Ram 3500 MPG test

There are a total of four plants that produce the 6.7 ISB Cummins engine. CMEP and RMEP in the US for North American markets, CBL in Brazil for Central/South American markets, and DEP in England for Euro/Asian markets.

If I ma not mistaken, there is only one plant that produces the 6.7L Powerstroke. The Chihuahua Engine Plant in Mexico.

Cummins12V98 wrote:

4x4ord wrote:
In the first 3 years of production Ford produced 500,000 6.7s. In 2016 they built 179,900 6.7 Powerstrokes.

From December 2012 to October 2019 Cummins produced 1,000,000 6.7s for Ram... 146,000 per year.

How about total 6.7's produced?

I've read that the engine plant that makes the Cummins 6.7 has a capacity of 168,000 engines per year. I'm not sure how often it is run at capacity but if 146,000 have been going into Ram pick ups I guess there could be as many as about 20,000 that go elsewhere.

"Cummins 6.7L that was the only diesel engine option for the F-650/750"

I think Ford got tired of me pointing that out. ;)

4x4ord wrote:
In the first 3 years of production Ford produced 500,000 6.7s. In 2016 they built 179,900 6.7 Powerstrokes.

From December 2012 to October 2019 Cummins produced 1,000,000 6.7s for Ram... 146,000 per year.

How about total 6.7's produced?

larry barnhart wrote:
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What do they say about OldDogs and new tricks???

Bionic Man wrote:

Cummins12V98 wrote:
From what I read RAM sells more Class 3 pickups than GM or Ford. Ford even includes f450’s in that market.

I’d like to see a source on that because I don’t think it’s true.

I also don’t think RAM sells more HD trucks than 1500’s. That 1500 marker is huge.

It was a chart on the TDR, I will see if i can find it. I even had the guys in the know confirm.

This is for 3500's RAM and GM along with F350 and F450's all in pickup form.

4x4ord wrote:
In the first 3 years of production Ford produced 500,000 6.7s. In 2016 they built 179,900 6.7 Powerstrokes.

From December 2012 to October 2019 Cummins produced 1,000,000 6.7s for Ram... 146,000 per year.

There is one caveat in there. Even though I count all 6.7L Cummins, not just the Rams, the 6.7L was in the Ram in 2007.5 which is three and a half years before the Powerstroke 6.7L came out in 2011. That is three and a half years of production for the Cummins 6.7L while the PSD 6.7L produced zero.

Also, one of the reasons why the production of PSD 6.7L increased that year was because it became the only diesel option for the F-650/750 in 2016. From 2010-2015, the Cummins 6.7L was the only diesel engine option for the F-650/750. While the Cummins 6.7L was available in the F-650/750 beginning in 2007, the Cat C7 was also available until 2009 so it wasn't the only diesel engine option yet still available.

FishOnOne wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:


When you don't produce that many engines your exposure to issues is far less.

In that case, the Cummins 6.7L is by far the most produced engine out of the three.

I'm talking about engines that went into trucks with all the emissions equipment that we drive.

I am also talking about on road trucks with emissions equipment. It is the same engine down the same assembly line using the same kind of emissions requirements/equipment. Ford, Peterbilt, Kenworth, International, Freightliner, and Ram all used the same 6.7L engine but with different tuning depending on application. Just about every diesel Ryder and Penske box van you see has the same Cummins 6.7L.

Heck, even the PACCAR PX-7 "proprietary" engine is the same 6.7L Cummins engine but with a valve cover that says PACCAR on it instead of Cummins. Also, if you see a school bus with a diesel, then there is a 95% chance it is the same Cummins 6.7L. They even ship them overseas to be used in European markets. When it comes to on road truck diesel engines currently being produced, there is not one engine that even comes close to the Cummins 6.7L production numbers.

As of 2012 Cummins only produced 2 million engines for Dodge/Ram. I'm sure Duramax was low build quantities too.

That is just for Ram. I am talking about all on road Cummins 6.7L that share the same parts and emissions requirements that were built for trucks
(like the F650/750, Freightliner M2, International MV series, Peterbilt 337, and Sterling Bullet) and buses(like the Thomas Built C2, Bluebird Vision, and IC Bus CE). If one wanting to get a true failure rate versus total produced, those would be counted as well since they share the exact same parts and requirements.

In the first 3 years of production Ford produced 500,000 6.7s. In 2016 they built 179,900 6.7 Powerstrokes.

From December 2012 to October 2019 Cummins produced 1,000,000 6.7s for Ram... 146,000 per year.

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:


When you don't produce that many engines your exposure to issues is far less.

In that case, the Cummins 6.7L is by far the most produced engine out of the three.

I'm talking about engines that went into trucks with all the emissions equipment that we drive.

I am also talking about on road trucks with emissions equipment. It is the same engine down the same assembly line using the same kind of emissions requirements/equipment. Ford, Peterbilt, Kenworth, International, Freightliner, and Ram all used the same 6.7L engine but with different tuning depending on application. Just about every diesel Ryder and Penske box van you see has the same Cummins 6.7L.

Heck, even the PACCAR PX-7 "proprietary" engine is the same 6.7L Cummins engine but with a valve cover that says PACCAR on it instead of Cummins. Also, if you see a school bus with a diesel, then there is a 95% chance it is the same Cummins 6.7L. They even ship them overseas to be used in European markets. When it comes to on road truck diesel engines currently being produced, there is not one engine that even comes close to the Cummins 6.7L production numbers.

As of 2012 Cummins only produced 2 million engines for Dodge/Ram. I'm sure Duramax was low build quantities too.