What year what the first Diesel made? and how many ci was it?

 

[quote author=SuperiorDiesel03 link=board=8;threadid=10962;start=0#104591 date=1045235227]<br>What year what the first Diesel made? and how many ci was it?<br>[/quote]<br><br><br><br>The first Dodge Diesel? They had the same b5.9 engine as in the 93. That was in 1989. Now I have seen some guys with a IDI 5.9 cummins in 78 dodges but I don't think thats factory.<br>Or the first Diesel? I wish I knew.<br>DM01

 

Dodge in 78 and 79 had a Mitsubishi built 6 cly you could get in a pickup. I think it was rated at 100hp 163 tq 243 cubic inches. I am not sure on the years, but I think it was 78 and 79.

Paul

 

Dodge used thier first Diesel engine back in 1962, these trucks are pretty rare, it was a 6.3 liter Perkins inline and was almost as efficient as the Cummins, then in 1978 went to the Mits. 270 some cu in that pretty well flopped, thus is the reason being Dodge didn't want nothing to do with diesel until the Cummins era. I guess the 78 wasn't proffitable enough and not enough sales.

 

When was the first Cummins Engine made? sorry for the confusion.

 

[quote author=SuperiorDiesel03 link=board=8;threadid=10962;start=0#104631 date=1045240040]<br>When was the first Cummins Engine made? sorry for the confusion.<br>[/quote]<br>I know if you go to the cummins web site they have a History section. Take a look there<br>DM01