Tag: Cummins Turbo Diesel

Recently, I was given a chance to live with a 2016 Nissan Titan XD, the Texas Auto Writers Association’s 2015 “Truck of Texas,” for a week.

I’m not sure how many Nissan fans there are on this site, but I do know how many Cummins fans are here: a lot. That’s why I locked down a 2016 Nissan Titan XD to review.

Cummins. Since 1989, that company name has been synonymous with diesel-powered Dodge and Ram pickups. It still is, but now Cummins can be associated with another automotive manufacturer: Nissan.

This week’s Muddy Monday video takes us to the Kellenberger Mud Bog, where we watch a 2nd gen Dodge Ram 2500 using Cummins turbo diesel power to sling some serious mud. Due to the huge stacks rising out of the bed, the driver of this Ram is affectionately called “Smoke Stack Dude.” Early on in […] More »

This week’s Black Friday video features a pair of modified Dodge Ram pickups packing the Cummins Turbo Diesel engine in a quarter mile, heads up drag race. The video begins as both Ram pickups ease into the staging beams, so we don’t get to see a burnout, but as the lights come down, the 2g […] More »

This week’s Black Friday video features a 1995 Dodge Ram pickup that has very obviously been modified for some serious drag racing duty and rather than the predictable Magnum V8 or Hemi, this regular cab, short bed Ram truck is powered by a 5.9L Cummins Turbo Diesel. This video begins with a very lengthy walk […] More »

This week’s Truckin Fast Wednesday video features a 2nd gen Dodge Ram 3500 powered by an obviously modified Cummins Turbo Diesel engine. There is no mod list for this big Ram, but it doesn’t take an automotive engineer to tell that this Cummins diesel engine has been heavily modified for racing, even before the run […] More »