New Ford Diesel

Hey Can someone help me on this, i heard that ford is producing a new 4.4 liter twin-turbo diesel engine in europe, the magizine said that they are thinking of putting it in the american market F-150.Is this real or is this just a rumor?I wanted to know cause if this engine comes over I think it would really nice in a old F-100 or Ranchero.Also has anyone here made a diesel engine swap in an older car or truck?

{Autoweek reports that Ford is developing a 4.4-liter diesel V8, slated for the F-150 pickup and possibly the Expedition SUV.Apparently the new diesel is a supersized version of the twin-turbo 272 hp 3.6-liter V8 manufactured for the 2007 Range Rover at Ford's Dagenham Diesel Center in England, and would likely be produced there and shipped to the U.S.}

It's likely to be a rumor, though it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t any merit.
I also hear tell that Cummins is working with dodge to make a new 4.2L V6 and 5.6L V8 the V8 for 1/2 ton trucks and V6 for the Dakota and Durango.
With what you've heard about ford I can't imagine Chevy is sitting idle. Jeep already has a Mercedes derived V6 CRD to enter in the segment and I can only imagine other foreign manufacturers besides VW with it's V10 Tourage are looking in the same direction.

The old GM 6.2L and 6.5L V8's are a simple swap for a 350 with the only major modification being the fuel, cooling, and exhaust system. I'm not sure about the old fords and new powerstrokes or Duramax engines but the current Cummins 6bt weighs in at about 1000 lbs and would be a tight fit any where, but the lesser known 4bt was offered by Cummins in a re-engine program for Chevy box vans to fleets (mostly Frito-lays) that originally had Chevy v8's. obtaining one of these offers a simple swap for a 350 cuts about 400 lbs off the 6bt's weight, shortened by 2 cylinders and attached to a th400.

Here is a link to a site that revolves around jeeps and the forum doesn’t have a lot of activity, but some searching could yield more links and plenty of crazy diesel drive train concoctions as just about every automotive/light duty diesel engine available in the USA has been touched on at one time or another.
http://www.jeep2diesel.org/
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The new emission standards for diesels are going to be really tough I hear. This may have something to do with a new engine's release date in the US.. I know the "big truck" guys are saying that meeting the upcoming emmisions requirements for diesel engines is going to add about 10K to the price of the truck, I'm sure the increase on a pickup with an emissions compliant diesel will be up a proportionate amount, too. With new vehicle sales the way the are, I can understand the reluctance of a manufacturer to dump a bunch of money into a totally new engine in order to make it meet the upcoming new standards....