"I'd rather be Cumming..."
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AUDIHenry

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2,201 posts

208 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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This is what I'm referring to: http://www.zazzle.com/id_rather_be_cummin_than_str...

But really this:





Ridiculous torque from a 6 cyl Cummins turbodiesel. I've been looking at these trucks for the last couple of weeks. Do you have anything quite as large on the roads of Blighty?

laam999

538 posts

190 months

AUDIHenry

Original Poster:

2,201 posts

208 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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laam999 said:
Haha, seen it, but funny nevertheless

*Al*

3,830 posts

243 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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laam999 said:
Crap but so funny! Cheers.Always loved the Rams, especially the Cumming diseasal. There are a few for sale here in the UK.

seagrey

385 posts

186 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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The rear axle casing looks pathetically weedy on that truck.
Its probably up to the job but just looks weedy.

PumpkinSteve

4,231 posts

177 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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I was amazed when I went to the USA and saw this kind of thing:

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/3012/chevyfuzion....

I don't think we have any pickups that are even close to those beasts.

AUDIHenry

Original Poster:

2,201 posts

208 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2WVBP1QYd0

Some of these things run in the 10s and many upgraded ones can hit the 12s in the 1/4 mile. Utterly ridiculous in a "you only live once" kind of way.

VeeFour

3,339 posts

183 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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Aren't these basically built on 7.5 tonne truck chassis?

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

188 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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Just had a (very) quick look at the Dodge Ram web site.

It's got the 6.7 litre Cummins, which I believe is related to the old 5.9 litre, which was a good engine. It's rated at 350hp. Hmm. That is a pretty high rating for such a small engine. Maybe they are not expecting it to ever work that hard. Which, judging as they are showing it pulling a 5 tonne tractor on a trailer may well be the case (no pun intended).

P I Staker

3,308 posts

177 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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seagrey said:
The rear axle casing looks pathetically weedy on that truck.
Its probably up to the job but just looks weedy.

Are you sure you are looking at the right pictures? The diff is fecking huge.

Rollcage

11,345 posts

213 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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AUDIHenry said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2WVBP1QYd0

Some of these things run in the 10s and many upgraded ones can hit the 12s in the 1/4 mile. Utterly ridiculous in a "you only live once" kind of way.
I can't see that going through an emissions test hehe

AUDIHenry

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2,201 posts

208 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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Willy Nilly said:
Just had a (very) quick look at the Dodge Ram web site.

It's got the 6.7 litre Cummins, which I believe is related to the old 5.9 litre, which was a good engine. It's rated at 350hp. Hmm. That is a pretty high rating for such a small engine. Maybe they are not expecting it to ever work that hard. Which, judging as they are showing it pulling a 5 tonne tractor on a trailer may well be the case (no pun intended).
The thing that's important on these is torque. In stock form, it is 650 lbf·ft (880 N·m). This is very easily upgraded by a host of simple aftermarket additions. Many of these engines (in stock form, mind) last beyond a million miles without ever having to open them up. They are very well engineered beasts.

AUDIHenry

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208 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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Rollcage said:
I can't see that going through an emissions test hehe
Diesels are exempt from emissions tests here! (except maybe the new ones coming from Germany, I'm not sure). But these diesel trucks never need testing, even here in CA. The black smoke results from the removal of some parts, they don't smoke like that stock.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

188 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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AUDIHenry said:
Willy Nilly said:
Just had a (very) quick look at the Dodge Ram web site.

It's got the 6.7 litre Cummins, which I believe is related to the old 5.9 litre, which was a good engine. It's rated at 350hp. Hmm. That is a pretty high rating for such a small engine. Maybe they are not expecting it to ever work that hard. Which, judging as they are showing it pulling a 5 tonne tractor on a trailer may well be the case (no pun intended).
The thing that's important on these is torque. In stock form, it is 650 lbf·ft (880 N·m). This is very easily upgraded by a host of simple aftermarket additions. Many of these engines (in stock form, mind) last beyond a million miles without ever having to open them up. They are very well engineered beasts.
We have a version of that engine in a little truck at work at 220hp. It has to work for a living. If Dodge expected that pickup to use all 350 horses all day long they would have fitted the 9 litre Cummins.

Here is the off highway page for the 6.7
http://cumminsengines.com/every/misc/Technology/ti...

When they put it in a pickup they make it rev to 3013hehe The 5.9litre I used to use was rated at 2350

http://cumminsengines.com/every/applications/dodge...

They're good engines and they do last, but in a pickup I'd say it was a fairly light application for it, which is why they give it a high power rating because it's not expected to run under full load for hours at a time.


seagrey

385 posts

186 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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P I Staker said:

Are you sure you are looking at the right pictures? The diff is fecking huge.
That diff is not that big and I was actually referring to the axle casing,it looks too thin for the bulk of the vehicle.

wackojacko

8,581 posts

211 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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shout Twiglove has the only truck that dwarfs this one !



absolute animal!

The Moose

23,524 posts

230 months

Sunday 19th June 2011
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We run a big dodge pickup at work - left hooker.

It's not quite as big, but a lot of people look at it with a WTF look!

Great fun - I love it - go for it!!!!!

Cheers

The Moose

Strachan

6,419 posts

175 months

BDR529

3,560 posts

195 months

Monday 27th June 2011
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Aren't Cummins turbo diesel engines the ones that buses use? hehe

anonymous-user

75 months

Monday 27th June 2011
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AUDIHenry said:
Did you see what section of the website that sticker was in?

Marketplace Categories: Humor, Sayings > Jokes > Men | Humor, Sayings > Jokes > Redneck

Is that the image you're looking for? hehe