Roostre

First off this is my first post. I'm not much of a poster, even on boards that I have been a member of for a long time. Second, I have never owned a Cummins powered truck... but that is something I want to change.

So this may be a complete rookie question. I know a guy that has a 1995 motor for sale for a good price. Has 186K on it. The problem is that he swapped the P-pump onto his motor and made this one a VE.

With the research I have done (TONS) the VE motor should be fine for me. I just need my truck to be a good *reliable* puller- not interested in hp over about 350. Even 300 would be fine.

Is there a reason to avoid this motor?

In my research I have heard that different years use different pistons and thus different injectors and spray patterns. How big of a deal is this?

Thanks in advance for any help!!

Don T

Find a good P100 pump and use it. They are real easy and cheap to make some good HP. I love my 95 truck.

9812vram

That VE motor is just fine.

This should give you and idea if you haven't read it already:
http://www.dieselpowermag.com/featur..._d250_cummins/