What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?

[Stan H]

They SUCK. I won’t buy anything from Ripp ever again.

I see you know something I dont please fill us in on the salacious details Im all ears

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[Mightytalldude]

My phone overheated while taking video and photos, plus my winch wireless controller batteries also bit the dust with the high heat today, thank goodness it also has a wired option, but moved the last 500# bag of sand away from the house with the winch. One of my neighbors stopped to get in on the action, and help, but that photo also lost to the phone shutdown. The Tazer anchor option is perfect for situations like this.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Yeah 4500 is peak horsepower

All 4.76hp.

 

[WILDHOBO]

I see you know something I dont please fill us in on the salacious details Im all ears

Just poor quality stuff. 3 plug coils failed in 11k miles. They of course claimed it had never happened. Molar coils went back in and I haven’t had a single misfire since. If they can’t get coils made with better qc than that, there’s no way I’m touching a supercharger.

 

[Chasm]

Went to a restaurant, parked next to a Rubicon.
After the fender discussions I've had on here, I noted that my front (low) fenders were even with his high fenders, and that my tailgate was ~4 inches higher than his. (He was leveled, I'm not)

Sat where I could see both.
Watched as old guy headed to the Rubicon. He must have noticed the same thing because he got down to read my tire size, then his own. Then he practically crawled under mine looking at the suspension. Almost went to help him get up, but he managed before I got out of the booth.

Laughed when he didn't back out of the parking space, he just drove over the lawn and curb into the road!

 

[Zachanadandy]

Yeah 4500 is peak horsepower

4500 is peak torque for this high strung v6, peak horsepower is 6200 if I remember right.

 

[WILDHOBO]

4500 is peak torque for this high strung v6, peak horsepower is 6200 if I remember right.

Isn’t redline 6,500? I try to feather it so it shifts just before 6,000

 

[Stan H]

Isn’t redline 6,500? I try to feather it so it shifts just before 6,000

I dont know if I ever shifted my truck that hard. I aint so sure that ait hard on the clutches in the transmission. Ehh?

 

[69charged]

Went to our “spot” to relax.

And watch the sunset.

 

[WILDHOBO]

I dont know if I ever shifted my truck that hard. I aint so sure that ait hard on the clutches in the transmission. Ehh?

Can’t be that bad. Mine sees 5-5,500 every drive. Hard to avoid in the mountains.

 

[Stan H]

Can’t be that bad. Mine sees 5-5,500 every drive. Hard to avoid in the mountains.

Well Im nearly always 4k everyday but 6k man if I was at 6k id be doing 85mph .

 

[Stan H]

I seen another type .. brand name starts with an R.. let me see

All 4.76hp.

4.76hp wow mine only has 4.75hp yours must be the high output version.

 

[Zachanadandy]

Isn’t redline 6,500? I try to feather it so it shifts just before 6,000

I believe redline is 7k rpm. Peak torque is at 4800 and peak hp is at 6400rpm. I don't know what weird scale they used on the graphs but you can read the peak numbers.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Well Im nearly always 4k everyday but 6k man if I was at 6k id be doing 85mph .

Just up the grades until it shifts. Not at high speeds thankfully. I don’t let it sit there. I’m fine with it hanging out at 5 for a bit, but at 6 I feather it.

 

[WILDHOBO]

4.76hp wow mine only has 4.75hp yours must be the high output version.

I use 91.0002 octane.

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