Cummins V8 diesel on the move
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All some of us ask is they make the same thing in Diesel. Making a V8 Hotrod Diesel is wonderful, but not terribly practical. A 5.0 V8 Diesel for a 1/2 ton is roughly akin to stuffing a V10 in there, sure you can, but WHY?
Ever drive an I5 Sprinter? Plenty fast, plenty torquey. Huge Vans getting 26-27 MPG, delivering goods......... The same formula will be a hit with a 1/2 ton truck.
But you are right, Chrysler will continue to market trucks to people who believe they need the baddest HP/Torque, and nothing will change, at least until Toyota figures it out.
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Nope, they already make a beautiful GASSER for 1/2 tons.
All some of us ask is they make the same thing in Diesel. Making a V8 Hotrod Diesel is wonderful, but not terribly practical. A 5.0 V8 Diesel for a 1/2 ton is roughly akin to stuffing a V10 in there, sure you can, but WHY?
Ever drive an I5 Sprinter? Plenty fast, plenty torquey. Huge Vans getting 26-27 MPG, delivering goods......... The same formula will be a hit with a 1/2 ton truck.
But you are right, Chrysler will continue to market trucks to people who believe they need the baddest HP/Torque, and nothing will change, at least until Toyota figures it out.
All some of us ask is they make the same thing in Diesel. Making a V8 Hotrod Diesel is wonderful, but not terribly practical. A 5.0 V8 Diesel for a 1/2 ton is roughly akin to stuffing a V10 in there, sure you can, but WHY?
Ever drive an I5 Sprinter? Plenty fast, plenty torquey. Huge Vans getting 26-27 MPG, delivering goods......... The same formula will be a hit with a 1/2 ton truck.
But you are right, Chrysler will continue to market trucks to people who believe they need the baddest HP/Torque, and nothing will change, at least until Toyota figures it out.
Besides, with all the money these companies put into market research, if they thought putting an I4 B motor in a 1/2 ton pickup would sell, it would be on the street by now. Do you know of any in the U.S. market?
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That being said, across the world, small 4 cyl. diesels are running, producing fantastic mileage, and not all of them are slow pigs either. You can look at the plethora of 4 cyl conversions, from Isuzu to Cummins to see the validity. Many people live in either locations where Emissions prevents such a swap, or they physically do not posses the skills or a place to do the swap.
You actually think market research in the big 3 Auto companies is valid?
C'mon, if that were the case they would not be giving cars away and going Bankrupt.
As for the form factor, I don't know of a single 1/2 ton truck that doesn't have plenty of height to stuff a 4ISB in there.
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No, believe it or not, someone has to have the foresight to produce it.
That being said, across the world, small 4 cyl. diesels are running, producing fantastic mileage, and not all of them are slow pigs either. You can look at the plethora of 4 cyl conversions, from Isuzu to Cummins to see the validity. Many people live in either locations where Emissions prevents such a swap, or they physically do not posses the skills or a place to do the swap.
You actually think market research in the big 3 Auto companies is valid?
That being said, across the world, small 4 cyl. diesels are running, producing fantastic mileage, and not all of them are slow pigs either. You can look at the plethora of 4 cyl conversions, from Isuzu to Cummins to see the validity. Many people live in either locations where Emissions prevents such a swap, or they physically do not posses the skills or a place to do the swap.
You actually think market research in the big 3 Auto companies is valid?
Even if it did, so what. The 5.6 (or maybe it is 5.0, as allpar is showing) liter V8 has an additional (half) liter over a 4.5, and (1) 1.7 liters over a 3.9, at roughly the same weight, owing to it's engine block composition. Who is going to buy a 1/2 ton truck with a 4 cylinder engine in it in the US. I'll tell you: NOBODY, point blank and period. I wouldn't buy it. Now, if they made a small I6, like a scaled down 6B, I'd be in like Flynn, and so would you, I'm sure. But WE aren't the general buying public. They can't justify it on a cost-benefit basis I4 or small I6 truck engine that's not designed yet. The V6 and V8 Cummins is production ready.
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You may have to wait awhile. Me? I'm not buying a Toyota, and I have friends that assembled them, until they built the SATX plant. Good truck, don't get me wrong, but they're not any better than a Dodge, in reality. Certainly not better than an 09+ version.
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