I don't get the need from the gas community to bash the diesel motor. All of the goods you buy at WalMart were delivered by a diesel vehicle. If gas was really better for these applications, wouldn't companies use gas instead of diesel? The bottom line defines business, so if diesel is so much more costly, why haven't companies adopted gas?
Lets not forget locomotives .
Diesels are better suited as working machines, they simply last longer.
__________________ Lisa Early '99 PSD long bed XLT supercab. 4" Pro Comp suspension lift, 315 BFG AT's on 17" Liquid Metal Gatlins, Hypermax Boost Pyrometer, 4" exhaust, DP Tunes - no start, 60 Tow, 80 Econo, 120 Race, 203* thermostat and billet housing, 6637 w/Pete's cover, CCV, oil crossover Kit.
Have an FTE Get Together for Beers, BBQ, a TON of Bull****ing, and some good old fashion sled pulls and drag racing.
Then people can legitimately mock each other for a year, until the next one. I have little to prove, but I love my truck like everyone else does. I would be at a meet in a heartbeat if Alaska were just a hop skip and a jump away.
We used to do this with the Mustang forums, and invite Camaros and Firebirds. All kinds of stuff went down and then people could tease and humor each other until the next year. Actually was fun too.
The losers should have to wear a skirt and kiss each other at meetings for a year as well.
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Diesels are better suited as working machines, they simply last longer.
Diesels are in that inviornment because they pull well. The V-10 is good for at least 300k miles in many cases. The lasting feature is not the big issue and not necessarily true. I used to operate heavy equipment and work on them and trust me; they all break.
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I am glad. It is meant to be humorous for the sole point of this thread.
Talkeetna? I bet you have a snowmobile too. Nice country.
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Lets skip the skirts and kissing. FTE G2G sounds great, but expensive therapy does not.
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Originally Posted by EXv10
Diesels are in that inviornment because they pull well. The V-10 is good for at least 300k miles in many cases. The lasting feature is not the big issue and not necessarily true. I used to operate heavy equipment and work on them and trust me; they all break.
You can't tell me longevity isn't part of the equation. You just can't.
Typically, a diesel can be expected to last twice as long as a comparable gas motor, counting out all cases of neglect of course.
You say a V10 lasts to at least 300,000 miles, and I can respect that. That is a lot of miles. I personally know 7.3 ers who tallied that many miles on trucks that have had no major problems and continue to run as daily drivers every day... and I can think of one in particular who has gone 750,000 and still running.
You show me a V10 that is still ticking at 750,000 miles, and we'll talk.
Everything breaks, that is one singular truth we can all agree on.
__________________ Lisa Early '99 PSD long bed XLT supercab. 4" Pro Comp suspension lift, 315 BFG AT's on 17" Liquid Metal Gatlins, Hypermax Boost Pyrometer, 4" exhaust, DP Tunes - no start, 60 Tow, 80 Econo, 120 Race, 203* thermostat and billet housing, 6637 w/Pete's cover, CCV, oil crossover Kit.
Lets skip the skirts and kissing. FTE G2G sounds great, but expensive therapy does not.
You can't tell me longevity isn't part of the equation. You just can't.
Typically, a diesel can be expected to last twice as long as a comparable gas motor, counting out all cases of neglect of course.
You say a V10 lasts to at least 300,000 miles, and I can respect that. That is a lot of miles. I personally know 7.3 ers who tallied that many miles on trucks that have had no major problems and continue to run as daily drivers every day... and I can think of one in particular who has gone 750,000 and still running.
You show me a V10 that is still ticking at 750,000 miles, and we'll talk.
Everything breaks, that is one singular truth we can all agree on.
I know of a 5.4 ( same motor, 2 less pistons) with 1,100,000 miles.
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My V10 will out pull your PSD any day of the week.*
*If you have a stock 7.3 with 3.73s or 3.55s and 4 speed auto. Test must be at sea level
I will smoke the 6.0,6.4 and new 6.7 after I do the twin turbo mod.
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