But among Cummins' 1990s offerings, the 12V designation is pretty important, as it refers to the sort of 12-valve engines that tend to rank among the manufacturer's best loved. If you're not ...

Even though the Cummins 12-valve only cranked out 160 horsepower, with its long-stroke and undersquare design (4.02-inch bore, 4.72-inch stroke), the engine made 400 lb-ft of pavement-destroying ...

With that in mind, few diesel trucks can drift all that well. Koltan MacDonald’s second-gen Ram with a 12-valve Cummins can, as you’re about to see. MacDonald runs the Drifts N’ Lifts ...

Venting an old 12-valve engine at the valve cover drastically ... which is much cheaper than purchasing the parts at a Cummins dealer.

Cummins diesel engines have built a reputation for being tough, dutiful, and very reliable. The mid fourth-generation 6.7-liter 24-valve, first and second-generation 5.9-liter 12-valve ...

Rather than going for a GT500 or 3.5 EcoBoost swap, he opted to drop in a 12-valve Cummins diesel. The 12-valve is an iconic engine, originally used in farm equipment before its debut in the ...

From the factory, Cummins uses a torque-angle method of tightening ... Now, before you run out and tighten all your 12-valve's head bolts to 125, know a few things. First off, bolts will actually ...

The performance shop assembled a 6.1-liter 12-valve Cummins for Champlin’s build, capable of delivering a mighty 1,500 horsepower. Much of that power is down to the two mighty turbos that ...

The idea is simple: take the bad motor (a shakey gas big block) out of a good truck (a '73 Dodge D200) and swap it with a good motor (a 12 valve Cummins diesel) out of a bad truck (a junked '95 Ram).

The kit includes a 5.9L Cummins engine in 12-valve, 24-valve or common rail configuration. The conversion can be done with the cab on the truck, Diesel Conversion Specialist said. No firewall ...