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- From: TX_WAYNE@rrivax.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Johnson)
- Subject: Re: Experiences with Pickups
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- Organization: Robarts Research Institute
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 23:23:59 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.232359.17449@julian.uwo.ca>
- In-Reply-To: ccw@slee07.srl.ford.com's message of Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:50:30 GMT
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- In <Bxz2sD.IGF@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> ccw@slee07.srl.ford.com writes:
- > wesf@boi.hp.com (Wes Fujii) writes:
- > : michael.e.carey (mcarey@cbnewsb.cb.att.com) wrote:
- > : : >
- > : : >Diesels:
- > : : >
- > : : >Go with the Cummins (I understand Ford will be going with that motor, too)
- > : : >if you can afford it. The International engine in the Ford trucks is okay
- > : : >but lacks the all-out-power of the Cummins. I know several people that
- > : : <stuff deleted>
- > : :
- > : : Woa! I would like to know your source on Ford using the Cummins instead
- > : : of the IH? I haven't heard of this. This would spell bad news for
- > : : an already troubled Navistar. As for the power of the IH, back when
- > : : ford first started putting them in there trucks (then it was a 6.9 liter
- > : : Diesel), the rear-ends could not take the power of the engine and they
- > : : kept dropping out. If they are going with the Cummins for power reasons,
- > : : I hope that they are a little more prepared this time.
- > :
- > : Heard it from a friend that is shopping for a diesel truck. I admit that
- > : my source is not all that great. I'll try to pin him down on his source...
- > :
- >
- > As I understand the situation, Chrysler has exclusive use of the Cummins
- > engine until around the year 2000.
- >
-
- According to my brother-in-law, who owns a Ford dealership, Ford recently
- bought out Cummins and plan to start using the engines in their trucks in
- the near future. While they can't stop Chrysler from buying the engines
- due to their contract, they will make it "less attractive" for Chrysler
- than it is now.
-
- I've also heard that this is the reason Dodge is developing a truck version
- of their V10 viper engine...
-
-
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