I'm planning on buying a new superduty in the next month or so and I want to know the pro's and con's of buying th 6.8L over the 5.4L?

Any Input?

 

Pro's:

62 more horsepower & 92 more lb.ft. of torque for a mere $600.

Do I really need to continue??

ooo-kay....... *sigh*

Cons

Harder to find than the V8.

 

What are you planning to do with your new superduty?

I really like my V10. MPGs are about 10 in town and I have seen better than 14 MPG on the highway when driving at or below the posted speed limit. When driving 75+ MPH, though, the MPG drops down to about 11.5 or so.

 

I've owned '99' & '05' 5.4's with 4.10 gears and have over 400,000 miles driving those trucks and just got this 6.8 in Sept. and have 15,000 miles on it now. Both trucks will get the job done depending on what your doing the V-10 will do it easier.
Keeping in mind I order my trucks and they are all similar in the things I wanted. Only difference now is the dual wheels and 4.30 gears. These trucks carried the same tools and weighed close to each other of 8,400#. These are work trucks and worked.
Gas consumption, the 5.4's averaged in summer 14.5 highway and 12 city. Winter they lost about a MPG. This 6.8 is averaging 12 highway and 10.4 city(winter blend) I expect it to go up a little when they switch off winter blend.
The 6.8 has extra power when right there and then when needing to pass somebody or merge into traffic. The 5.4 you just need a little more time and room.
I pulled two days ago, my 1845 skid steer(forks and bucket) foam filled tires using a trailer rated for 5 tons. Combined weight is close to 9,000#. The trip was 450 miles and I'll just say it was dream to pull. The mileage was averaging 8.5 going 65 on the thruway and going over a couple small mountains in VT/NH.
If you can afford the $600 extra, and don't mind the little more fuel it will drink it's the cheapest,easiest and quickest hp/tq gain in my opinion. As I said in the beginning both trucks will get the job done but why not do it with a BSEG. If I can answer an other question as far comparing my experience in these trucks ask away.

 

Look at the new 09 F150? Should be able to do most of the jobs a Superduty can do.

 

david00f150,

As others have said, we'd need a little more to go on as to what your intentions are for your new truck.

In many applications the 5.4L with the right rear end will do you just fine. And in other applications, your need for the 6.8L will be more than justified.

All depends upon what you need the truck to do for you.

Enjoy,
RustyFuryIII

 

When is the last time you heard someone complain about having too much horsepower?
Or when is the last time you heard of someone adding 62HP or 92TQ for only $600 other than ordering the V-10 option.
I think the majority of us here on this forum would say the V-10 option is a no brainer.

 

How true.

 

Thread closed, even though we could use the post count in the V10 forum

Please continue in the SD thread.