Cummins New 5.0 V-8 Diesel?
I've been reading up on this new diesel engine from Cummins and have come to the conclusion, it would be a perfect motor for Class C & B+ motor homes based on either the Ford of Chevy/GMC Cutaway Chas...
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bagman wrote:
I've been reading up on this new diesel engine from Cummins and have come to the conclusion, it would be a perfect motor for Class C & B+ motor homes based on either the Ford of Chevy/GMC Cutaway Chassis. There are different versions of this light weight engine, two to three hundred pounds lighter than your std. 6.6 or 6.7 diesel and the one that will power the next Nissan Titan PU truck will be 300 HP & 555 ft, lbs. of torque. I bet this Cummins weighs less than the Ford V-10 Gas! Just imagine the improved fuel economy. In a test Nissan Titan it registered 1,600 RPM's at 65 MPH. What say you? Bags.
If it's 2-300lbs lighter than the 6.7l, that'll still put it around 8-900lbs, or 2-300-ish lbs heavier than the V10.
mlts22 wrote:
I do think diesels are the way things are going long term, and I hope Ford does use an engine like that as a V-10 replacement option. For gassers, I hope they can make an EcoBoost V8, since this would be the next best thing for the V-10 replacement.
I just wonder when diesels will get as reliable as they were pre-EGR/DPF/DEF. I read way too many horror stories about newer engines. A diesel does give better torque/HP/MPG, but there is just something simple about a gasser engine that just needs an oil change every 5-10k miles to keep it happy, perhaps spark plugs and coils every 100k miles.
Ecoboost V6 already makes Ford V10 power anyway. I'd take it over the V10.
