[Vwdiesel] Dodge Ram TD?

[Gerry Wolfe]

AFAIK, the Dodge Ram mini-pickup was the little guy based on the old Omni
platform etc.  I think VW actually supplied drivetrain initially, so maybe
it's actually a 1.6l TD like you would find in an A1 or A2?

I recall that when I purchased a valve-cover gasket for my '91 TD, the fit
list also included the Omni.

A Cummins TD would REALLY make one of these puppies haul!!!

rgds, g.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doyt W. Echelberger" <doyt at mail.buckeye-express.com>
To: "Scott Kair" <scott3491 at insightbb.com>
Cc: <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 11:12
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Dodge Ram TD?


> 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
>  >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> 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
>
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