Turbochargers are one of the best methods for extracting more power out of an engine with less total displacement. Unlike a supercharger, which compresses air at the intake stage and runs off a belt ...

Since 1989, RAM (earlier Dodge RAM) has been using engines made by Cummins on their popular pickup trucks. The journey, which started with the first generation 5.9-liter 160 hp turbo diesel, has ...

About a decade after Rudolf Diesel came out with the namesake engine, someone had the great idea to stick a turbocharger onto the diesel engine, creating the turbo diesel. As it turned out, the ...

Those of us who drive pickup trucks expect quite a bit from our trucks’ engines.As we put them to work, whether that’s on the ...

You might find a smaller diesel engine in a lawnmower, but this is as small as it gets in a passenger vehicle.