2003 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty Truck - Dodge Cummins Diesel, Magnum V10 Engine

Dodge has really gone all-out with safety, convenience, and performance features not previously found on any of the heavy-duty trucks on the market. Dodge boasts the first use of side-curtain airbags on a truck (there are also driver and passenger frontal airbags); the big Ram is the first heavy-duty truck to include power-adjustable control pedals; there's standard ABS; the wheels are 17-inches in diameter; and the four-wheel disc brake rotors are 13.9-inches-in-diameter (front and rear), the largest in the HD class.

We really like the concept of the new Heavy Duty Ram, especially the single rear-wheel option on the 3500 and the straight front axle, both of which would make an excellent platform for a lifted, tall-tire truck that's truly heavy duty. Check the options list for either the Cummins Turbo Diesel or Magnum V-10 gas-burner and that stylish short bed/Club Cab body, and you have the makings of a Super Duty killer.

SPECIFICATIONS
Vehicle	:	'03 Dodge Ram 2500/3500
Body style	:	Regular Cab long bed, Quad Cab short bed, Quad
		Cab long bed
Engines	:	5.7L Hemi Magnum V-8, OHV, two-valves-per-cylinder,
		roller cam and lifters, sequential multi-port EFI,
		cast-iron block with aluminum heads, 9.6:1
		compression ration, 345 hp at 5,600 rpm, 365 lb-ft
		of torque at 4,400 rpm.
		8.0L Magnum V-10, OHV, two-valves-per-cylinder,
		roller cam and lifters, sequential multi-port EFI,
		cast-iron block and cylinder heads, 8.6:1 compression
		ratio, 305 hp at 4,000 rpm, 450 lb-ft of torque at
		2,800 rpm.
		5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel I-6, OHV, four-valves-per-
		cylinder, turbocharger, intercooler, electronic
		common-rail EFI, cast-iron block and cylinder head,
		17.2:1 compression ratio, 305 hp at 2,900 rpm
		(high-output 49-state engine with manual trans.),
		555 lb-ft of torque at 1,400 rpm (high-output engine
		with manual trans.)
Transmission	:	Five-speed manual Overdrive, six-speed manual
		Overdrive, five-speed automatic Overdrive, four-
		speed automatic Overdrive.
Suspension	:	Front 2WD: IFS, upper and lower control arms, coil
		springs, antisway bar, gas-charged dampers.
		Front 4WD: Live axle, Quadra-Link, five-link system
		with four longitudinal links and track bar, coil
		springs, antisway bar, gas-charged dampers.
		Rear 2WD and 4WD: Live axle, longitudinal leaf
		spring packs, gas-charged dampers, auxiliary springs
		on 3500.
Brakes	:	13.9-inch diameter discs with twin-piston calipers
		(frontand rear), four-wheel ABS