I'm just curious to know why more people don't buy a manual transmission.  There are almost no problems with manual trannies, and a clutch upgrade would be a lot easier than a tranny rebuild.  I never owned a truck with an auto tranny.  

If you are refering to the Diesel Power Challenge East, the Ford trucks were the least modified.  It even says so in the magazine, so it's no wonder they made less horse power and torque.  Also Chevy Trucks are nearly 800 pounds lighter than the Ford's of the same size, and have bigger engines.  They better be faster down the drag strip.  

that was directed at 2001cummins.  Just joined the website, and learning how to use the blogs.  

00cumminspwr:
I'm just curious to know why more people don't buy a manual transmission.  There are almost no problems with manual trannies, and a clutch upgrade would be a lot easier than a tranny rebuild.  I never owned a truck with an auto tranny.

When I was young - before I could drive - I used to think that diesel trucks only came with manual transmissions. Everyone around had the ol' ford 6.9's with the 4 speed stick. Today the autos are so beefed up that they are almost just as good as a manual. Plus not as many people have ever driven a stick to know how, like 10-20 years ago when almost everything was manual.  

here is why. the resale value is higher on a AT an when you HW pull it is less chance of engin damege because the tranny has you in the correct gear for the seep to load ratio  

well I don't feel i need to talk trash I own a 06 2500 HD and I know it is a bad truck. I have eaten many of trucks off the light and rolling. 6.6L 360 HP and 650 LB-FT and that was when it was stock. I am aroun 500 horse and 1100 LB-FT now for under 1200 bucks  

personally if your pullin a heavy *** trailer i think the new 6.7 cummins would be the best bet and they are the only engines out there right now that comes with a jake brake stock....its nice to kno that u can go down big hills without having to worry about smackin ur brkaes all the time  

Well, I have two things to say to the comments given back about the auto transmissions...first of all one person said that automatic transmissions have a higher resale value.  Okay.  But then you also paid more to have that in the first place, so you didn't really gain anything.  Secondly someone said that an automatic is safer to tow with on the highway, because it knows what gear to be in...Now that's interesting.  I had no idea that we've built transmissions to be smarter than the people that design them.  Seriously you can't believe that.  I think anyone that does any amount of towing "SHOULD" have enough brains to know what gear to be in when driving a manual tranny.  Maybe not!?  Just going on personal experience.  

If the V8 auto trans combo is so great why does nearly every big rig run a inline 6 and a manual trans  

About a third the way through this thread, someone mentioned that Toyota was in "talks" with Cat... I read that article too... BTW, DieselPower Mag - ROCKS... [am I showing my age?]

Anyway, guys, I am sorry to say it.. but, if Toyota corts Cat and drops that lil' Cat into the Tundra.... good night, game over.

D-Max may be quick right now, Ford has issues    and I happen to agree that the only reason Dodge is selling trucks is because of the Cummings.

If the Toy-Cat ever happens... I'll se y'all on the strip!  

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I'd have to agree. The toy-Cat wpould be great, but I wish they would design a REAL truck to wrap around this REAL engine. Not the little half ton look alike *** toy. I wish you had engine options when you buy a truck like the bigger trucks.  

Don't worry about it, there is no way in hell that toyota has anything that would even come close to supporting the weight of the Cat, let alone a tranny that will hold up... and in a half ton? not gonna happen.  

maybe they will use the engine out of a cat forklift, it makes about 65 hp and 190 ft/lb, the trans should handle that. all I know is even if toyota comes out with a diesel in the states you will never see it hooked to the sled.  

Exactly, it isn't going to be that kind of diesel... It will be an effecient clean diesel with decent power, nothin that will compare to the diesel power plants of the big 3.  

Chances are pretty good that Toyota's diesel will be built by Hino, a medium duty truck manufacturer who toyota owns over 50% of. I'm a mechanic for a Mack/Hino dealer and I must say, Hino builds an awesome motor. We've been selling them for 2 years now, and other than oil changes, we havn't had to touch em'. As for the big three, the only ford I might consider for daily driver duty would be an old 6.9 or 7.3idi. As for the chevy's, I think the duramax is a descent engine (though I'm not a fan of chevy, or isuzu) when left stock, but show me one making close to 1000hp on stock rods. I'll be the first to admit that when it comes to cummins, some of they're engines over the years have been hit or miss, but the B-series is one hell of an engine. Their only real problems have been the "killer dowel pin" in some older 12-valves and problems with the fuel system on the 24-valves, mostly due to outside suppliers (bosch, carter). If I had it my way, I'd have a ford with a cummins in it.