Soup Nazi
The artist formerly known as Don M
We received our Titan in May 2016. Its still stock.
It has done 98k miles now and no major mechanical issues. Regular fuel filter changes, regular oil changes, and filling the def tank constantly is all we do.?
The torque management in the ECU is terrible. The trans shifts hard and jerky. Cummins engineers and myself spent a week dickin with the programming and got it maybe 50% better than it was. It has more power and better shifts, but is still not what I like. Honestly, it needs a real tune and real fuel, but their hands are tied. It drinks Urea like mad too .
Overall it is reliable as hell and that is why we bought it. I can jump in it and tow anything from our small backhoe/tractor to a moderate gooseneck load and really have confidence. I did overload the thing last year with a 19k trailer and it towed it very well.
The brakes are leading class, IMO. It stops, NOW!
Mileage is terrible. Overall it is near 14. Yeah, 14.
I have to power brake the thing to get any decent acceleration from a dead stop too. It regens a lot!
The idea behind regens and dpfs is a curse on us all.
Great ride, reliability, toughness, and brakes. Have a look at the frame on this thing. Wow. Stout!
I ran a pressure box on it for a few weeks and that alone really woke it up. But in stock form it already runs 29k. That freaked me out after looking at several 5 gallon buckets full of cracked injector cores in my shop. We removed it.
Overall, the power output is low. Ft/lbs per liter is one of the lowest I have seen in heavy trucks. At 5.0 liters and 555 ft lbs...it an anemic 111 ft lbs per liter. Compared to a Ram 6.7 at 1000 ft lbs. That one is roughly 150 ft lbs per liter.
I wish the truck wasnt so thirsty, had some real acceleration and power. Other than that. It is really nice.
It has done 98k miles now and no major mechanical issues. Regular fuel filter changes, regular oil changes, and filling the def tank constantly is all we do.?
The torque management in the ECU is terrible. The trans shifts hard and jerky. Cummins engineers and myself spent a week dickin with the programming and got it maybe 50% better than it was. It has more power and better shifts, but is still not what I like. Honestly, it needs a real tune and real fuel, but their hands are tied. It drinks Urea like mad too .
Overall it is reliable as hell and that is why we bought it. I can jump in it and tow anything from our small backhoe/tractor to a moderate gooseneck load and really have confidence. I did overload the thing last year with a 19k trailer and it towed it very well.
The brakes are leading class, IMO. It stops, NOW!
Mileage is terrible. Overall it is near 14. Yeah, 14.
I have to power brake the thing to get any decent acceleration from a dead stop too. It regens a lot!
The idea behind regens and dpfs is a curse on us all.
Great ride, reliability, toughness, and brakes. Have a look at the frame on this thing. Wow. Stout!
I ran a pressure box on it for a few weeks and that alone really woke it up. But in stock form it already runs 29k. That freaked me out after looking at several 5 gallon buckets full of cracked injector cores in my shop. We removed it.
Overall, the power output is low. Ft/lbs per liter is one of the lowest I have seen in heavy trucks. At 5.0 liters and 555 ft lbs...it an anemic 111 ft lbs per liter. Compared to a Ram 6.7 at 1000 ft lbs. That one is roughly 150 ft lbs per liter.
I wish the truck wasnt so thirsty, had some real acceleration and power. Other than that. It is really nice.
