Originally Posted by sinister73

Posted by Thenrich;

WXboy what is your experience with deisel motors? Just curious as I see your listed on this site as owning a Ford Ranger. Are you basing your comments on fact or just brand bashing?
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I should let WXBoy respond to this, but I simply can't help myself .

Yeah Rich he does have experience with diesels. Both Ford and Dodge from what I've read. I remember reading a few of his posts awhile back when he and his father were buying their first Cummins Dodge. Being a Ford guy through and through, he was openly detesting his pops decision to fellow Ford members on this site, and was recieving support for his convictions as well. If you read many of his recent posts you see a trend taking place - the longer they have owned the Dodge, -the more he's grown to like it and respect it . And not just the Cummins engine either- but the whole truck as well. Now you will often see this; WXBoy-> <- other enthusiasts, about the Cummins Dodge...lol. That motor will make you a believer, trust me I know. There really is nothing that can compare with it. The 7.3L was good, and the 6.0L seems to be working itself out. The Duramax is a fine motor as well IMO, but that Cummins still has almost as much displacement with only six cylinders. The inline configuration is simple and in itself is more suited for low end torque (true of gas or diesel) I've seen the pictures comparing the Cummins rod with those of the PSD and Duramax. Considering that the pistons, lifters, valves, and crank are all in purportion to the rods, it is easy to see that the Cummins has far stronger internals than the others do, and they are better balanced as well. I can't say that these facts matter all that much in these GVWR/GCWR applications, but they are still facts nonetheless.

WXBoy has also had a few good things to say about GM - very few, but he did nonetheless. He likes SLA in comparision with Ford's dated I beam front end - and I agree with him.

All these diesels should last well over 300,000 miles without a hiccup, as long as they are properly maintained. My father owned two vehicles in 1972. A 1972 Chevy C20 with 350 engine and SM465 4 speed, and a 69 Caddy. In 1979 he had the same truck and bought a new Ford LTD station wagon. In 1985 he replaced the station wagon with a new Ford van, and had the same truck. In 1986 he finally decided to buy a new truck - by this time the Chevy had over 489,000 miles on it, and was pretty shot out. He bought a new 86' Dodge D250 318 / NP435 4speed - and complained that there was too much plastic in it, and that the only manual transmission on the lot also had AC in it. It was all my mother could do to convince him to get a new truck to go with the new van we had. Trucks were not a status symbol to him, as they are to many people today, it was a work tool- he would have much rather used the money for a downpayment on a new lincoln car, but the 9000.00 price tag, along with the fact that the Chevy truly had no more life left in it, finally convinced him to just be done with it and move on. That Dodge had seen some severe use, and just died about 3 years ago - my brother crashed it.

Wrote a friggen book.

Originally Posted by thenrich

WOW! You guys have names for everything 'Duracrap' 'Cumapart'