The Powerstroke would need a girdle to handle the horsepower of the cummins. This is a fact. The cummins block is stouter. No ifs ands or butts. The cummins block flexes less. Its inherent in the design.

 

somethings never change, still argueing over motors.

 

Really thats an interesting way off putting it. The Ford truck is more durable though. So really all in all Fords the only way to go. Dodge boy thise Dodge people never give up. They fight to the bitter end.

 

You are correct exactly what it was designed to do....must ask, what is behind your screen name...

 

Its better than talking about (SNIP Family site)

 

lol my screen name...nothing like stirring the pot is there..we own both trucks at home cummins and 7.3 powerstroke both autos so go figure...

anyways so whats the fav of the big three?? hmm i dunno all depends what u want it to do.....the duramax has lots of aftermarket boxes and programmers and chips or whatever. The truck is made is made of plastic (sorry...couldnt resist the exaggeration to all chevy fans) so its gonna be light and always gonna have more potential to go faster...the engine internals are light and the thing can rev....the cummins is really heavy not a vehicle application in origin at all...designed initially to rev at peak horsepower for hours and hours without changing throttle much....too heavy to really go fast still dont know how guys get em to be as fast as they are
the new 6.0 is a lil tougher built duramax with a better truck behind it....ideal for what it does...when people say dodge trucks dont last as long describe that i really dunno what that means. u mean electrical wiring?? or rust ?? they both rust and wiring sux in both....BUT alot more fords are used daily for routine work so they do have braggin rights because they've proven tough in that department...townships, and all kinds of companies have huuge contracts with fords so u see them alot for working companies so thats proof. nevermind that anyhow....i think the 7.3 was a better motor for work. its not a screamer like the 6.0 revs lower and was a proven motor. The 6.0 is great attraction for young kids cause they see big power advertisements and the thing revs but if ur serious about work and for the older guys..i'll keep my 7.3 thanx....if i wanna mollest a motor to incredible power numbers and not worry then i'll take a cummins...if i want gaser wannabe diesel then i'll take a duramax

 

Not stirring the pot more curious why you picked that name..there is a story behind every screen name....

 

really i was bored and didnt know which name to pick and then i got alot of message stelling this and that name was already taken so i got frustrated and boom that one worked..i know dumb story

 

I worked for a company that had an 86 F250 with a PSD in it. The truck went thru 2 rear axles, 3 transmissions, 1 steering box, glow plugs..and 1 injection pump....but.....they sold it with over 400k on the motor.....and never turned a wrench on the engine. That was 6 years ago....I still see the same truck on the road to this day. I have to say it was one tough truck. It saw all kinds of use...and abuse from being a company vehicle that most any one that worked there drove it. The PSD is one tough engine.

 

Is that a 96 your talking about. The 86s had the 6.9. Not the powerstroke. A typo possibly. 400,000 miles thats a lot off miles no matter what engine.

 

Sorry tim. Thought the reference was vague enough.

 

That one surprised me coming out of you, I know it was a
foreordain slip ...I know you too well....

 

No sir....not a 96...was an 86. All I know is that it had the International Navistar engine. I just called it a PSD by mistake I guess. I have no idea what the difference between them are since I am not a fan of diesel engines in a pickup truck or car anyway. I do know that it had over 400k on it last time I saw it and there never was a wrench turned on that engine.

 

This thread is a bunch of blah blah blah. For 99% of truck owners, the stock Ford with PSD and TorqShift is the best all-around truck on the market, bar none. Faster, tows more at higher speeds, better shifting, better reliability, better quality.

Who is the most powerful? Try this for a trade-comparison calculation:

Ford: 325 Horsepower x 15 years of good truck = 4,875 lifetime horsepower-years

Dodge: 325 Horsepower x 8 years of good truck = 2,600 lifetime horsepower-years

Thus, your average Ford/PSD delivers more total power over it's lifecycle than any other truck. This makes the Ford/PSD the most power truck on the light truck market. This is also what causes major pontificating by the Dodge/Cummins brainwashed crowd, and creates desperate attempts at venues (like drag racing) to find something ... anything ... that the Dodge/Cummins can be "better" at.

But drag-racing is all show. The countless Fords on farms and roads across 3,000 miles of this continent are the proof in the pudding.

 

You say this like you think there are no GM or Dodge trucks on farms in the US?