Cummins Info

[jcarey]

Attached is some info I found from a Cummions/EPA document. I don't know if it is still valid, but it's interesting anyway.



Look at what the target for the 4. 2L is.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

This is the newest link I could find on this but it's pretty old

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/deer_2004/session9/2004_deer_stang2.pdf

Something else too
New Cummins V6 and V8 Diesel Engines - Exclusive Preview - Diesel Power Magazine

 

[jcarey]

Thanks for the info. The article in dieselpowermag was great.



Right now it would be hard to choose between the v6 Durango and the v8 1500.

 

[CATCRACKER]

these two engines are going to be bad arse!!



i think they will sell like hot cakes

 

[MStrain]

Wow that V8 is torquey, and 22 MPG combined that is great, quiet too, O think I see a 1500 4X4 with a diesel V8 in my future.

 

[jcarey]

In a test of a Durango SUV with the 4. 7L gasoline V-8, engineers measured a combined city/highway rating of 15. 3 mpg. The diesel V-6 achieved 22. 1 mpg in the same test, a 44 percent improvement. The diesel V-8 in the Ram 1500 did even better with a 49 percent improvement. It scored a combined city/highway rating of 21. 7 mpg, compared to a Hemi that was rated at 14. 6 mpg. In highway driving simulations, the diesel Durango made 25 mpg and the Ram 1/2-ton sipped just 24. 6 mpg of diesel.



On the highwy, there is only a . 4 mpg difference between the V6 and V8.



Sounds like a V8 to me, too!