pretty good for a 5.9

14 more than mine has

He needs to fold his mirrors up to get the full 130 hp

It’ll be alright

my thought is that by the time he sprays the ether into the air filter then goes back around and runs the grid heater for 20 seconds all the ether has evaporated anyway. Don't think he's getting any useful benefit from it

It’s a 24v

I own a sort of electric blanket for the battery that keeps it warm when you plug your truck in. Probably the best purchase I’ve ever made

It can take longer if it’s really cold. Main thing is to keep the fuel from jelling up or it’ll never start.

Depending on how cold you're talking about. Your fuel cannot jell, if it does, it won't start. Dodge, GM and Ford all have a heat device that heats the air either going into the ncombustions chamber or inside the combustion chamber. These heat the air inside the combustion chamber which helps the fuel ignite during start-up. These devices usually work down to 30 to 40 below 0.

You really can’t go wrong with any 5.9 engine. The best setup for longevity and ease of maintenance in my opinion is a 12 valve Cummins with a P pump, paired with a 5 or 6 speed manual transmission, and 4 wheel drive. That will give you a mechanical truck that you can work on yourself and find parts for easily. Stay away from the notorious 53 engine block. They’re prone to cracking on the passenger side. The 53 blocks were only for the 24 valve engines.

I spent my last 20 years working a Cummins distributor on the Industrial side. We drove Dodge Rams. I drove 1995's thru 2006s. If your looking for an older Dodge with a Cummins - any year up to and including 2006 is G O O D. The comment from @alphadiesel is right. If you do your own work and want reliablility beyond believe, the 12 valve P pump in front of a manual trany can't be beat. The 4th Gens - thru 2006 with the 24 valve are elctronically controlled but they give ya at least 350 HP stock. They R U N

I’m partial to the 59 but the 67 is good as long as you leave it stock and what you do if somebody tries to give you a Duramax diesel of any sort don’t walk away Ron I’m a 38 year GM tech just retired that is the worst motor ever ever produced

@@leewalker3514who’s Ron?

Especially when the ground wires from the quad is ran straight to the battery

It normally idles up on its own. Depends how I have the tuner set. Whenever batteries get low the tuner will reset itself to factory.

I've never had mine crank that slow. I think he has bad cables or weak batteries. And I've started it in -10 in reese river nevada

Ether and diesel don’t go together

@@nathanflecke9635how so ? My dad swore using ether on my diesel was so bad for it but I showed him right there in the bottle that it says for use on gas and diesel motors

What knowledge? Lol