Ram 1500 EcoDiesel

kjdieselfever · **Joined:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:49 pm **Posts:** 24

As much as I love my Liberty CRD, I could not resist the urge any longer to pop on a Ram 1500 Laramie EcoDiesel. It is truly a phenomenal vehicle. I really do like it much more than I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, I will miss my CRD; however, this Ram EcoDiesel rocks. Anybody in the market for a 2006 CRD, GDE Eco ECM and TCM tune, and a brand new Suncoast TC. Only 77K miles.

olypopper · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 1:25 am

Congratulations on a great truck. I hope you enjoy it!

ChooChooman74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:12 am

Congrats. Thermorex, Corey from IDParts, and I also have Ecodiesels. I kept my CRD for commuting. Corey may sell his (I may buy for my girl if I get the money). Not sure about Thermorex.

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GreenDieselEngineering · **Joined:** Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:10 pm **Posts:** 1111

Don't forget to get the Ram tuned!!!

kjdieselfever · **Joined:** Mon Oct 28, 2013 4:49 pm **Posts:** 24

Come on now, you should know I have already made my order. Hopefully you have put the new ecm in the mail. It is killing me to drive it without the tune. I can almost feel the engine choking on that soot with every stroke. Thanks for developing a tune for the Ecodiesel. I would not have bought the truck without one of your tunes to go in it.

ChooChooman74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:02 pm

kjdieselfever wrote:

I would not have bought the truck without one of your tunes to go in it.

X1000 I didn't look daily, but every few months, I would check the GDE site. When I checked in August, and saw it, that is when I went shopping. Bought on Friday, Picked up Saturday, Exchanged emails with Matt and Keith, and by the following Friday, she was tuned.

thermorex · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:55 pm

kjdieselfever wrote:

Come on now, you should know I have already made my order. Hopefully you have put the new ecm in the mail. It is killing me to drive it without the tune. I can almost feel the engine choking on that soot with every stroke. Thanks for developing a tune for the Ecodiesel. I would not have bought the truck without one of your tunes to go in it.

Lol. That makes you the 3rd I know that got the ram because it had a gde tune available. Get on the ram1500diesel forum.

Choochooman, I'll be keeping the crd for now, it runs too good and there are too many things replaced on it to be worth selling. Plus the crd fits in my garage, versus the tall ram m-effer...

The downside of ram is, in my opinion, maintenance. Oil changes 10.5 qt and the low ash diesel "euro" oil in 5w30 is available at about $10/qt, oil filter is I think about $50-ish (gde is running Rotella t6 in theirs with no issues, which is also low ash - this can save you some cash), full of sensors and electronics and obviously dealers, at least most of them from what I hear, are as clueless as they have been regarding the crd. But with gde tune, you get easy 3-4 more mpg. Best I got was 31. Regular driving about 27. Same drive with crd I get about 25 and best about same as ram. And crd should have no restrictions due to bad bearings, axles, breaks, etc, most of the stuff is new. Maybe using the non synthetic Lucas Diff oil 85w140 which is very thick...but I doubt.

Congrats for the gde tuned Laramie! Nice truck. Idparts.com has some consumables for the ram also, if you prefer doing maintenance yourself.

mass-hole · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:12 pm

thermorex wrote:

kjdieselfever wrote:

Come on now, you should know I have already made my order. Hopefully you have put the new ecm in the mail. It is killing me to drive it without the tune. I can almost feel the engine choking on that soot with every stroke. Thanks for developing a tune for the Ecodiesel. I would not have bought the truck without one of your tunes to go in it.

Lol. That makes you the 3rd I know that got the ram because it had a gde tune available. Get on the ram1500diesel forum.

Choochooman, I'll be keeping the crd for now, it runs too good and there are too many things replaced on it to be worth selling. Plus the crd fits in my garage, versus the tall ram m-effer...

