hey everyone, im new to this site, but a buddy of mine said he got some great info from this site. I am very much considering getting a diesel, but i would like to get a lot more information on them than i have. im new to diesels, so id like to know what would b a good dodge cummins to have. any info welcome, thanks in advance

 

i say any of the 5.9's are good but i'm a ford guy so the dodge part of that i can't help ya with

 

just my personal opinion, stay away from the 98.5-02 24v Cummins. They have a VP44 injection pump that likes to go out, and is very costly to replace. It's still a really good engine, but you always run the chance of an IP going out.

You will have much better reliability out of a 89-98 12v or an 03+ Commonrail

Just my .02

 

common rail :drool:

 

ah the common rails have more street manners than the 12v when built up, but I just like the sound of the 2nd gen manifold better than the 3rd gen manifold.

heard a 6.7 with a silver bullet and 2nd gen manifold the other day

 

Why the hell would you put a 2nd gen manifold on a cr??? . But commonrails are nassssty I want one so bad.

 

anything that goes out on a diesel is expensive when it goes out go aftermarket hypo,i have a 99 5.9ltre,never been in shop my 07 6.7ltre has been in shop 6 times,

 

wow really??? Whats gone wrong with your 6.7???

 

my 6.7 has had many issues with the o2 sensors they get soot buid up in them,dodge released a new upgrade to the computer that so they say relaxed the computer,been about 6 months havent had any issues,its a great truck once they work out all the bugs im gone do deletes as soon as i get the money probly after the 1st of the year,my 99 is the old faithful i call it esier to do mods to it,just take care of it and i dont abuse it cant afford to.

 

hey everyone, im new to this site, but a buddy of mine said he got some great info from this site. I am very much considering getting a diesel, but i would like to get a lot more information on them than i have. im new to diesels, so id like to know what would b a good dodge cummins to have. any info welcome, thanks in advance


It all depends on what you want to do with it and how much money you have to do it with. older trucks tend to be a bit cheaper to mod and easier to work on being mostly mechanical but with newer trucks that are computerized for lack of better term...are easier to mod but yet more expensive and harder to work on.