Watch the 2 millionth Cummins engine for the Ram being built

wuhungsix wrote:
Cool video.

I was curious too so I did a quick Google search on the matter. PLEASE take it for what its worth, "I read it on the internet, so it gotta be true". Im definitely no expert.

It looks like GM and Isuzu teamed up in 1998 to build the Dmax. It wasnt until 2000 the first Dmax was sold in a GM truck. I found that info here. http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/1303dp_history_of_the_duramax_diesel_engine/

Dodge and Cummins contracted in 1989 to put diesels in their trucks. found here. http://www.allpar.com/mopar/cummins-diesel.html

So depending on how you look at it 9-11 years.



So it does appear that Dmaxs are produced much faster to supply the demand of REPLACEMENT engines.

Ouch....

BTW I drove the first Dodge RAM Cummins to the county fair in April 1988 and was passing out brouchures to anyone who was interested.

It was a pre production unit for marketing purposes. Most if not all people back then didn't even know Dodge had teamed up with Cummins to provide diesel engines for their trucks.


I also drove the 318 TBI powered truck and talk about a rattlin turd with no power!

Cool video.

I was curious too so I did a quick Google search on the matter. PLEASE take it for what its worth, "I read it on the internet, so it gotta be true". Im definitely no expert.

It looks like GM and Isuzu teamed up in 1998 to build the Dmax. It wasnt until 2000 the first Dmax was sold in a GM truck. I found that info here. http://www.dieselpowermag.com/features/1303dp_history_of_the_duramax_diesel_engine/

Dodge and Cummins contracted in 1989 to put diesels in their trucks. found here. http://www.allpar.com/mopar/cummins-diesel.html

So depending on how you look at it 9-11 years.



So it does appear that Dmaxs are produced much faster to supply the demand of REPLACEMENT engines.

Is that true about the duramax ?? 500 thousand away from the cummins. That's cool about the cummins !! I know there are a lot of cummins fans out there. I just didn't realize the duramax production was that close for 12 years after cummins.

Enjoyed the video... I to was surprised with the lack of automation to build these engines.

fun video to watch and it looked so easy.
chevman

GM just built its 1,500,000 Duramax last November. Considering Dodge/Cummins had a 12 year head start I would have figured that there would be far more 5.9L Cummins'

Very cool.

phenrichs wrote:
Surprised to see how much hand assembly there is.

Agreed.

That was a cool video, thanks.

Thanks for sharing. I thought they tested engines on the line.