The downside of ram is, in my opinion, maintenance. Oil changes 10.5 qt and the low ash diesel "euro" oil in 5w30 is available at about $10/qt, oil filter is I think about $50-ish (gde is running Rotella t6 in theirs with no issues, which is also low ash - this can save you some cash), full of sensors and electronics and obviously dealers, at least most of them from what I hear, are as clueless as they have been regarding the crd. But with gde tune, you get easy 3-4 more mpg. Best I got was 31. Regular driving about 27. Same drive with crd I get about 25 and best about same as ram. And crd should have no restrictions due to bad bearings, axles, breaks, etc, most of the stuff is new. Maybe using the non synthetic Lucas Diff oil 85w140 which is very thick...but I doubt.

Congrats for the gde tuned Laramie! Nice truck. Idparts.com has some consumables for the ram also, if you prefer doing maintenance yourself.

LOL, my wife asked me the other day if we should just sell the Jeep after my filter head started to leak profusely. I was like, "Hell NO! The value of the parts and labor I have put into this thing are worth more than that whole Jeep!" That's only partially the reason though, the other half is that I have an irrational attachment to it.

I am thinking back and wondering if I should have gone ecodiesel Ram. I bought my F150 with the intention of getting a decent sized travel trailer now that I am living out here in the west but life has gotten in the way and I just drive my tuned ecoboost F150 around town and waste HP. This thing is an animal with the tune I have on it and could probably tow an aircraft carrier, but i dont need it at this point. I am averaging like 17 mpg.

thermorex · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:42 pm

mass-hole wrote:

thermorex wrote:

kjdieselfever wrote:

Come on now, you should know I have already made my order. Hopefully you have put the new ecm in the mail. It is killing me to drive it without the tune. I can almost feel the engine choking on that soot with every stroke. Thanks for developing a tune for the Ecodiesel. I would not have bought the truck without one of your tunes to go in it.

Lol. That makes you the 3rd I know that got the ram because it had a gde tune available. Get on the ram1500diesel forum.

Choochooman, I'll be keeping the crd for now, it runs too good and there are too many things replaced on it to be worth selling. Plus the crd fits in my garage, versus the tall ram m-effer...

The downside of ram is, in my opinion, maintenance. Oil changes 10.5 qt and the low ash diesel "euro" oil in 5w30 is available at about $10/qt, oil filter is I think about $50-ish (gde is running Rotella t6 in theirs with no issues, which is also low ash - this can save you some cash), full of sensors and electronics and obviously dealers, at least most of them from what I hear, are as clueless as they have been regarding the crd. But with gde tune, you get easy 3-4 more mpg. Best I got was 31. Regular driving about 27. Same drive with crd I get about 25 and best about same as ram. And crd should have no restrictions due to bad bearings, axles, breaks, etc, most of the stuff is new. Maybe using the non synthetic Lucas Diff oil 85w140 which is very thick...but I doubt.

Congrats for the gde tuned Laramie! Nice truck. Idparts.com has some consumables for the ram also, if you prefer doing maintenance yourself.

LOL, my wife asked me the other day if we should just sell the Jeep after my filter head started to leak profusely. I was like, "Hell NO! The value of the parts and labor I have put into this thing are worth more than that whole Jeep!" That's only partially the reason though, the other half is that I have an irrational attachment to it.

I am thinking back and wondering if I should have gone ecodiesel Ram. I bought my F150 with the intention of getting a decent sized travel trailer now that I am living out here in the west but life has gotten in the way and I just drive my tuned ecoboost F150 around town and waste HP. This thing is an animal with the tune I have on it and could probably tow an aircraft carrier, but i dont need it at this point. I am averaging like 17 mpg.

