Cummins – Not Strapped Solely to a Crappy Dodge Interior Anymore! - Automoblog.net (blog)
For those that don’t know, Cummins is a major manufacturer of mid and heavy weight diesel engines. The main thing here is that Cummins has been supplying engines to Dodge (Ram, whatever) since the 80’s. You may ask, “why didn’t Cummins just do a half-ton with Dodge. That’s because the Chrysler leash holder, Fiat, decided to use a 3. 0L V-6 diesel from Italy (sounds reliable. ) instead of drawing on their existing partnerships in the U. S. So, it seems to me, that Cummins decided that they were done being monogamist and buddied up next to the people at Nissan North America. The XD Titan appears to take the half-ton mark and push it decidedly towards 3/4 ton. There is more to this than just the diesel engine, which I will get to in a sec. The new Cummins motor is pretty interesting. It shares a lot of components with an existing Cummins engine but with some little touches to make it easier to live with in a daily driven pick up. It has been lightened with a special iron in the block and aluminum heads. This has always been a big hurdle with putting a modern diesel into a half-ton truck. Your typical 3/4 ton Cummins weighs in well over a 1000 lbs. Cummins and Nissan have also spent some time on making the 5. 0L friendlier to passengers as well. It should be quite a bit quieter and smoother than your typical diesel engine. The turbo diesel will make 310 hp and 555 lb-ft of torque. Source: www.automoblog.net
