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Will they ever put a diesel in a 1500?

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Daly Senior Enthusiast

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The 350 Diesel was an Olds gas engine converted to run on diesel, and came in Buick's, Olds, Pontiac's and Cadillac's… It was meant for fuel economy, and had no power at all…

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Wasn't the infamous 5.7L (350cu in) diesel in a 1500?

 

 

No. The 5.7 diesel was only in passenger cars. The trucks all had a 6.5L diesel. I think in the 80s it didn't even have a turbo.

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In the 80's it was a 6.2 diesel, I think the 6.5 turbo diesel came around 92…

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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No. The 5.7 diesel was only in passenger cars. The trucks all had a 6.5L diesel. I think in the 80s it didn't even have a turbo.

Father inlaw had one in oldsmobile Delta 88 (or 98?)car and one in a pickup at the same time. Just not sure if it was a 1500 or a 2500, but I think it was a 1500. Had a friend with the smaller V8 diesel (a 260 maybe) in a cutlass -- it couldn't get out of it's own way.

Daly Senior Enthusiast

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There was a lesser know V6 Olds diesel, that could've been what your friend had…

COP TZR Enthusiast

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I can speak from some experience as in 2014 I did city/hwy/car trailer hauling with dodge trucks. All 3 were 2014 dodge crew 4wd full loaded. Eco-diesel 1500, 5.7L 1500, and Cummins 2500. I can say at the end of the day I enjoyed the 5.7L 1500 the most. City/hwy driving the eco-diesel was 10-11L/100km, highway hauling the 5.7L 1500 and Cummins 2500 were identical 15.6L/100km empty and 17.6L/100km loaded. The eco-diesel you just felt like driving normal, no thrill in stomping the pedal down. The 5.7L and Cummins were all throttle. The worst was on ramps the Cummins read 99L/100km, lol! I put 1000km on each and feel my opinion is based on a half dozen other 4wd similar trucks I have owned in past 10years.
So basically the eco-diesel works very good, does what its suppose to, opened at lot of eyes of what potential is there. They are now very hard to get, very popular. End of day, I don't think they will take over market. Just like how toyota and Nissan won't take over the heavy truck market. Someone always need to haul big loads and haul ass sometimes.
I can speak from some experience as in 2014 I did city/hwy/car trailer hauling with dodge trucks. All 3 were 2014 dodge crew 4wd full loaded. Eco-diesel 1500, 5.7L 1500, and Cummins 2500. I can say at the end of the day I enjoyed the 5.7L 1500 the most. City/hwy driving the eco-diesel was 10-11L/100km, highway hauling the 5.7L 1500 and Cummins 2500 were identical 15.6L/100km empty and 17.6L/100km loaded. The eco-diesel you just felt like driving normal, no thrill in stomping the pedal down. The 5.7L and Cummins were all throttle. The worst was on ramps the Cummins read 99L/100km, lol! I put 1000km on each and feel my opinion is based on a half dozen other 4wd similar trucks I have owned in past 10years.
So basically the eco-diesel works very good, does what its suppose to, opened at lot of eyes of what potential is there. They are now very hard to get, very popular. End of day, I don't think they will take over market. Just like how toyota and Nissan won't take over the heavy truck market. Someone always need to haul big loads and haul ass sometimes.

To compare vs a V6 gas - 3.6L penstar, I actually have that in the minvan which is probably similar weight to some 1500 series trucks and it works just like a slightly smaller hp engine should and still gets 10-12L/100km fuel economy.

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Dodge specs:

3.6L penstar 305hp, 269lb-ft

5.7L Hemi 395hp, 410lb-ft

3.0L Eco-diesel 240hp, 420lb-ft

6.4L Hemi 410hp, 429lb-ft

6.7L Cummins 370hp, 800lb-ft

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Chevrolet specs:

2.0L diesel 155hp, 264lb-ft

4.3L 285hp 305lb-ft

5.3L 355hp, 383lb-ft

6.0L 360hp, 380lb-ft

6.2L 420hp, 460lb-ft

6.6L Duramax 397hp, 765lb-ft

as of 2016

2.8L diesel 180-200hp, 325lb-ft

Texas Husker Senior Enthusiast

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The only bad thing is the driving force for a half ton diesel is purely fuel economy. Not a terrible thing, but some moderate performance would be nice too.

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