I agree, ppl like us have the jeep for life. Regarding ecoboost, it's a totally different animal, ram is low rpm torque and way less power, you can't zip through like you do with the ecoboost. But the downside is the fuel economy, I get about 28mpg with gde tune and no high winds. But being a Chrysler, you always expect something to go wrong with it, lol...

rankom · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:56 pm

i agree with you guys jeep is here to stay with us for life , because is so unique , one day we love it and other day we want to sell it , well that is a crd thing nobody would understand , as for f-150 that is nice truck so is a ram , but time will tell when is out of warranty , hope is cheaper to fix and parts are chipper then crd ,

mass-hole · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 8:14 pm

rankom wrote:

i agree with you guys jeep is here to stay with us for life , because is so unique , one day we love it and other day we want to sell it , well that is a crd thing nobody would understand , as for f-150 that is nice truck so is a ram , but time will tell when is out of warranty , hope is cheaper to fix and parts are chipper then crd ,

I love my F150, its one of the best vehicles i've owned or ridden in, its just way more truck than I need at this point. I've put 20000 miles on it since mid february, most of which was for my job so I didnt pay the gas, but when I do use it for personal stuff it hurts the wallet a bit. Especially here in Utah where 85 octane gas and diesel are approximately the same price.

thermorex · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:43 pm

rankom wrote:

i agree with you guys jeep is here to stay with us for life , because is so unique , one day we love it and other day we want to sell it , well that is a crd thing nobody would understand , as for f-150 that is nice truck so is a ram , but time will tell when is out of warranty , hope is cheaper to fix and parts are chipper then crd ,

Probably a pain to work on both Eco trucks... On the ram the turbo is in the rear, the manual states to remove the transmission to replace the turbo... I can only imagine the amount of cursing Geordi would have, lol. Plus now, parts for the crd got a bit cheaper than 5 years ago, at least this is what I've noticed, from injectors, cp3, sensors... And I somehow got attached also on this weird jeep, I ended up selling the Cherokee, which I have never even thought selling... ever... But wife started to be difficult with so many old vehicles around and me wrenching all day long and half joking half not, made me choose between her or a jeep... Still thinking, maybe I should've kept the Cherokee, lol.

thermorex · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:44 pm

mass-hole wrote:

rankom wrote:

i agree with you guys jeep is here to stay with us for life , because is so unique , one day we love it and other day we want to sell it , well that is a crd thing nobody would understand , as for f-150 that is nice truck so is a ram , but time will tell when is out of warranty , hope is cheaper to fix and parts are chipper then crd ,

I love my F150, its one of the best vehicles i've owned or ridden in, its just way more truck than I need at this point. I've put 20000 miles on it since mid february, most of which was for my job so I didnt pay the gas, but when I do use it for personal stuff it hurts the wallet a bit. Especially here in Utah where 85 octane gas and diesel are approximately the same price.

It's more like a muscle truck than a truck, similar with Chrysler's srt series. I guess you have the 3.5, right?

Oh, and trucks are cool to be honest, a different kind of cool compared with jeep cool. But both are cool in their own cool way. Sounds cool? Lol

mass-hole · **Posted:** Fri Nov 13, 2015 11:58 am

thermorex wrote:

mass-hole wrote:

rankom wrote:

i agree with you guys jeep is here to stay with us for life , because is so unique , one day we love it and other day we want to sell it , well that is a crd thing nobody would understand , as for f-150 that is nice truck so is a ram , but time will tell when is out of warranty , hope is cheaper to fix and parts are chipper then crd ,

I love my F150, its one of the best vehicles i've owned or ridden in, its just way more truck than I need at this point. I've put 20000 miles on it since mid february, most of which was for my job so I didnt pay the gas, but when I do use it for personal stuff it hurts the wallet a bit. Especially here in Utah where 85 octane gas and diesel are approximately the same price.

It's more like a muscle truck than a truck, similar with Chrysler's srt series. I guess you have the 3.5, right?

