Ford bought Cummins rumor????

[fastmark]

I hear it again today. Is it true this time or just the same old rumor. The guy told me htat hte new Dodges would get a Mitzi engine.

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Mark Faught, 92 ext cab service truck and a 84 crew cab one ton dually with a 91 cummins and NV 4500.

 

[shakey]

Ford has had stock in cummins since about 1994 not sure exatly but right around there some time

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1991 with intercooler muffler removed & a few turns of the screw,puffin smoke & lovin it!!!

 

[joesoot]

Ford bought 10% in '94, in '97 Cummins bought it back.

 

[F Simkowski (In Memory)]

Moved to General Diesel forum.

 

[Bad340fish]

Go to the FAQ page on www.cummins.com and it will answer that one for you

 

[Missouri Mule]

Yes it was around in 96 when I bought the Mule it was probably around in 89 the first year Dodge and Cummins teamed up. One day it mite come true if the ford boys keep wishing for it, but don't hold your breath.

Yes I still hear the rumor, not only from ford boys but the chevy junveniles also and a few uninformed Dodge guys. (non TDR members)

 

[Swayse00]

This rumor just pisses me off every time I hear it. You hear it from ford guys that try to make themselves feel better about ford. I've also heard that strait sixes are slow.

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2001 5 speed SWB SLT Larmie White 4x4, ISSPRO boost and pyro gauges, 4" exhaust with walker muffler, DDI injectors with a HOT PE box for good pleasure.
1980 CJ7 350, SM465

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

"I've also heard that strait sixes are slow. "

Straight sixes ARE slow - if prospective buyers are silly enough to judge a stock truck strictly based on quarter mile or stoplite to stoplite situations! SURE, they do OK, but jumping from a new Ford PS to a new Dodge/Cummins in an around-town test drive IS likely to make you wish for a couple more cylinders - but THOSE situations are NOT what MOST of us buy a truck for, and once you add a heavy load and steep grade to the mix, the situation evens out considerably or frequently reverses the earlier "stoplite wars"...

Even in gassers from the days of my 50's youth (sigh!), the V8's were KING when run against a GM 6-banger on city streets - but again, head them up a hill, and the six would top the grade with NO problem while the Ford was somewhere back along the road puking its coolent all over the asphalt... #ad


*I* never sweat it when some grinning Ford PS leadfoot passes us and our fiver out in the flatlands with his setup - I *KNOW* we will be seeing and passing THEM again soon on the grade ahead, turning their smile upside-down - and my wife has seen this happen so many times she just looks over at me and smiles when one passes us out on the flats... #ad


MY Dodge/Cummins ain't no "hotrod", but MAN, can it pull a load up a hill! #ad
#ad


And THAT was what *I* bought mine for!

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http://community. webshots.com/user/davison71 Early '91 250, 727 AT, 307 rear... Banks Stinger exhaust, intercooler... US Gear OD... Tweaked pump, upgraded radiator... MORE than a match for every new PS Ford encountered so far...

"Dura" WHAT? NOW I know where all those recycled beer cans go...

[This message has been edited by Gary - KJ6Q (edited 04-02-2001). ]