Re: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks

Posted by JDknut on April 11, 2006 at 11:32:52 from (152.119.204.78):

In Reply to: Re: OT: 3/4 Ton Trucks posted by dhermesc on April 11, 2006 at 09:44:22:

I meant that "car engine" thing kind of tongue-in-cheek, not literally. What I mean't was that the V-8's used in Ford and Chevy pickups, high HP tho they may be, are light duty high-RPM engines designed primarily for people used to driving high revving gas engines in cars and pickups (consumer goods) versus the Cummins B which was designed in the late 70's-early 80's for a primary market in tractors/construction equipment/OEM (capital goods). When it was designed the Cummins B was not anticipated to be used in any truck lighter than 20,000 lbs GVW, but then later Dodge saw the serendipity in this engine when they were casting about for a pickup Diesel. Whereas Ford and GM had their Diesel engines designed primarily for the pickup market.

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