Watch the 2 millionth Cummins engine for the Ram being built

thomasmnile wrote:
2 million built for Ram. Pretty good. Wonder how many ISB's (same engine architecture IIRC) in total have been produced over the years for use in mining, agriculture, medium duty truck and other applications.....

Looks like as of 2011, 8 million B series engines have been built.

http://cumminsengines.com/8-million-cummins-b-series-and-counting-

It's a beautiful thing! Thanks for posting the link!

2 million built for Ram. Pretty good. Wonder how many ISB's (same engine architecture IIRC) in total have been produced over the years for use in mining, agriculture, medium duty truck and other applications.....

Not the connecting rod thing again.
x- power thru 30% less 'rods' mean they HAVE to be 30% bigger,and no bigger (heavier) is not better.

Ask Matt Kenseth if having a lighter connecting rod has any importance......

DUH! the other 2 have only been around less than 12 years now so how'd you even find any of them between 12 and 24 years of age???

Of course because the Cummins only has 6 connecting rods while the other 2 have 8! On top of that, your mighty Cummins you speak of is always the last in performance so what good does those 6 larger connecting rods do? Hold it back and using the most fuel per mile trying to move the extra un-needed weight? The other 2 have not had any issues with their "smaller" sized eight connecting rods!

I'm guessing but I'd bet that there are more older 5.9's around than the other 2? Is that why only 2 million in 24 years?

Thats_Ok wrote:
Thanx for passing this along Mote...

Man the size of that thing when it's assembled!
That's one monster crank in there too...

Compare the connecting rods to the other two!

Thanx for passing this along Mote...

Man the size of that thing when it's assembled!
That's one monster crank in there too...