DURAMAX VS. CUMMINS

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• dodgeram10 Member Posts: 74

  April 2001

  It will still be running long after the Duramax diesel is dead.

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• bwh Member Posts: 76

  April 2001

  I have a 99 PSD, I've been looking at the Dmax and Cummins. The cummins is a heck of a motor looking for a truck and transmissions that can handle it. I have heard about a ton of bad trannys and front end work including recurrant severe brake pull. The Dmax is quiet (who cares) pulls well and has what may finally be the answer in transmissions. The 3500 models I was looking at are still pretty wimpy for a work truck. Get a solid axle under the front of the 4x4, that is how real work trucks are set up. I was dissapointed with both, guess I'll keep the ford a bit longer.

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• chevytruck_fan Member Posts: 432

  April 2001

  though I was disappointed at that GM didn't go to the solid front axle I have never heard of GM front suspension being weak like the old for TTB front suspension. I have hit some serious logs and pot holes with my truck and have never gone out of alignment, on the other hand my dads 90 bronco has never been in alignment
  
  of course, for diesel I would buy a Dodge with a manual or a Ford, no freakin izusu diesel
  
  why could GM hook up with CAT?

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• rs_petty Member Posts: 423

  April 2001

  After surfing the 3 major diesel forums it seems there is a ground swell of hot rodding diesel pickups. Is this something new?

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• bwh Member Posts: 76

  April 2001

  Gale Banks has been supping up diesels for years. I think the huge popularity of pick ups in the last five years has opened up that market. With all of the truck diesels being turbocharged, increasing power is pretty simple. You can add a computer chip to up the boost and away you go.

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