300 vs 5.7
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Originally Posted by kcb37
I have 3.08's in my 96 Silverado/w a towing package.
Pulls just fine for me.
I wouldn't be dumb enough to try to pull another truck much less an inline 4x4.
Pulls just fine for me.
I wouldn't be dumb enough to try to pull another truck much less an inline 4x4.
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From: Capac MI
Ive got nothing to prove for a tug o war comp. If my breaks are strong enough then i can win against any truck, just cheat by waiting for them to slip first then pull them around like a rag doll. Every tug o war comp that ive seen, you see someones break lights on longer than the other....
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Originally Posted by THE KING
Ive got nothing to prove for a tug o war comp. If my breaks are strong enough then i can win against any truck, just cheat by waiting for them to slip first then pull them around like a rag doll. Every tug o war comp that ive seen, you see someones break lights on longer than the other....
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From: Capac MI
Well a little exaduration of course. Yea my brakes wont hold up to a mack truck trying to pull me backwards, but 1500 to 150 the person that spins first should have the disadvantage. I had a friend in a 03 ram single cab short box talk crap to me about my truck and he said he had a tow strap and we should hook up. I told him i dont do that, he called me the P word, i pouted for a while lol jk. Later that night i was pulling him out of the mud and then going back through where he got stuck. Good thing he had that tow strap...
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I will agree with both statments. If someone is stupid enough to stomp on the gas and spin the tires, you can pull them all over. On the other note.
If you don't have enought grip they can pull you all over brakes locked or not.
Sorry but I just don't belive any 1/2,3/4 or 1 ton being able to hold the brakes and not be pulled by a Mack. I Have driven a few big trucks, and draged a few. A light duty truck (1/2 to 1 ton) won't do it.
If you don't have enought grip they can pull you all over brakes locked or not.
Sorry but I just don't belive any 1/2,3/4 or 1 ton being able to hold the brakes and not be pulled by a Mack. I Have driven a few big trucks, and draged a few. A light duty truck (1/2 to 1 ton) won't do it.
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From: Ft Wayne IN
kcb i kinda agree with u on the fact ford isnt the only durable engine i di a lot of research before getting my 300 and the big part of why its so much more durable than any other fords motors i believe diesels were made by navistar back then its because the inline design is a much tougher design than the v and it has 2 less cylinders and two less moving parts for each part in the cylinder
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Originally Posted by tjthegreat
kcb i kinda agree with u on the fact ford isnt the only durable engine i di a lot of research before getting my 300 and the big part of why its so much more durable than any other fords motors i believe diesels were made by navistar back then its because the inline design is a much tougher design than the v and it has 2 less cylinders and two less moving parts for each part in the cylinder
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If you want to talk about durability, it's up for grabs, a lot of it is how well it is taken care of and how it is driven.
If you take a 88 truck 302, AOD, 3.73's runs forever.
Identical truck, pulling 7,000 pounds only made it 150,000 miles. (piece of *&^)
It depends on how they are built, and driven.
Carbs have more of a problem with gas getting past the rings then fuel injection.
fuel injection doesnt' run as rich or as long as a carb. Can't flood a fuel injection to easy either.
If you take a 88 truck 302, AOD, 3.73's runs forever.
Identical truck, pulling 7,000 pounds only made it 150,000 miles. (piece of *&^)
It depends on how they are built, and driven.
Carbs have more of a problem with gas getting past the rings then fuel injection.
fuel injection doesnt' run as rich or as long as a carb. Can't flood a fuel injection to easy either.
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From: pg b.c
Originally Posted by kcb37
If you want to talk about durability, it's up for grabs, a lot of it is how well it is taken care of and how it is driven.
If you take a 88 truck 302, AOD, 3.73's runs forever.
Identical truck, pulling 7,000 pounds only made it 150,000 miles. (piece of *&^)
It depends on how they are built, and driven.
Carbs have more of a problem with gas getting past the rings then fuel injection.
fuel injection doesnt' run as rich or as long as a carb. Can't flood a fuel injection to easy either.
If you take a 88 truck 302, AOD, 3.73's runs forever.
Identical truck, pulling 7,000 pounds only made it 150,000 miles. (piece of *&^)
It depends on how they are built, and driven.
Carbs have more of a problem with gas getting past the rings then fuel injection.
fuel injection doesnt' run as rich or as long as a carb. Can't flood a fuel injection to easy either.
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Originally Posted by NeXtras
friend of mine tryed to tell me that my truck sucks compared to his 99 silverado, so i asked him whats in it he just says "v8" so i ask "and....any more details" he couldnt ell me anything more other that it was a v8, could tell me cubes, liters, nothing, gutta love that doesnt know crap and trys to bust ford peoples *****
I'll hook up to any chevy smallblock any day.
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Originally Posted by 6CylBill
Sounds like most V8 or Chevy buttheads. They don't know anything about the vehicle they drive, let alone what somebody else owns. Yet they feel as if they have the right to tell us what we hold in value sucks. It's an immature mindset. I've tried to learn as much about my motor as possible. I know where it hits it's most power.
I'll hook up to any chevy smallblock any day.
I'll hook up to any chevy smallblock any day.
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Originally Posted by ssidney
you just put yourself on the same level........nearly anyone will defend what they drive, but keep in mind that each engine will serve a purpose and to try and put yours on a pedestal will leave it vulnerable to people trying to knock it off
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I don't want to start a war here, and I AM A FORD MAN, I own 3 of the 92-96(97) generation trucks, and I will own another when I find the right 3/4 ton which I think I have.
The new '08 Chevy with the 4.8 has loads of power over the 300 I-6. Any will out pull a 351 on the interstate. My Mom has one, and on the occasion my Ford truck was broke down on the farm and I had 200 bales of Alphalpa/Timothy to go pick up.
I hooked up to the 28' GN flatbed 8 wheel trailer and I got it to 65mph and set the cruise. It maintained the speed on all the hills, no down wondering shifting, no strain, it's quite a truck.
Even though this is a fact, it is also 14 years newer than my truck and it only had about 15k miles on it at the time. My Ford with it's 300 however had about 450k miles on it at the time. It now has 496k miles on it. 4k miles of half a million miles on the original everything, and you can't tell me that that Chevy will still be on the road with that many miles. It's possible, but not likely. Especially being built in Mexico, I highly doubt it!
That's why I'm a ford fan, and I keep buying ford trucks. 92-96(97) style, the last of the truly American built Ford trucks.
The new '08 Chevy with the 4.8 has loads of power over the 300 I-6. Any will out pull a 351 on the interstate. My Mom has one, and on the occasion my Ford truck was broke down on the farm and I had 200 bales of Alphalpa/Timothy to go pick up.
I hooked up to the 28' GN flatbed 8 wheel trailer and I got it to 65mph and set the cruise. It maintained the speed on all the hills, no down wondering shifting, no strain, it's quite a truck.
Even though this is a fact, it is also 14 years newer than my truck and it only had about 15k miles on it at the time. My Ford with it's 300 however had about 450k miles on it at the time. It now has 496k miles on it. 4k miles of half a million miles on the original everything, and you can't tell me that that Chevy will still be on the road with that many miles. It's possible, but not likely. Especially being built in Mexico, I highly doubt it!
That's why I'm a ford fan, and I keep buying ford trucks. 92-96(97) style, the last of the truly American built Ford trucks.
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back in the mid 90's I saw a F350 Dually PSD pull a Dodge Cummins,and a cehbby Dually Desil at the same time. the Dodge and Cheby wound up with smashed bed as the ford slamed them together.... 