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Funny all the break down talk about diesels...I have over 700,000 miles riding behind 500+whp 6bts and the only reason I've ever been on a tow truck is a broken main shaft in the Trans, once... 350k on my current 24v, 300k are mine, all 300k are above 500 whp. Your 6.2's won't even see 300k miles even with their weak outputs.
Just because you had a 7.3 or a 6.blow, or even saw a diesel on a tow truck, doesn't mean all of us suffer hopeless lives burying our right foot to guzzle the fuel it takes to get up the next hill because we are too scared to buy a diesel. I wouldn't even know what to do with 8 ft of timing chain and down shifts.
Just because you had a 7.3 or a 6.blow, or even saw a diesel on a tow truck, doesn't mean all of us suffer hopeless lives burying our right foot to guzzle the fuel it takes to get up the next hill because we are too scared to buy a diesel. I wouldn't even know what to do with 8 ft of timing chain and down shifts.
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Originally Posted by '89F2urd
I've swapped diesels into pretty much everything under the sun (building a 97 crew zf6/24v now in fact) I don't need to get rid of something that works just so the blindly brand loyal can say it's "real"
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Hell thats nothing. The guy started this post has over 1500 post just in this thread.
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I originally had a regular cab short box 7.3 4x4. But then one frightful morning, a 300 car freight train had stalled blocking our road. There was a guy there with his gasser trying to pull the train, but couldn't budge it. I hooked up the Mighty Seven Three, and not only did I move the train safely (and easily) out of the way, my truck is now a four door long box!
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Originally Posted by SDElwood
I originally had a regular cab short box 7.3 4x4. But then one frightful morning, a 300 car freight train had stalled blocking our road. There was a guy there with his gasser trying to pull the train, but couldn't budge it. I hooked up the Mighty Seven Three, and not only did I move the train safely (and easily) out of the way, my truck is now a four door long box!
I call bs, no way you had a regular cab short bed.