i stopped by a dealer that had two v-10's. long story short-one had dead battery and the other had a transmission that when changing gears it clunked badly, i thought it broke then and there. anyhow i got to drive it anyways and the power was great...it was peeling out everytime on slighty damp roads and even on dry stuff...however, there was a good 1sec or more lag when flooring it and i really liked the way the engine sounded when flooring it. i was under the impression that the v10 sounded terrible. so far i am still weary of buying a new truck because it seems that ford can't get anything right and want to know whats new for 06

 

i have not picked anything up about the 06's yet as they are still building 05's. ford is working hard on the trans issue and after a date they posted i think tranies built after jan14 or 15 the issue is said to be under control. i saw the insides of a 5r110 last week as a buddy does a lot of dealer work around me and had 2 out to modifie the snap ring a planatary set as per a tsb. these unit are huge inside and built like a brick barn.
i would not worry about it go for the 05 v10 while you still can, jeff the sales man has a post giving the cut of date in mach for a 05 in the new buyer section. good luck

 

Nothing new for 06 except a short production year. The 2007s will start new as early release with all the changes.

No brand new vehicle cable or electric throttle is going to jump up and roar "when flooring it". But if you lightly hold the brake, run the rpm up to 1500, feel the torque converter get tight (beginning of stall) ease off the brake and feed the throttle very firm you will run the 3valve V10 up over 5200rpm faster than you can back out of it.

But do the guy who might actually buy the demo truck a favor and wait until you buy one for yourself to crispy critter the rings OK....other wise do these power demos after the engine is broken in. That is unless you like adding a quart every 1000 miles

My never abused V10 has zero lag....and I never need to "Floor it"....more than enough power to smoke the tires on dry concrete at 3/4 throttle!

 

i have been delaying about three years for a new truck. first it was for the new diesel...with all the problems and ford hard at work to correct those problems i am not going to get it. first it was diesel, then gas, diesel, then the 3v with torqueshift i thought i cant go wrong...unfortunately ford changed something about the trans; vendor, or a defect, but i feel they still dont know exactly the problem.
anyhow, it cant be any worse than the truck i have to fix about every two weeks and IL is going to start taxing new commercial trucks in July. it is either order soon or get an 06 and pay another ~$3k

 

Someday do some research, figure out what your truck needs are and your personal maintenance desires. Both the 6.0L and the 6.8L motors have there distinct plusses and minuses.

Yes certain 5R110 trannys got assembled with a poor c clips and some others got a roll pin weakness or lack of proper assembly. Ford has (they say) traced to the specific run of trannys and is in the process of fixing the broken ones and notifing the other folks who might have an probelm transmission. The5R110 TroqueShift is NOT a new transmission and there are millions of the units in service with absolutly ZERO problems. 05 is simply the first year Ford mated them to gasoline motors.

If you are looking at moving up to a serious work truck that happens to be the best looking rig on the road then do your rersearch here and over at the diesel site and jump in and be a SuperDuty owner.

However unless you do the research, your statement "but i feel they still dont know exactly the problem" really has no basis for fact. This is a widely reported and known problem, as is all the weird 6.0L PSD problems, as is the Modular engine plug blow out problems.

Just so you know, almost all the 5R110 issues came to surface this winter with snow plow operators who bang forward then reverse a lot. My truck was delivered 3 Sept 2004 and has one of the affected transmissions. I am still going on a high speed 2800 mile trip out to Arizona abd back the end of this month and yes I am concerned but not loosing a second of sleep over it.