http://jalopnik.com/the-ram-1500-is-getting-a-3-0-liter-diesel-200215031?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_facebook&utm_source=jalopnik_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

I was very excited to hear that the halfton ram will have a diesel option. However, i read the article and became very letdown...

You'll understand why i'm sure

LOL. I'd rather the 5.9 cummins for sure.
But, I'm confused.
I don't know shit about trucks really, but it says that's a 1/2 ton.
There's no way it weighs 1000lbs

3 liter :(, still pretty neat tho

Even i can understand the 5.9 is a little big for this truck application. But the 4bt 3.9L (4cyl cummins) would have been a wet dream for a ton of people
The half-ton is a classification of trucks. i.e ram 1500, ford f150, c/k 1500




Yea, should be a cool truck for sure, but when they said a v-6 diesel i couldn't believe it... Soo much success from the in-line motors...

ya from what i remember the jeep inline 6 motors are pretty sweet. i havnt really worked on many tho just from what ive read in a few mags

Yea, the old i6 was pretty tough for a gas job. I'm just waiting to see how much shit these are going to have packed on them... the '10+ 6.7L is a nightmare with EGR/DPF

i dont know why they dont just stuff a 4bt cummins in a 1/2 ton, they would sell a shit load of them

Amen to that. If i had to guess, emissions plays a huge roll in it all. the old 4bt was never really updated when the 6bt was. It kinda died off. They still use it in some stationary power applications however.

eventually, im going to put one in a tube buggy crawler, some day

this has been a while ago now but we put a built 4bt in a suzuki sidekick crawler. Fun rig but too much torque for what we had to work with