Looks like a pretty good design.

Cummins v8

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Jim

So they are offering a v6 and a v8 next year...?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I think just the inline 6 and the v8.

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Jim

Oh I see, this is what led me astray:

a light duty Ram 1500 with a 3.0-liter V6 rated at 240 hp and 420 lb-ft.

Looking at this again, I see it must be that Italian made v6 they are talking about.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Its interesting that in the past they moved from the 903 V8 to the 855 inline 6. Even today with motors like their QSX16, 3 X the size of this new one & still only 6 cylinders. I guess for consumer products things are different.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I'm happy for Cummins success with the 6BT and where it has led them. That said, it just doesn't seem like a Cummins without six cylinders, three cylinder heads, wet sleeves and an exhaust manifold that cracks. Those were sweet old engines.

Even though I've had it for 15 years, every time I light off the 6BT in my Dodge, I still get a smile on my face.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

Looks like a pretty simple and efficient design (not to take away from the engineering that went into it though), wonder how much of that will be covered in wires by the time it gets under the hood?

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

this looks like a plant id love to have in a classic G30 van.

Too bad its being wasted on a titan. Not a fan of those trucks. Way too bloated.

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Me too, but for only ten years.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

They are big!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Dodge isn't going with a cummins in the 1500, it's getting the same engine the jeep whatever is getting.

Isn't it a VM engine?

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

How log before the owners are cleaning out the sludge in the intake manifold from the EGR? Or paying 2g's to have someone else do it.

On which engine?

Never on my Cummins.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.