Power Stroke vs. Cummins vs. Duramax Diesel Trucks - GM has the best Transmission ?

[gunDriller]

Ford Power Stroke vs. Dodge Cummins vs. Chevy Duramax Diesel Trucks - GM has the best Transmission ?


My neighbor has a Chevy 4x4 with some kind of super non slip locking or non-locking differential.

So admittedly I'm not sure on all the details but the bottom line is, the transmission works good.

My Ford 2 wheel drive truck is getting O L D (bought it new in 1998). It has been a great workhorse.

Overall, I am hearing the most compliments about the Cummins. I ask every Cummins owner I meet how they like their truck. I haven't talked to a single Cummins owner who didn't like their truck.


A few weeks ago I met a guy with a Duramax who came to see a Mercedes diesel I have for sale. He was really into Biodiesel, and quite knowledgeable about it.

If I had to buy a new truck today I would look at the Dodge Cummins and the Duramax with whatever transmission my neighbor has. And I would probably check out the Power Stroke.

On Biodiesel forums, there is a near-consensus that the Dodge Cummins is most compatible with Biodiesel, although there's not a lot of Chevy owners there. Biodiesel can mess up the timing on some electronic ignitions, but not on the trucks.


So - why makes the best Diesel truck ?

It's possible I would consider a compact pick-up. Toyota sells a compact pick-up with a diesel engine overseas. I met one guy who managed to install the Toyota diesel on his American Toyota pick-up.

The motivation for getting the compact would be mileage.

[Glass]

Toyota sells the Hilux down here which is the smaller pickup. 4.0Litre diesel. Most popular work horse in australia. They are everywhere. Hold their value well. Tough and reliable but a bit thirsty compare to others. You can take these off the show room floor and drive pretty much anywhere. The simpson desert for instance.

The Duramax is a good engine. We get the 2.8L here now... bloody EU regulations. The cummins is also a good engine but old tech now, which is probably why the bio fuel people like them. Isuzu would be the other one. The 3.0L from their 3+ tonne trucks is the engine. They sell that engine in the small Dmax ute/pickup. Excellent ute. My choice. Has a lot of the truck components in it such as the drive shaft. Bash plates underneath for protection in the scrub. not bad for ex-factory. As tough as the hilux for sure and a bit more economical.

Most of the other players are selling 2.5L diesels which I think will be the largest size diesel you can get in a ute from next year. Waste of time IMo.

These guys did a demo of the new torque converter type traction system in the Dmax. Wondering if this is what is in the Chevy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmKG6raANdg

[govcheetos]

Opinions will fly. I think midnight rambler mentioned a cummins set up he was having built to go in a older f250/350 maybe, sounded interesting. I would go old school. Your "old" truck is years newer than my newest truck. If i was building one i would get away from any kind of electronic injection and go with mechanical for ease of repair/simplictity. You could build a badass near bullet proof rig for way less than the price of something new. Agnut also seems to have some diesel experience. I wish you could find those toyota diesels in the US without the high price tag. Be careful with the biodiesel, it has been known to grow a lot of bacteria and clogs filters.