Oh, and trucks are cool to be honest, a different kind of cool compared with jeep cool. But both are cool in their own cool way. Sounds cool? Lol

Well that's the thing, the 3.5 EcoBoost is an extremely sedated motor. The 5.0 gives you a solid V8 rumble but the EcoBoost sounds like your average sedan. Its very smooth, quiet even at WOT, and 100% comfortable as a daily driver. At the same time though, it makes 420 ft-lbs @ 2500 rpm and 365 hp @ 5000 rpm stock and moves my 6200 lb truck effortlessly. The amount of time it spends above 2000 rpm is minimal cause it just pulls so hard down low. Mine with the tune only, no other mods, is probably making closer to 500+ ft lbs and 450hp yet its still rides just like the factory truck, and other than some extra "whoosh" from the turbos, you would never know.

Its a fantastic motor, it has to be the best 1/2 ton motor in terms of all around performance, but its just more than I need and doesnt get the great MPG's like the ecodiesel.

thermorex · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:15 am

I've heard good things about Eco boost and also bad things. Like every engine. I one think it's a generally good engine. 420lbs/ft is same as stock EcoDiesel, but on a gasoline, I can imagine the power... You should go "test drive" a ram EcoDiesel just for fun. Then add about 10-15% more power and torque from gde tune. Still won't match the ecoboost but it will be enough for fun and also to give you an idea of how a beefed up crd would be, with an 8 speed transmission, since this is how ram feels for me. I'm not trying to imply one is better than the other, it's at the end a trade-off on both, pluses and minuses, you get some peace of mind with ecoboost reliability and customer service vs EcoDiesel mileage. I got into some hot debates on ram forum stating that ram EcoDiesel is a Mall truck not meant to consistently tow at full capacity. Lol. Some people confuse this 3.0L engine with a heavy duty Cummins...

I hear the raptor with the 3.5T is pretty neat...

mass-hole · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:09 pm

thermorex wrote:

I've heard good things about Eco boost and also bad things. Like every engine. I one think it's a generally good engine. 420lbs/ft is same as stock EcoDiesel, but on a gasoline, I can imagine the power... You should go "test drive" a ram EcoDiesel just for fun. Then add about 10-15% more power and torque from gde tune. Still won't match the ecoboost but it will be enough for fun and also to give you an idea of how a beefed up crd would be, with an 8 speed transmission, since this is how ram feels for me. I'm not trying to imply one is better than the other, it's at the end a trade-off on both, pluses and minuses, you get some peace of mind with ecoboost reliability and customer service vs EcoDiesel mileage. I got into some hot debates on ram forum stating that ram EcoDiesel is a Mall truck not meant to consistently tow at full capacity. Lol. Some people confuse this 3.0L engine with a heavy duty Cummins...

I hear the raptor with the 3.5T is pretty neat...

This and the fact that GDE had not released a tune when I was shopping in Feb were the reasons I didn't end up going EcoDiesel. Actually, I couldnt even find one to test drive near me in MA so that didnt help. I did drive a Grand Cherokee ecodiesel and it was much stronger than the Liberty.

I havent ventured onto the ram forums but I am not surprised at the reaction. Diesel automatically equals being able to tow 500 million tons with ease. I even think that the 5.0 Cummins in the Titan XD is a bit of a dud. They stuffed this massive diesel into what is essentially a glorified half ton and everyone is going to be drooling over it. The reality is that it doesnt make a ton of power and the numbers I saw last week suggest that it gets MPG's similar to the ecoboost. It doesnt matter though, its going to sell well because 5L diesel.

fratichelli · **Posted:** Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:24 pm

kjdieselfever wrote:

As much as I love my Liberty CRD, I could not resist the urge any longer to pop on a Ram 1500 Laramie EcoDiesel. It is truly a phenomenal vehicle. I really do like it much more than I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, I will miss my CRD; however, this Ram EcoDiesel rocks. Anybody in the market for a 2006 CRD, GDE Eco ECM and TCM tune, and a brand new Suncoast TC. Only 77K miles.

I'm definitely in the market. I have a presentation approved loan and a $500 deposit on one in Connecticut. I don't know what happened but I asked that the timing belt get changed before I took delivery. That was 12 days ago.

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