I'm sitting at the light last night here in the big city. A tuned 6.0 pulls up beside me, we look over at each other and do the "nod". Light turns green and we hammer down, I'm holding even with him until about 40 and we have to slow down for the next light. Needless to say, he was rolling some serious coal. At the next light, there is a sheriff sitting there, waiting on us. He wound up pulling the diesel guy over because of all of the smoke and let me go, glad I have a gas engine. Mike's tunes rock!

 

Even a stock 5.4l, 6.8l or 7.3l has at least a 50/50 chance of winning against a souped up 6.0l. The probability of the 6.0l spinning the tires and/or melting down during the run is high.

 

It's all about "Gripsion"!

 

I wonder if Mike could use your story as an endorsement?

 

When I first read the title of this thread, I thought we were going to have a bashing thread

 

I dont know. My 2007 6.ohno with custom tunes would easly handle my 2008 v10 stock. Cant wait until next week to get tunes from 5-Star for my v-10. I really wish Ford would have done the 6.ohno right. It was in the shop more than my driveway. I do have to say I love the V-10. I get to drive it trouble free every day, lol lol

 

I just sold my '04 F350 6.0L. I bought it used with 150k mi. The only problem I ever had up until the time I sold it with 212k mi was the FICM harness. That only cost me $125 to replace. I guess there are good ones and bad ones. Not ALL 6.0's are troublesome. Sorry for your bad experience. Also, the blame is not all Ford's fault. International really released an engine that was not properly tested for it's intended use.

Love the new V10. Looking forward to adding Mikes 5-Star tunes.

 

But, I'm not stock, at least tune wise. As for everything else, yes I am. I don't know what tunes he was running, all I saw was a digital gauge display and a lotta coal rollin'.

 

The 6.0l had power even in stock form, no doubt about it. You just didn't know when the next big bill will hit. It appeared to me the components surrounding the long block caused a lot of the trouble with them. The engine was designed for medium duty use and Ford had to make it work in a LD truck and pass LD emissions.

 

is your suspension all stock as well?

 

Completely stock down to the crappy Michelin tires!