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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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superduty or OBS

i want a good reliable truck so im goin with the 7.3 its goin to be a daily driver so i want decent fuel millage but still be able to play on the weekend the ocational drag race and truck pull and i want it to be a manual so would a superduty or OBS be better
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:34 PM
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What the heck is an OBS....I don't get out much, sheltered life and all~
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:40 PM
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Just a guess ,
Old Body Style ?
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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i jus plan on putting a chip in it and in take and exhaust and that would do more and a superduty and i want a single cab doesnt the SD have more room im pretty tall and the OBS single cab is a bit small
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 02:57 PM
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Cool ....tanks Rob....
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 05:36 PM
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i personally like the OBS because...
1) looks 100 times better, definitely with stacks and/or lifted
2) better turbo
3) less emissions (sometimes no cat)
4) love how it drives... actually feels like a truck unlike the superdutys
5) lots of room under the hood since chances are you won't stop with a chip/intake/exhaust (noone ever does)
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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i have a 97 powerstroke but is why im askin is its all ready modded alot and it get bad fuel millage ive had 2 6.0s but they were junk i jus think a newer 7.3 6 speed will be a great daily driver and jus wat im lookin forheres the 97 http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...ageID=11730806
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 07:21 PM
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i must ask how the super duty's don't feel like a truck?
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 08:40 AM
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i must ask how the super duty's don't feel like a truck?
it's not that they don't feel like a truck.. it's just that they ride much smoother then the OBS... which is normally not so truck-like
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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you said you had two 6.0s ,7.3 would be same exept engine and trans
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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you said you had two 6.0s ,7.3 would be same exept engine and trans
me?? i don't own any 6.0s... i have 2 7.3s??
 
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If you are taller than average, are you sure you want a single cab?
I'm only 5'8" and hate single cabs.
 
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