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Old 12-20-2012, 08:56 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ECONORAM View Post
You might be right, but I'm not holding my breath. A fellow Dodge RAM owner with a Hemi dumped his 545RFE for a RAM SRT10 (Viper truck) 6 speed and now gets 2mpg more per gallon. -->The 545RFE locks the TC in 4th and 5th. Well, okay, it actually unlocks it for the 4-5 shift, then relocks.
I used to have a Ram SRT-10 6-speed, too. That low sixth gear returns decent economy, considering, if you can keep your foot out of it (18mpg at 65mph).
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