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Ford Motor pushes hard for 6-cylinder diesel for F-150
This is a VERY interesting article. Looks like bad blood between Ford and International Engine. Can't say as I blame them.
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Ford Motor pushes hard for 6-cylinder diesel for F-150
Detroit Diesel makes a V6 diesel in the size range Ford needs but I think Daimler/Chrysler has Ford over a barrel as they recently purchased Detroit diesel and have indicated to Cummins that they did like the idea of Cummins providing an engine to a direct comptetitor. All that leaves Ford is Yanmar, Steyr, MAN, and Caterpillar. I think the Cat 3126B would be a good choice for Ford. This is Ford's own fault as they have stuck with International which has produced marjinal to poor engines for them.
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Ford Motor pushes hard for 6-cylinder diesel for F-150
I agree with you there Murf, and that was one of the first engines that comes to mind but hell will freeze over before Daimler/Chrysler sells them to Ford. I like the other possible option that article mentions......the John Deere engines. They are among the best out there and have a reliability record like Yanmar and Kubota. John Deere has been dabbling with Ford about a pickup truck. Sometimes I wonder what the folks at Ford think with. They take a great looking truck that has the feature most buyer want and then put a crap engine in it.
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Ford Motor pushes hard for 6-cylinder diesel for F-150
Cummins already sells their diesels to Ford but only for use in the up end F Series trucks like the F-700. Dodge already has an instant replacement for Cummins in the MBE 900 series engines and has considered doing so a few times up until it was apparent that many of Dodges customers would go to Ford if they did so. If DC puts their foot down with Cummins; they buy too many engines from them to let them go. As I said, Ford has brought this all on themselves. Ford customers have been screaming for a Cummins or Cat diesel for decades and Ford will not listen. I do like the MBE 900 Series engine, up to 300 hp & 860 t./lbs. torque at 1400 rpm! They also come with a 4 valve head in which 3 valves are intake and exhaust; the fourth valve is an integral engine compression brake. All round I think a better designed engine but the Cummins is a good engine too. I would not feel bad owning either one. The John Deere engines would be a neat choice too!
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