How Is The 24-Valve Cummins Different Than The 12-Valve Model? Innovation aside, the turbo-charged 12-valve Cummins Diesels that debuted in 1994 weren't exactly game-changing on the power front.

So, in general truck-guy lingo, while 2nd-Gen Dodge Ram is a one-hundred-percent accurate label, 2nd-Gen Cummins specifically is a 1994 to 2002 Dodge Ram pickup truck equipped with a 5.9-liter ...

The 12-valve 5.9-liter Cummins I-6 engine was developed and installed in Dodge pickups starting in 1989, creating one of the most legendary partnerships in automobile history.

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.

Cummins diesel engines are highly regarded and very powerful engines, but like many things automotive, some years are better than others. Here are the best.

That’s why it boasts a big, dirty diesel donk up front. Champlin first built the SmokeStang a few years ago with a 5.9-liter Cummins six-cylinder diesel out of an old, 300,000-mile truck.

While the 24-valve Cummins is widely regarded as a reliable engine, it does feature more electronic components than the 12-valve, which could prove problematic.