Ever since the 5.6l v8 and 4.2l v6 stories of years gone by I've been excited about owning a vehicle with this engine.
But now that it is close I feel like it is a decade late. Am I missing something?
The first thing is the power is meh. Sure 310 is alright, but when a base 3.6l naturally aspirated pentastar is 305 and ford has the 2.7l ecoboost w/ 325 or the NA 5.0 with 385 there is no excitement to be had looking at something with "just" 310/555.
Somebody will probably point out that is gas. What if we scale up the ram's 3.0 diesel to be a 5.0? Its 240/420 would be 400/700! The Ford Powerstroke 6.7 in the super duty would scale down to 330/640 and those are definitely work trucks. Most of all if we scale up the 2.8l cummins that nissan tested its 210/385 goes to 375/690! It's hard to get excited about a new engine when it is potentially the lowest power per litre on the market. Unless it has some trade offs to justify that?
Cummins engines have a reputation for running longer than the RAM truck they've been stuffed in. Maybe the power is "down" per liter because it will also last for hundreds of thousands of miles more than others? If I've read the warranty information correctly, no, these are just regular light duty engines. Cummins gives the 5.0l isb a 100,000 mile warranty while the famous 6.7l isv also 300,000 miles for major components. I don't need 300,000 miles, but it is nice to know when buying a RAM that this is the kind of stuff it was designed for, that you should get more out of this than other brands. For this cummins it seems like it is merely on par with the competition.
I currently drive a cummins and am due to replace the vehicle in the near future and I don't need 900lb/ft. I was excited about the Titan XD, but the more I look into it the more I find myself asking "is that all?" Where is the thing it is best at you can fall in love with?
But now that it is close I feel like it is a decade late. Am I missing something?
The first thing is the power is meh. Sure 310 is alright, but when a base 3.6l naturally aspirated pentastar is 305 and ford has the 2.7l ecoboost w/ 325 or the NA 5.0 with 385 there is no excitement to be had looking at something with "just" 310/555.
Somebody will probably point out that is gas. What if we scale up the ram's 3.0 diesel to be a 5.0? Its 240/420 would be 400/700! The Ford Powerstroke 6.7 in the super duty would scale down to 330/640 and those are definitely work trucks. Most of all if we scale up the 2.8l cummins that nissan tested its 210/385 goes to 375/690! It's hard to get excited about a new engine when it is potentially the lowest power per litre on the market. Unless it has some trade offs to justify that?
Cummins engines have a reputation for running longer than the RAM truck they've been stuffed in. Maybe the power is "down" per liter because it will also last for hundreds of thousands of miles more than others? If I've read the warranty information correctly, no, these are just regular light duty engines. Cummins gives the 5.0l isb a 100,000 mile warranty while the famous 6.7l isv also 300,000 miles for major components. I don't need 300,000 miles, but it is nice to know when buying a RAM that this is the kind of stuff it was designed for, that you should get more out of this than other brands. For this cummins it seems like it is merely on par with the competition.
I currently drive a cummins and am due to replace the vehicle in the near future and I don't need 900lb/ft. I was excited about the Titan XD, but the more I look into it the more I find myself asking "is that all?" Where is the thing it is best at you can fall in love with?