Somebody had previously asked Cummins about a price on a NEW motor and they
told him $10K.. which seems very steep since the 6 cylinder isn't usually
even that much.
As for how long to pay for itself.. just doing some rough figures.. I came
up with a bit over 80K miles to break even.. so even at 100 miles a day..
it'd take a few years. but it would still be a Cummins Dakota after the
miles were done.. and the Cummins would barely be broken in.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Today's gas prices
>
> 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... :-)
>
> --
> Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Burlington, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
>
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