How much of a mileage increase is the Cummins over the Hemi? For some
reason most of the Daks seems to get less than ideal mileage. I think the
3.9 BTA or 3.9 ISB would be a more dramatic mileage difference for the
Dakotas. I wouldn't be surprised if they'd be able to get 35mpg.
Aaron W
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From: "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Today's gas prices
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> On 5/20/2004 6:29 PM, Jason Bleazard wrote:
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> | Aaron Wyse said:
> |
> |>too bad we or several of us can't afford to get a group buy to actually
> |>have
> |>a Cummins dealer do diesel repowers with the 3.9BTA for the Dakotas..
> |
> |
> | Out of total curiosity, does anyone have any ballpark idea what this
would
> | cost? A couple thousand? Ten thousand? Just wondering how many miles
it
> | would take before the conversion paid for itself. (Of course, just
being
> | able to say "Cummins-powered Dakota" has to be worth something... :-)
>
> My father figured it would take 5-6 years to break even if he got the
> Cummins instead of the HEMI in his Ram. That was a $5500 difference (or
> thereabouts) on the sticker.
>
> Something tells me you'd have to have the Dak a ridiculously long time,
> or drive a *lot* of miles (says the guy driving 100 miles/day, 5
> days/week, just to get to work) to pay off.
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