Has anybody drove one of theese new Fords w/ the Cat motor?
Its suposed to be one bad a$$ pullin rig. Also heard that the Cat motor was a 10,000 dollar option. Anybody know anything about it?

WOW, that's news to me! I thought that Ford was going to put the Cummins in their trucks, (Ford Owns Cummins) once the Cummins licensing agreement expires with Dodge, which I thought/heard was this year or next? And I thought Dodge was going to end up with a Cat diesel in their trucks? Is the PSD now history, or does Ford offer both diesels? That wouldn't make much sense to offer 2 different diesels from 2 different engine builders in the same chassis?
I'm curious,
MD

I think that they are still going to use psd but,,hell if the Cat is indeed a 10k option I seriously doubt that they will sell many.

Dean,

I work for Cummins and Ford does not own them. About 10 years ago there was talk about a forced buy out on Cummins stock. Ford and Cummins at the time had pretty close ties. Cummins did alot of engine developement for Ford. Ford as a good gesture bought 10 % of Cummins stock to avoid the buy out. About 3 years later the fear went away and Cummins bought the stock back from Ford.

Also, I have heard of no Cats being put in anything smaller than an F650. Navistar has just spent a ton of money developing the new 6 liter V8 and the 4.5 liter V6 for Ford Medium and light duty trucks. I am not sure of the length on the aggreement, but Ford did sign a long term agreement with Navistar.

There will be a Cat option availible in F650, 750, and 850 However which is a first.

There are so many rumors flying around right now in this industry right now it hard to keep track of them all

Also Dodge still has a 7 year option on our agreement.

I think 302sr1 has it . The cats are probably in the bigger trucks ,not the pickup's . WHat truck did you hear they were in thrillseeker ? I think that with the luck they have had ,Navistar is here to stay . And yes they do have a new navistar coming out .It's smaller with more power . This motor has been coming for a long time . WHen I was in Louisville at the Mid America truck show in 1999 , the navistar rep told me about this new motor then ! He said it would go in soon . THat was a few years ago .so I geuss they took the time to get the bugs out before releasing it to us horse power crazed maniacs !

Did not hear exactly what truck they were goin in, but a friend of mine is looking to buy a new F350 and a dealer asked him if he wanted it w/the Cat option.

I saw a Cat powered diesel in a F350 4x4 this January at Love's truck stop on I-10 in Phoenix, Az. There was a one-piece molded emblem with F-350 and CATERPILLAR just below it.

I too had heard the Ford bought Cummins rumor. The rumor also said that Dodge was going to drop Cummins and go to a Mercedes V-8 diesel. Oh, well. Looks like the grape vine dropped that one.

See, that's what I get for listening to Cord!!
Cord, how's the Firehawk coming along?
MD

It looked brand new, but was already painted up with Harley decor and matched the huge enclosed trailer it was pulling...
Very cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!