Re: [MBZ] Smoky Diesels was Re: 4Matic

2009-08-16 Thread Loren Faeth
Problem is that around here almost every bonehead that has a IH engined pickup or a cummins engined pickup, put in the chips, over fuel them and put on loud pipes. (and then drive them like idiots) Apparently the GM/isuzu engine won't stand up to that, because I can't remember seeing/hearing

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2009-08-13 Thread OK Don
Bummer You can't smoke out tailgaters though :D. > > Kevin in Hillsboro, OR, between MB Diesels > > -- OK Don Pair of W124 300D 2.5 Turbos -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [MBZ] Smoky Diesels was Re: 4Matic

2009-08-12 Thread kevin kraly
Put your nose to the tailpipe of any '07.5 and newer Cummins (well, not that close) and you'll smell the difference. . I didn't believe it until I bought my '07. They say it's supposed to be just as smokeless under load which is great for those traveling behind it. You can't smoke out tailg

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2009-08-12 Thread Kevin
Hogwash. My cummins smokes as much as my powerstroke. Actually, for a while, the cummins smoked like a freight train because it had a fawked turbo. It has roughly 1/3 the miles of the ford. Shoot, even the 6.2 is a clean burner unless you're on it hard up a hill towing a load. Beware painting wi

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2009-08-12 Thread Allan Streib
"kevin kraly" writes: > That's where the Cummins Bluetec and Duramax come in, quiet, powerful > and very little smoke unless they're chipped and piped. Our '07 Ram > hardly smells like Diesel. Yes now that you mention it, about a month ago I was behind one with a blutec badge and it did not smo

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2009-08-12 Thread kevin kraly
Wilton said that the Smoky F250/F350 trucks aren't a good image for Diesels. That's where the Cummins Bluetec and Duramax come in, quiet, powerful and very little smoke unless they're chipped and piped. Our '07 Ram hardly smells like Diesel. Kevin in Hillsboro, OR between MB Diesels, ___