Dodge Ram
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Dodge’s Ram Pickup is another truck that needs few introductory notes. Originally rolled out in 1981, the Ram Pickup immediately earned a reputation for reliability and off-road capability from farmers and commercial drivers. Considered a full-size pickup, the Ram came available with a varied lineup of motors – most notably, the 5.9L Cummins diesel straight-6. This mammoth of a motor was perhaps the physically largest non-V8 engine ever produced in a standard truck. This unusual take on a truck’s powerplant incorporated an eccentric but ultra-reliable multi-valve pushrod top end that displaced a staggering 359 cubic inches with an equally surprisingly large 4.02” bore.
