V10 w/ 3.73
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V10 w/ 3.73
So does anyone know why you can get a 5.4L V-8 with 3.73 gears and only 4.10 gears with the 6.8L V-10? I'm refering to 2008 models. And will this change anytime soon? I know they have built 3.73 V-10s in the past. thanks
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Guess they figure that people who choose the V10 need/want more grunt to pull things. The 4.10's compensate for the larger diameter tires.
Don't know why they wouldn't put the 4.10s behind the V8. Silly...
Don't know why they wouldn't put the 4.10s behind the V8. Silly...
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Originally Posted by Monsta
Guess they figure that people who choose the V10 need/want more grunt to pull things. The 4.10's compensate for the larger diameter tires.
Don't know why they wouldn't put the 4.10s behind the V8. Silly...
Don't know why they wouldn't put the 4.10s behind the V8. Silly...
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Originally Posted by cartmanea
I wish I had 4.10s or 4.30s behind my 6.0L 
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They have some combinations that don't make a lot of sense. I was just fooling around with the "Build It Now" site. I verified that you can't get the 3.73 gears with a V-10. I selected a 4.10 LS, then later went to add the "Off Road" package. A warning window popped up, said if I did that the differential would be changed to a 4.10 Non-limited slip.
WTF?
Also, you can't get the power folding mirrors with the XLT sport package. Another rhetorical "WTF?"
WTF?
Also, you can't get the power folding mirrors with the XLT sport package. Another rhetorical "WTF?"
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Originally Posted by redford
They have some combinations that don't make a lot of sense. I was just fooling around with the "Build It Now" site. I verified that you can't get the 3.73 gears with a V-10. I selected a 4.10 LS, then later went to add the "Off Road" package. A warning window popped up, said if I did that the differential would be changed to a 4.10 Non-limited slip.
WTF?
Also, you can't get the power folding mirrors with the XLT sport package. Another rhetorical "WTF?"
WTF?
Also, you can't get the power folding mirrors with the XLT sport package. Another rhetorical "WTF?"
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Originally Posted by tex25025
4.30 gears are nice especially if your pulling. I had 4.10 gears on my last DRW and 4.30s on this one and the 4.30s really do help out alot.
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so anyone out there working for Ford or for a dealer know if you can get a V10 w/ 3.73 (w/ or w/out LS) from the factory? I'm looking into custom ordering a 2009 F-250 in the summer or fall. Thanks.
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yeah, i understand that, and having 4.10 gears will not make the truck a deal buster by any means, but why will Ford let you get 3.73 with the 5.4 in a superduty?
If you go by the logic that you need 4.10 gears to make the V10 pull like the diesel, or to make it more comfortable pulling heavy loads, or just to make it accelerate faster... then why would they allow the 5.4 to get 3.73, an engine with less torque and horsepower than the V10 or diesel?
If you go by the logic that you need 4.10 gears to make the V10 pull like the diesel, or to make it more comfortable pulling heavy loads, or just to make it accelerate faster... then why would they allow the 5.4 to get 3.73, an engine with less torque and horsepower than the V10 or diesel?