440 for my RamCharger

barracudadave67 said

I could never get over 11MPG with my 91 RC. it had the LA 318 with throttle body. It was aneemic. It also had 727 OD, and part time 4WD.
Like I mentioned it will soon be a cummins diesel RC. More power, better milage.
Never could figure out why Chrysler didn't put a Cummins into them, they did in the pickups.

Dave

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I eventually want to swap my truck to a Cummins as well, possibly by dropping the cab and bed on a 2nd-gen Ram (1994-01) frame, apparently it's been done. Main reason being I want 4x4 but not the terrible ride and steering that comes with leaf-sprung front axle (D200 is 2WD). I'd imagine if the Ramchargers were based on 1/2-ton trucks that's why the Cummins wasn't available, Dodge even had to beef a few suspension components on the 3/4 and 1-ton frames to handle the weight.

The current 360 actually runs pretty great and has some spare power but put 6000 lbs behind it and suddenly it's not nearly as eager to move lmao. Figured that was a good excuse to build a 440, not sure when a good use for a BBM outside of a novelty (B-body muscle car etc) for me will come around again.