While yes the Chevy diesel is far stronger in
horsepower, Cummins' Turbo Diesel in the Ram has far
more torque than any of the others combined. In my
area of Indiana; All of the farmers here have at least
1 or 2 Dodge duallys. Plus, if the Dodge has a fifth
wheel hitch; it can move trailers in most freight
yards with ease. The Chevys and Fords cannot. But,
as for your question of if Dodge is coming up with
something better; YES! Since I live in the area of
Cummins World Headquarters (Columbus, Indiana) and
their largest manufacturing plants; I have more
knowledge than some of the others. Cummins is working
on a replacement of the inline-6. It will still be a
six, but with better reliability. How do I know?
Well my company will probably be making the cast iron
block.
Steven "dakotaviper" Beverly
--- Shane <semj1@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I was wondering if any of you know if Dodge is going
> to do anything about
> the barrage of Ford Super Duties and Chevy HD that
> are showing up on the
> streets, especially here in Northern Jersey. Ford
> and Chevy offer their
> 350/3500 series trucks in Dually, club, crew cabs
> while Dodge offers the
> 3500 only in the dually and extend cab dually.
> Dodge is still using the
> six-cylinder diesel while the others are using
> eights. I am not sure about
> the power stroke diesel but I have heard that the
> new Chevy diesels are
> stronger and quieter than any other diesel. I also
> have heard that it has a
> lot of power. I see more and more of the dodges
> sitting on the Ford/Chevy
> used car lots than i do the Chevy/Fords on the dodge
> used car lots. I feel
> that Dodge has to take a step back and look at what
> its competitors are
> doing and revamp there thinking.
> Don't get me wrong I am and always will be a die
> hard Dodge fan, but as far
> as driving down the street and knowing that I have
> the best, most powerful
> or the fastest truck on the street. I may not be
> able to do that until
> Dodges 4.7 is better and more powerful than Toyotas
> 4.7. That Dodge ram
> 1500/2500 is bar none better thane ford/Chevy model
> trucks. Please tell me
> Dodge has something in the works other than
> decreasing engine displacement.
> I would like to hear that horsepower and torque is
> increased at lower RPMs.
>
> Shane
>
>
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