| i like my cummins. notice i said "my cummins" and not "my dodge". i'm not a dodge fan by any stretch. the trannys aren't as terrible as you think though. with a good torque converter and valve body they can handle some decent horsepower. i do think the cummins is the best engine out there but the duramax is a very, very close second and it's gaining everyday. the one thing i can tell you is the cummins is a ton easier to work on than the duramax. i feel gm's vehicle quality as a whole is the best outta the three. other than my truck being free, the only reasons i would pass up a duramax are their complexity and the ifs. if they'd put a straight six in on top of a straight axle i'd think real hard about selling my dodge the day they hit showroom floors. for fords, i just don't like the interior quality on them either. the 7.3l is a decent motor but to my knowledge it doesn't pull or race anything like the other 2. the 6.0 had some real headaches but supposedly the last model year got them worked out.
if i had my way i'd stuff a cummins and an allison under a super duty body and have gm do the interior and paint.
just my $.02. |