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Nov 11, 2006 | 11:36 PM

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chadjones99

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6.0 slow ? maybe for a viper

i would say i have heard of the 03-04 having problems..
i have a 03 f350 , with a few mods . like
1) air box
2) lite exhaust work , cat delete and walker muffler
3) Dfuser fuel tuner and let me say
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this truck hauls butt... i have spanked a many of stock 5.0 mustang's
and other trucks with ease ... friend that has a chevy with the 8.L gas engine in his truck and a another friend that has a 95 mustang 5.0 with exhaust work.
now i know thats not like the fastest things out there, but i walked by them with no problem... so thats not bad for a 1 ton 4wd truck.

Nov 12, 2006 | 11:54 AM

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[QUOTE=powerstroked162]lol, my 7.3 is pretty heavily modded. many a 6.0s have met there match.

Well you have obviously you have never met "The Granny Truck"!!! A truck that is mainly stock except the programmer and the exhaust. Make sure you can back what say about spanking 6.0L PSD until you meet them all!!!

Nov 12, 2006 | 08:38 PM

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chadjones99

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p.s. my first 03 6.0 burnt to the ground on a electric issue of some kind... 2nd one seems to be a good truck.

Nov 12, 2006 | 08:39 PM

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powerstroked162

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Ok so an '05 or newer and i should be safe, correct? do the '05's have the coil over front? or are they still leaf sprung?

Whats the best bet tranny wise? i love a stick, but love the convenience of an auto. So whats the way to go? can you still haul more with a stick or is it the other way around?

Whats the gear ratio in the rear end?

Auto beable to hold up to a chip and Injects from Beans? especially while pulling?

How are the brakes on the new 6.0s? hopefully greatly improved from the 7.3 era brakes.

Thank you gentlemen so much for your time and your effort in helping another ford owner shop for a new rig. It is greatly appreciated

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Racerwoman, lets work on our literacy and spelling grammar before we are quick to throw out our opinions, aye

Nov 12, 2006 | 09:15 PM

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chadjones99

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you get what you get.... i have a 6.0 year is 03.... it stops good with a trailer, but just as a truck i have found that they do not stop all that fast...they are a heavy truck as is the case with most diesel trucks .if you chip it and plain on towing you asking for trouble...i have mine chipped but unplug it when i pull trailers. it has lots of power and do not need the chip for that. i use it when i am not pulling so the truck has that spunk to it. i do beleave in 05 or 06 they when to coil springs not sure what year. i have a auto trans and the part i like about that is that it knows when you are being pushed by your trailer and locks in so that you engine becomes a brake. works great, you have to be in tow haul for this to work.

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Nov 12, 2006 | 09:36 PM

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Desert_Dude

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Quote:

Originally Posted by powerstroked162

Ok, so, with an '05 or newer and i should be safe, correct? do the '05's have the coil over front? or are they still leaf sprung? sentence fragment, consider revising

Whats the best bet tranny wise? i love a stick, but love the convenience of an auto. So whats the way to go? can you still haul more with a stick or is it the other way around?

Whats the gear ratio in the rear end?

Auto beable to hold up to a chip and Injects from Beans? especially while pulling?

How are the brakes on the new 6.0s? hopefully greatly improved from the 7.3 era brakes.

Thank you gentlemen so much for your time and your effort in helping another ford owner shop for a new rig. It is greatly appreciated

BTW-
Racerwoman, lets work on our literacy and spelling grammar before we are quick to throw out our opinions, aye

Dude, are you kidding me?? There are just way too many "grammatical" errors in your post for me to continue... lol

Nov 13, 2006 | 09:16 AM

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chadjones99

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ya , you should cut and paste it to email so you can spell check or even better word will check you grammer.
I also have the same problem sometimes. Dont feel bad

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Nov 13, 2006 | 12:29 PM

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diesel_dan

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Answers to your Q's

I'll try to avoid the flaming and stick to your Q's

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerstroked162

Ok so an '05 or newer and i should be safe, correct? Yes, but even later is better. do the '05's have the coil over front? Yes. or are they still leaf sprung?

Whats the best bet tranny wise? i love a stick, but love the convenience of an auto. So whats the way to go? Auto all the way for me. can you still haul more with a stick or is it the other way around? About the same, in some cases slightly more with the auto

Whats the gear ratio in the rear end? 3.73 for SRW, and higher, 4.10 or 4.30 for DRW

Auto beable to hold up to a chip and Injects from Beans? especially while pulling? More likely to have head gasket failure than trans failure (at least until the gaskets were changed in MY'06)

How are the brakes on the new 6.0s? hopefully greatly improved from the 7.3 era brakes. Awesome, yes they were improved again in '05+ SDs

Thank you gentlemen so much for your time and your effort in helping another ford owner shop for a new rig. It is greatly appreciated

BTW-

Racerwoman, lets work on our literacy and spelling grammar before we are quick to throw out our opinions, aye