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tacoma200
04-21-2008, 03:22 PM
Do you know which if any of the small pick ups (Ranger, Tacoma, etc) will be running small diesels in the future?
IA_James
04-21-2008, 04:32 PM
Nothing that small, but GM, Ford, and Dodge are all supposed to have 1/2 ton diesels in the works. Ford's might have gotten the axe due to the break up with Navistar though, I'm not sure.
tacoma200
04-21-2008, 04:51 PM
Nothing that small, but GM, Ford, and Dodge are all supposed to have 1/2 ton diesels in the works. Ford's might have gotten the axe due to the break up with Navistar though, I'm not sure.

That Ford/Navistar relationship has been very rocky (and in court). Since they have two truck plants in Louisville we hear about it all the time.
tacoma200
04-21-2008, 04:53 PM
When i was young I drove a Datsun/Nissan truck from Nashville for a dealer. It was a small diesel but they must not have sold very well. That would have been in the 80's.
lyube
04-21-2008, 11:04 PM
You can put a diesel in a small truck over here..it's been done.... I'd love to see a diesel tacoma. EPA regs are the only thing keeping it from becoming a reality.
mower&more1986
04-21-2008, 11:25 PM
Im still see only one problem is that you get more power but the Fuel savings is just about gone because of the new Emissions regulations.
EDIT:there may be hope for diesel engines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNVY3MnGE4
Personally i love the old 12valve cummines sound tho but most people dont
mower&more1986
04-21-2008, 11:37 PM
why did people build new houses on farm land I'll never know. we need that farm land if where going to keep up with the demand of bio diesel.
I will be going back to bio diesel as soon as i get my check this week there is a place not too far from that sells it. yep i still got my chevy diesel lol
cant belive that it lasted but it been good i got to change the oil soon too. 252000 miles and still keeps going ive got it almost paid off.
Im really not sure what to do with it when i pay it off probably keep on using it until it quits.
lyube
04-21-2008, 11:51 PM
Im still see only one problem is that you get more power but the Fuel savings is just about gone because of the new Emissions regulations.
EDIT:there may be hope for diesel engines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNVY3MnGE4
Personally i love the old 12valve cummines sound tho but most people dont

I love the sound of diesels period! The old cummins 12valves are the best though..you can hear them coming.
TXNSLighting
04-22-2008, 11:09 PM
Nothing that small, but GM, Ford, and Dodge are all supposed to have 1/2 ton diesels in the works. Ford's might have gotten the axe due to the break up with Navistar though, I'm not sure.

No fords been working on in house diesels. There was never a half ton international. its a landrover diesel.
IA_James
04-22-2008, 11:43 PM
No fords been working on in house diesels. There was never a half ton international. its a landrover diesel.

Huh???????????
mower&more1986
04-23-2008, 12:00 AM
No fords been working on in house diesels. There was never a half ton international. its a landrover diesel.
Huh???????????
no kidding
on the other note i just got to use my boss 1996 nissan altima which only took $31 to fill:dizzy: i finished delivering my papers and gas gage didnt go down like in my ford Explorer:hammerhead:
outlaw1960
04-23-2008, 12:57 AM
I think someone in Australia posted that he had a small diesel truck...looked sweet
J.Gordon
04-23-2008, 03:15 AM
I think Toyota has been talking about bringing a diesel over but it’s an 8 liter for thier one ton.


Mahindra is hoping to bring their pickup over.

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/05/31/mahindra-hopes-to-offer-diesel-small-trucks-suvs-and-sedans-in/
IA_James
04-23-2008, 10:01 AM
I think someone in Australia posted that he had a small diesel truck...looked sweet

Yeah, there are several small diesel trucks overseas that would be sweet. However the emissions standards we have are weighted so that diesels effectively are unable to pass them. I can't remember which is which as far as the chemicals they measure, I think it's Nitrogen Oxide which diesels produce so much more of than gassers that puts them on the outs. Seems like 33% increased fuel efficiency vs. gas would buy them a little room to breathe, but apparently not.
GreeneScape Inc.
04-23-2008, 06:47 PM
A friend of mine works for Cummins and he can't say much other than he is testing an engine that is set to be released around 2010 for half ton pickups. (Ford-Dodge) Estimates are that it will get about 35mpg.
LAWNMEDICINC
04-23-2008, 10:25 PM
In Georgia there is a Mechanic who has done 5 or 6 1500 dodge 12v cummins. fast and easy on gas.
ALLoutLandscaping
04-24-2008, 11:02 AM
i heard from my gm mechanic buddies that chevy is coming out with a new 4.6 or something duramax, they said that it actually is going to put out around 300 horsepower and 560 ft lbs of tourque, and o ya this is in a half ton....... sign me up...
TXNSLighting
04-24-2008, 01:55 PM
Huh???????????

Ford has built an in house diesel for the f150 based on the land rover diesel. what was hard about that.
IA_James
04-24-2008, 08:29 PM
Ford has built an in house diesel for the f150 based on the land rover diesel. what was hard about that.

Your punctuation is what makes it hard. I can connect the dots from your translation to what you typed, but it looks like the ramblings of a drunk otherwise. Are Land Rover's diesels any good, I've never seen on or met anybody that had one.