Originally Posted by DOHCmarauder

I won't be too demeaning on you............mostly because I used to believe like you.(wrong)

Then FTE member Cleatus12R set me straight.

http://www.4wheelpartsadventures.co..._oldiron_01.asp


"The 6.9L engine was a special development from IH for Ford and it’s interesting trivia to note that the 6.9L was actually a diesel conversion of a late ’70s IH 446ci gasoline V8. Before all you much-abused GM pundits start wagging fingers and clucking tongues, that gas engine was a honkin’ big industrial unit used in big trucks, so it had plenty of beef for dieselization. A turbo was debated early on, but the extra money on the sticker price for a turbo diesel was reckoned to throw it over the edge pricewise. The naturally aspirated diesel was a $2000 option at the time and the addition of a turbo would have nearly doubled that."


Unfortunately, that site doesn't come up any longer, but it is archived here at FTE.

I'll find more "evidence" if needed

Originally Posted by driximus

I wasnt being Demeaning, Unfortunatly All i can find related to this is the website that wont come up...oddly enough im having a hard time finding anything on any International Gas engine which i know there are. I find it hard to belive that they would in the Conversion process drop the 446ci to 420ci. By all means if you have something else please share i cant find anything.

Originally Posted by driximus

Yah lots of people think the Buick and GM 350's are the same but they are not the only thing they have in common is the ci's

Originally Posted by pappy19

I have to say that as a former hopped up 7.3 owner and I have driven the 6.0 and the new 6.4, the 6.8 V-10 is a winner. All things being stock, the V-10 can hold it's own with them all. Probably the only drawback is the midrange pull on the diesels being better and that's only in comparison with the new 6.4. Even from a standing start, the V-10 hangs with the 6.4 with the 3:73 rear, and that's saying something. So far my new 2008 V-10 is much more of an engine that I thought it would be, and the truck itself is a real jewel and I'm very impressed. Believe me, if I find a fault, I'll be the first to inform this bunch.

Originally Posted by Wrenchtraveller

Pappy, I couldn't agree with you more and having owned a 95 and 2000 7.3, I can tell you my 05 V10 out pulls both of those trucks and that is more than I expected. My 04 sick litre and my V10 are more closely matched in tow power but the V10 has been 100 % reliable up to this point where my sick-oh lived down to it's reputatuion and loved being towed in. When your truck is sitting dead on the road, a power wheel chair can out pull it, so relability is number one and the V10 wins......YES!

Originally Posted by driximus

i havent drove the any of the new 3v V-10's but have driven some 2000's and 01's honestly that was the most disappointing motor i have ever felt. My buddy had a 2000 F-250 with the 5.4 and it felt like it had more then any of the v-10's i drove.

Originally Posted by driximus

Im not saying it should be but his truck which only had a K/N air filter Pulled away from the V-10 i was in. Like i said though i havent driven the 3v V-10's. If I was gonna take a V-10 from those years i would take the Dodge v-10 for those years vs a Ford v-10. if i was going for strait engines. Ill stick to my 7.3 though

Originally Posted by driximus

Yah and your inability to Read wears thin. Once again you have decided to make assumptions. So let me be clear try reading slow.......

The 2 Valve v-10 motor is hardly anything to be impressed over. I have never liked the 5.4 from the time it came out to current. they lack *****. I said the dodge V-10 is a far better V-10 for those years. I never said i liked the truck, the transmission or the tire valve stems. Pay attention and try to keep up with the converstion. Add something intelligent or some information, maybe people will take you serious. and if you cannot do this I suggest going back and just reading if you cannot add something useful maybe you can learn somthing.