Now thats funny!

 

haha, it kinda is.

 

I'll throw my hat in the ring, only read the past few pages, so I don't know if this has been stated. Diesel fuel contains roughly 12% more BTUs per volume than gasoline.

 

My V10 has 20% more cylinders.

 

I like that "usually". Heh heh. That is a mighty big "usually"!

In other words, you like stirring it up.

See above, re: stirring it up. Oh, and check your math, a V10 has 25% more cylinders than a PSD. A PSD has 20% fewer cylinders than a V10. The diesel guys could argue that they get the same or more work done with fewer cylinders.

 

Not to mention more displacement with two fewer cylinders....in a higher compression motor...with a turbo.

Why are we still having this argument? lol

 

That argument works about as well as me saying that my psd has 33% more cylinders than Crazy's Kenworth.

 

"Still"? I got a feeling it is just getting started again. I have a hunch that some people from the 7.3 forum have come over here with a jumbo can o' whoop-***.

Gonna go make some popcorn now...

 

I think that may be my fault.

 

Ah, but unless you have an '08, my KW has 100% more turbos!

 

I used to operate heavy equipment. That was a tiny cat and nowhere near tipping. They used to put me on sidehills so steep they would slide sideways once in a while. It was pretty scary but I was young and dumb then. They couldn't pay me enough to chance it like that now.

 

All right, I'm going to end this thread right here.

Here's the deal, all of us V10 owners like the idea of big torque numbers, and turbo whine, and better gas mileage and all that, but we still choose the V10... Want to know why?

Because diesels are a goddamned pain in the ***, and the newer you go, the more so. If anyone gives me argument on this, I'll post up a picture of a 6.4 engine bay. All you basically have to worry about on a V10 is simple maintenance. Change fluids regularly, filters regularly, and your plugs. Now there was some trouble with spitting plugs, but that too can be remedied with simple forethought. Overall, the V10 is dead reliable, easy to live with, and makes comparable power to a diesel, with 100% less of the headache.

Now I was thinking the other day, how cool 650 lb. ft. of torque with a 6.4 would be, and how neat it would be to experience that engine. But then I started thinking about the turbos, the EGR, how damned cramped the engine bay is, the DPF and Ultra Low Sulfur BS, and it just made me realize that it's just not worth the extra headache.

That's why we get V10s, because quite frankly, we deal with enough headaches in our lives. Do we really need another one off an vehicle that is supposed to bring us some joy and happiness, and for others, the bread and butter? I think not.

 

I am still waiting for Billy or any of the other "my gas kicks your overpriced oil burner" posters to answer the above question. This is the third time asking it.

 

Following your logic, statistically, you should have purchased a Toyota.

Dave.

P.S. I have a 6.4 and have only had to do the same thing you as you state "Change fluids regularly, filters regularly, and your plugs", oh except for the plugs thing.

 

And since I know BillTroll will not actually answer my question two items above, I will repost my answer that he nor none of the gassers commented. I will restate that I used to have a v10 and loved it but for the gas crowd to call the 6.4 a POS, say it sucks, or that it can be outpulled by a v10 is absurb. I know BillTroll is doing this for his own amusement and I also know that you aren't supposed to feed trolls, but I am enjoying this and I actually want him to answer any of my questions as his reponses are usually entertaining in their inaccuracy. Example "In commercial applications they are better. You do know your PSD is not any thing like them, right".