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We are privately owned, with access to a professional Diesel Mechanic, who can provide additional support for Dodge Ram Cummins Diesel vehicles. Many detailed information is FREE and available to read. However, in order to interact directly with our Diesel Mechanic, Michael, by phone, via zoom, or as the web-based option, Subscription Plans are offered that will enable these and other features. Go to the Subscription Page and Select a desired plan. At any time you wish to cancel the Subscription, click Subscription Page, select the 'Cancel' button, and it will be canceled. For your convenience, all subscriptions are on auto-renewal.
I've seen this a few times where people claim that cold weather will produce more drag on a vehicle just the cold dense air. So just for the fun of it I went and did the calculation on just the air drag part of it. Not factoring in other loses like fluid thickening...
Here is the formulas I used
Drag
http://www.thefintels.com/aer/dragcalc.htm
Air Density
http://www.denysschen.com/catalogue/density.aspx
Dodge Ram Specs including Drag Coefficient
http://www.pickuptrucks.com/html/ram_specs.html
So using local information and building a test bed on this.
Vehicle - 2nd Generation Dodge Ram 2500 truck
Test #1 Winter (Column C)
Stats
[*]+10*F Temperature
[*]90% Humidity
[*]2,800 ft Elevation
[*]45 MPH (Road conditions locally)
Test #2 Summer (Column B)
Stats
[*]+100*F Temperature
[*]10% Humidity
[*]2,800 ft Elevation
[*]65 MPH
Test #3 Comparing both using both summer and winter conditions. (Columns E & F)
Which this shows roughly 4.659 MPH difference between winter and summer condition will be nearly equal in drag.
Just for fun compare 55 and 65 MPH...