A friend went from the 6.8 truck to a similar truck with the 5.4 and is complaining how much slower it is. His dad said whenever you go somewhere leave sooner. Best, CB

 

Slower? You drive the speed limit (or flow of traffic) whether you have 100 HP or 700HP.

My 5.4L does just fine, whether as a daily driver or towing 8000+ pounds. I always tell people if they want to tow more get a V-10 or a Power Stroke.

My recommendation to you, stop trying to fan the flames. The V-10 vs. PSD debate will rage on, us 5.4L owners just sit back and smirk.

 

Yep no debate needed with the 5.4

 

Mine gets up to speed pretty quick and has no issues to worry about. I never thought I'd see the day when a select group of people would try to convince me that over 300hp isn't enough engine for a pickup truck. Mine tows our 8500~lb 5th wheel with traffic everywhere we go. This after four groaning Cummins Rams.

 

Don't recommend a damned thing to me. It is a joke.

 

I went from the 5.4 to the 6.2. No contest!

 

There's no room here for joking. Jokes are only for people who enjoy life and try to have fun rather than treat their trucks as work mules. The next thing you know people will want to be listening to that rock-and-roll music and dancing. Total anarchy is only a hop-skip-and-a-jump away then. And we don't allow any hopping, skipping or jumping.

 

I caught the humor but without a laughing imocon or whatever they're called, we can't tell the tone of your post. Sounds like something my Italian friend's dad would say in a joking manner with his thick Italian accent.

 

I'm in the 5.4L 3V, 2WD camp myself. I buy what gets the job done and not for bragging rights. Granted, there are plenty of people out there that NEED the Diesels, but I'd be willing to bet it's less than half of those that actually own them.

 

The rest of us are manly enough without 'em!

 

My old truck was a 2000 F250 2wd XLT, with a 5.4 with 4.10 limited slip rear end, 4 speed auto transmission.

My new one is a 2012 F250 4wd Lariat with a 3.73 electric locking rear end, 6 speed auto transmission.

Yes the 6.2 is more HP and torque, but the 5.4 was fine, never had a problem or felt underpowered except when I had to get a skid steer out of a hole I got stuck in or off of a stump, but that was mainly due to it being 2wd.

The 5.4 is a great motor.

The 6.2 is more hp and torque and the upgrade to the 5.4 and the replacement for the V10, I like both the 5.4 and 6.2, I drove a V10 4wd F250 before and that was a smooth running truck.

When i was reasearching my new truck, there were a few people who told me that people were getting away from the Ford diesel engine because they had been burned by Ford with bad engines and were buying the 6.2 and were happy with them.

 

we really gotta bring in the dego remarks now?

 

My truck is a bit more of a power hog I think. The older one was way under powered. The new one is dramatically better. Pretty much the exact same truck.



I went from this with a 5.4 and a 5 speed......



I went to this with a 6.2 and a 6 speed....

 

my 2000 F250 with the utility body and the 5.4 Triton weighs a little over 9,000 lbs, and I have towed over 20,000 lbs with it, it does ok but not a speed demon, but I don't expect it to be.

I am in Florida, so we don't run snow plows, I am sure that puts some drag on the vehicle.

in researching the new vehicle, somewhere I read or someone told me the 6.2 replaced the 5.4 because it was anemic and due to the design of it, they couldn't tweak much more out of it so they went to the 6.2.

I liked the 5.4 and I like the 6.2, I think they are both great motors but I have more experience with the 5.4.

I have had the new truck less than 2 weeks and I got my 1st recall noticce on the new truck.

Nice how they already have a recall on $50,000+ truck.

I think the 2000 was built better in some aspects than the 2012, that truck cost 27K and the 2012 was twice the price.

 

Your not comparing the same engine , its kinda like me comparing my 5.4 to my 460 the 5.4 would spank the 460 in every catagory.