Ford 7.3 gas engine!
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I know of a guy who swears by the gas engines. He runs a mechanic service truck and while everyone else deals with EPA crap and check engine lights he just keeps going. I don't think I'd ever touch a modern diesel pickup. 12 valve or gasser lol.
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I'd give it a year or two to let other people do the shakedown on this new motor before even considering it.
It seems like all new engines these days usually have big design flaws at first & they let the proud owners pay for R&D.stwik, stillwurkin, 24kHotshot and 2 others Thank this. -
If I was only hauling 24000 I would run a 6 liter LS and let it Rip. Can't kill them things.
If you do their a dime a dozen, and a new crate motor is affordable.
Plenty of radiator for cooling and you wont kill it.i don't know if you can get the Allison behind it.
If not a good manual with a splitter .
I used to haul 25 thousand in a single axle dump for the farm when I was a kid .
Truck was a 68 Chevrolet 3500 or something like that. 327 sbc that ran on 7 cylinders and you had to put 3 quarts of oil in it every 100 miles.
A lot of hills in Michigan but having that 2 speed rearend kept you movingLast edited: Jul 28, 2019
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I've pulled a 2 car trailer behind a 6.0 years ago with a 4l80 and I remember 5mpg was pretty normal loaded. Upgraded to a 24v cummins shortly after and it went to 11mpg same trailer. Diesel was cheaper than gas back then, but seems to be creeping up higher and higher. It was a great engine and I bet the newer ones with the 6 speed would do better on fuel.
I liked hearing that ford is planning on using the 7.3 gasser in all their medium duty trucks. So torque should be sufficient. Fuel economy and reliability will be the driving factor for me though. -
More actually for the Lincoln version... 450 horses, 500 torque
Anyways.... the MSRPs on loaded pickups are outta control. Resales, too. Now if you could find some federal agency that dumps duallies often -- the way Forestry, Fire, and K9 regularly dump barebones 4x4 Ford Expeditions to auction for just a few grand -- that'd be a whole nother ballgame
As it stands, if you want a cavernous SUV that tows 9000, that's $3 - 4k. But if you want a dually... sheet, get some lube for your poor checkbook.Last edited: Jul 28, 2019
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