With older 12 or 24 valve Cummins pickups, the manuals seem to sell much better - and for higher prices - than the autos. Of course that is most likely due to the quality of the autos at the time.

I know I’m a little late at providing the additional data, but here’s one of the CARB executive orders for the 2017, it’s on page 3.

The stories/rumors about how the Cummins engine wound up in the Ram are pretty interesting. They’re similar to the story about how Ken Miles convinced Sunbeam to install a Ford small block into the Sun beam.

Keep trying. It took me a while to get ungreyed. The grey section started way back in the Gawker days:

I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying them! I often hear operators not enjoying them due to lack of power, but even those operators still note that they work.

I’ll pull out the data for you tomorrow. I know it sounds crazy, but the Cummins can outperform the Prius(and did so in 2017, even beat the 2021 hybrids) for particulate emissions. The stability of diesel fuel and one of the most sophisticated fuel management systems is what makes them incredibly clean. Remember,…

There’s a reason a modified version of this engine is used to test the temperature limits for one of the big OEM turbo builders. With uncoated pistons, these things can hold 2000 degree EGT all day long. 

I refer to the 2350 variation of the B series because that’s typically the one with SCR, most 2250 and 2150s use the Nox absorption trap designs and relied heavily on EGR. In the trucks, it left a sour taste(still not as bad as the Maxforcedregen or the CAT ACERT) for newer emissions that still scares people into…

In terms of legendary large engines that did make it into the passenger vehicles, it’s the Cummins B series(6BT, ISB, B6.7). These are engines that hit 7 digit mileage with ease in hot shot applications. Even the modern CM2350b engine can have the DPF and other emission equipment surpass 500k without issues.

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BTW, latest studies show that none of the vaccines are working against Lambda. It isn’t currently in the US, yet, but that is an issue still.

Those are always fun. If you’re looking to kill it, cut it and put glyphosate(paint using full strength 41 percent, a quart is usually 9 bucks) immediately on the ends that are trimmed. If that doesn’t work, triclopyr(at least 16 percent, Crossbow or Brushtox works) will do the trick. Glyphosate takes a while to see…

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Good questions. For the throttle plate, it isn’t needed because diesels rarely have to worry about running too lean, they can run efficiently to 200:1 or greater. The the main concern is running too much fuel to air, at that point, it’s fuel injection timing, quantity and duration that comes into effect.

There’s a few different ways this was accomplished. Throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s, they usually used a rotary or inline injection pump and injectors that had pop pressures set. When the fuel in the line hit x pressure, the injectors opened up. This is really easy to understand and accomplish in an inline injection…

Very well said. Fun fact, this is also part of why diesels can run extremely lean and with some bonkers EGT and cylinder temperatures. And those high temps are part of why injection timing can be so critical.

If you’re performing a full lawn renovation, make sure to give the weed seeds time to germinate(yes, even imported soil will have seeds) before planting. This will give you an opportunity to remove or kill the weeds with a post-emergent since you cannot use pre-emergent when seeding.

I agree on the Escape, as a tall person, I do not enjoy riding in one. As for Subaru, they’re struggling with QC during the shortage. It’s best to buy used if buying Subaru.

Subaru’s quality control is in the crapper, but it’s likely temporary since everyone in the supply chain is dealing with challenges. A friend of mine had a terrible experience buying one recently, Subaru ended up buying it back.  

That’s a good observation and a good question. I’m not sure how most dealers are doing, but I know of one Ford dealer in a midsized city that’s struggling. Their lot looks full because it’s almost all used vehicles. Their owner said they get around 1-2 new vehicles per week. A lot of the higher end models are being…