68RFE with 5.9 or 6.7 only ?
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68RFE with 5.9 or 6.7 only ?
When did they start installing the 68RFE ? All 6.7 have it or first year had 48RFE then upgraded ? How about 5.9l, did they ever had the 68RFE ?
I am looking at a couple of trucks and I don't know what they have.
I am looking at a couple of trucks and I don't know what they have.
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well after spending time on the phone with Opie and Suncoast, Opie is NOT making shafts for this trans. Suncoast said they have some in the build phase and R&D but won't be released for up to 3 months and they are being made overseas. no one right now makes shafts to handle the power. Suncoast does however have a "built" tranny for this truck but is only rated to 500-550hp and NO more. The guy we are building the 6.7 for right now, owns a machine shop and is looking into making shafts but that means buying all the shafts and drums to get dimensions and that aint cheap
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the truck we are building right now is a dually with dual cp3's, airdog 150, EGR and DPF deletes and with that ONLY the tranny is slipping a bit. The truck only has 15k on the clock. Edge is going on it tomorrow but he is waiting impatiently for the smarty.
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A good friend of mine in Eastern Kentucky uses his 2007.5 RAM 3500 for hauling hay & farm equipment......generally hauling loads like this 95% of the time. He has the HOT Juice w/Attitude stacked with an MP8. He has probably a tad over 80k miles on his truck and the transmission has never skipped a beat.
I myself think it's great testimony to the 68RFE.
Greg
I myself think it's great testimony to the 68RFE.
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I'll repeat, its a sweet trans for the typical user. For those that can afford to buy serious horsepower, I would think they could afford a transmission to handle it
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