[Vwdiesel] Dodge Ram TD?

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

At 12:58 PM 3/19/2005 -0600, you wrote:
>     Yesterday I passed the local u-pickem's retriever flatbed and
>about went over the sidewalk when I noticed a badge on the victim
>vehicle.  It was an old Dodge Ram mini-pickup of indeterminate
>vintage.  Body was in a very unfortunate state, but conspicuous was a
>badge on the front fender proclaiming it, rather boldly, a Turbo
>Diesel, in chrome.
>     I'm going to try to scrounge the badge, if nothing else.  But does
>anyone know anything about Dodge putting a td in the Ram?  I don't see
>how it could be anything but a 4-cyl., which might open some
>interesting possibilities.
>     TIA,
>     Scott Kair
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When Dodge first put the Cummins diesel into its pickups in 1989, it 
expected the engine to be a specialty item in no more than 4,000 trucks a 
year. But it became so popular that the motor now sells in more than 
100,000 trucks a year. Performance improved as model years passed. In 1989, 
the horsepower rating was 160 with 420 lbs./torque. It's now rated at 245 
hp with 505 lbs./torque. Cummins reports some trucks have run more than 
1,000,000 miles without an overhaul and says to conservatively expect 
300,000 miles between overhauls if you don't soup up the engine. It can be 
overhauled up to four times.


Doyt