am i crazy????
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am i crazy? just a little. i just thought of dropping a cummins in my ram. by next year i'll prolly be the only one in town with a 1/2ton deisel. justa thought for now. question is will it bolt up? and howmuch will need to be done? would i be spending more to do this conversion then it would be just to buy a CTD pickup? look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOGvoxcDHg<-1500 3rd gen cummins i think to much.
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by next year i'll prolly be the only one in town with a 1/2ton deisel
To answer your question, no, it really isn't feasible. It'll be expensive, and suspension will be really mad.
You could do a408 stroker, though. That'd be cool.
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1/2 ton wont support the diesel and the power it makes properly. to do the conversion youll have to buy a wrecked truck and swap nearly all the parts to make it work, and be strong.
Just buy one, or stroke it.
Just buy one, or stroke it.
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408 sounds a little easyer. but howmuch work would need to be done? im not looking for something to be done in 2 weeks. just a slow work in progress if you like. edit: well i just took a trip on youtube and found a couple 408's in dakotas. WOW.
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am i crazy? just a little. i just thought of dropping a cummins in my ram. by next year i'll prolly be the only one in town with a 1/2ton deisel. justa thought for now. question is will it bolt up? and howmuch will need to be done? would i be spending more to do this conversion then it would be just to buy a CTD pickup? look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOGvoxcDHg<-1500 3rd gen cummins i think to much.
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am i crazy? just a little. i just thought of dropping a cummins in my ram. by next year i'll prolly be the only one in town with a 1/2ton deisel. justa thought for now. question is will it bolt up? and howmuch will need to be done? would i be spending more to do this conversion then it would be just to buy a CTD pickup? look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znOGvoxcDHg<-1500 3rd gen cummins i think to much.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BH4YAl3CWk&NR=1
Edit: oh and you are crazy... your suspension and transmission would have to be replaced. with the lowering cost of big trucks, especially diesels... it would almost be cheaper to buy a 1500 with a diesel from another famous maker.
