, the Mobil across the street is usually priced the same or slightly higher, everyone else is at $3.12 to $3.30. Premium prices can have a very large spread between stations and ethanol free premium is even worse. Not unusual for ethanol free premium to be a buck a gallon higher then regular. 2 of my vehicles require premium and I burn premium in my F150 EcoBoost when towing.Prices from my local Mobil station (which is always on the high side), according to GasBuddy
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and the Cumberland Farms one town over
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So wide variation in price wirhin 15 or so miles, and Top Tier (tm) brand vs generic.
Not in for an argument, but..........Top Tier is more of a "Brand Advertisement". My BP guy says their products meets or exceeds "Top Tier" standards, BP just won't pay for the privilege to put "Top Tier" stickers on their pumps.Go to Mobil as it is Top Tier whereas BP is not --- surprising but true.
Downers grove today…..sadly the 23 pcm doesnt accept the dealer changing the forscan pids for the bigger tank. I got 850miles this first testI bought diesel at $3.899 in Rockford il today. It’s $3.359 down in MS. I miss the low fuel costs.
Perhaps Sunoco and BP decided they would not spend the money for an ad campaign.Top Tier fuels are detergent added to help with the changing engine technologies and it has been a standard since the early 2000s. Look up the reasoning , but some Fuel Companies have just decided to stop adding detergents and honestly for BP to say it is as good as TopTier is illogical, because if it met the standards it would want to promote it -- especially since it used to be. Sunoco is another fuel that surprisingly is no longer TopTier and like BP is seemed the decision to cease the detergent mixture was implemented during the Pandemic.
Rv275 injectors, BHAF air filter, programmer, and 4” exhaust w/pack brake. Programmer makes for one gear difference in the hills (6speed +HO engine). I often run with stock airbox and programmer off because it will roll a bit of coal if I really get on it. That could be rectified with a larger turbo, but where I live that is a no no because some bubblehead who read a book thinks they are the savior of Mother Earth. It pulls 11k pretty strong and like I said, haven’t had a truck payment in 20 years. Trucks are like jeans and boots, when the fit right you just don’t change brands and the worn ones are the most comfortable.I am still driving and towing with my stock 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins i special ordered in the fall of 1998. It still does fine st 280,000 miles. Once in awhile a little more grunt would be nice in the mountains. What have you done to increase power on yours?