Originally posted by SBV45 Guy I work with is telling me he was on his way to work driving his Chevy Z71 4x4. He is going up good incline. Says he got passed by a F350 6.0 and get this, pulling a trailer with back hoe on it!
That is really rubbing their face in it!
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03 6.0 SC Short bed 2WD Auto
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Guy I work with is telling me he was on his way to work driving his Chevy Z71 4x4. He is going up good incline. Says he got passed by a F350 6.0 and get this, pulling a trailer with back hoe on it!
The only thing to say to that is SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These trucks are bad a$$!!!!
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1999 F-250 Powerstroke, Auto Trans, 4X4, CC/LB, XLT, White, DP F5 Chip w/ No start, high idle, 60hp tow and 80hp economy, Full Front End Replacement Brush Guard With Reciever Hitch 21,000 original miles
"It's always better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6..."
Just wait until you see the look on their faces when you pull them at a light towing. They hate to get passed by an 8000# truck pulling a trailer with a tractor on it.
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2005 F250 Supercrew Lariat, 2003 F250 4x4 Supercrew Lariat. 1999 F150 hunting truck(ragged out but pulls like a tractor). 2005 C6 "arrest me red" vette convertible (to save fuel )
At work I used to drive a lumber truck with a 2003 VT365@195 hp and it was pretty fast for a truck that weighs 11000. The variable geometry turbo is pretty sweet.
THANKS FOR GREAT BRAKES TOO!
Today I was driving on the Interstate going about 95 and passing in the right lane a Jeep wagon that wouldn't get over. We topped a hill, my radar detector went off and I saw a cop about 200 ft away on the right shoulder. I stood on the brakes hard enough to squeel the tires. The Jeep went by me like I was standing still. It was obvious the cop was confused, so I helped him by getting over to the left lane so he could pass me on the shoulder and pull the Jeep over.
I know I should have stopped and told the cop it was really me going 95 but I guess the SOB in me was just too strong today.
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03 6.0 SC Short bed 2WD Auto
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So MaRXSmart you mean to tell me that with a chip your truck is faster then a Lightning??? Even with a 140hp chip I don't think a 6.0 is faster then a stock Lightning. And Motownfire so a Z71 Chevy got passed while going up a hill by a 6.0 pulling gooseneck with a backhoe on it??? Are you guys listening to yourselfs? A backhoe weights over 15,000lbs and a gooseneck around 8,000lbs, thats 23,000 behind the truck, add another 8,000lbs for the truck 31,000lbs that just passed a Z71 with a 285hp engine going up a hill, a stock Z71 will nearly hang with a 6.0 and you are telling me this 6.0 had 23,000lbs behind it going up a hill and was passing this guy, was the Z71 on the brakes?! Get ahold of yourselfs guys, come on now......
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Originally posted by SMiller So MaRXSmart you mean to tell me that with a chip your truck is faster then a Lightning??? Even with a 140hp chip I don't think a 6.0 is faster then a stock Lightning. And Motownfire so a Z71 Chevy got passed while going up a hill by a 6.0 pulling gooseneck with a backhoe on it??? Are you guys listening to yourselfs? A backhoe weights over 15,000lbs and a gooseneck around 8,000lbs, thats 23,000 behind the truck, add another 8,000lbs for the truck 31,000lbs that just passed a Z71 with a 285hp engine going up a hill, a stock Z71 will nearly hang with a 6.0 and you are telling me this 6.0 had 23,000lbs behind it going up a hill and was passing this guy, was the Z71 on the brakes?! Get ahold of yourselfs guys, come on now......
You will never believe it until you get one yourself.
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Originally posted by SMiller So MaRXSmart you mean to tell me that with a chip your truck is faster then a Lightning??? Even with a 140hp chip I don't think a 6.0 is faster then a stock Lightning. And Motownfire so a Z71 Chevy got passed while going up a hill by a 6.0 pulling gooseneck with a backhoe on it??? Are you guys listening to yourselfs? A backhoe weights over 15,000lbs and a gooseneck around 8,000lbs, thats 23,000 behind the truck, add another 8,000lbs for the truck 31,000lbs that just passed a Z71 with a 285hp engine going up a hill, a stock Z71 will nearly hang with a 6.0 and you are telling me this 6.0 had 23,000lbs behind it going up a hill and was passing this guy, was the Z71 on the brakes?! Get ahold of yourselfs guys, come on now......
Motown fire didn't say it, I did. I heard it from the Z71 driver. and it wasn't a gooseneck. His Z71 will hang with my 6.0 for about the first 100 ft, then adios. My 6.0 is bone stock.
Originally posted by Choctaw Bob I need to find a local exhaust shop that has a turbo back system they can install and add my cat back in.
That's exactly what mine did ....
need to go back to them to tweak a small thing... but other than that it's fine... and for about $100 (before chrome tip I added) not a bad price...
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05 Ex 4x4 6L -Walker BTM, 9005's fogs, GOSRACING headlight wiring harness, Silverstar 9008's, SCT is all - 8.9 @ 75 1/8th!
Gone but not forgotten -2003 Ebony Ex, 4x4 6L Westin Bull Bar, PIAA 520's, PIAA Headlamp UpgradeTurbo-back Exhaust...
even goner-2002 4x2 7.3L Ex Limited-buy back
We here about the problems with the 6.0 don't forget about the performance. A farm magazine I read had a test between all three of the diesel trucks out there. The ford won. Like it wins most contests. Everybody was in awe of that 6.0 performance. Its time to play tug of war with the diesel trucks out there or maybe a little quarter mile action. My hunch the ford would win like it always has.
I have driven several 6.0s and they are really impressive!!! But they are not faster then a Lighting, and pulling a load would never be faster then a Z71, just the facts of life. And if you played tug of war with a cummins, you would probally loss, the cummins makes all it's power at 1600rpm, just barley off idle, maybe if you both had autos you could use your low first gear to compensate for his huge low end torque, but if you were both manuals I would think he would win.
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