Nice video.
A comment on pulling that hill without downshifting. I’ve noticed this engine/tranny combo loves to hang in 7th gear even at highway speeds, where my 8 cylinder vehicles with the same ZF transmission would see 8th gear waaaay sooner & more often.
Based on your speed & RPMs, your RHO was in 7th gear before AND during the hill ascent. I’d guess in the vehicles that required a downshift, the vehicle was cruising in a higher gear, which necessitated a downshift when you reached the hill.
As for instant power & no turbo lag, there’s some engineering trickery going on. Ram has done a great job of masking any lag with low gearing & delayed torque converter lockup. Another element that creates the illusion of no turbo lag is quiet turbos…you can barely hear them as they spool up, so you have no point of reference other than “seat of the pants”.
I’ve noticed mine bogs a bit in non-sport mode after the torque converter locks, but then the turbos spool & the power returns (listen carefully & you can hear the turbos spool up, so there is some lag).
100% agree with the smoothness of the I6, though the sound still doesn’t inspire pride…at least not to my ears. I’ve experienced few vehicles that can run from 3500rpm to redline that are as smooth as this Ram. You really have to watch the tach!
