killed a ford, than ripped out its heart
#12
why ruin a good truck with a crappy motor. i love diesels but every person i know that owns a ford have had major problems with them. i love the new looks but there engines and some other things have problems. honestly all the new diesels have their problems. in my opinion you cant beat a good 5.9 and if u want some extreme reliability and simplicity a 12 valve is the way to go. buddy got onee with 170,xxx stock turned up the fuel pump and put a new ful plate on and 5 inch straight pipe with a stack. and on the dyno it mayed 350 hp and 800 ft. lbs. of torque. hes also done quite a bit as far as appearence and boy dose that thing poor some smoke
#13
The Ford HDs look really good. My buddy is a mechanic and has a shop. He says the Powerstroke keeps him in business....lots of problems for some reason....but there are a crap load of them out there.....But on the other hand, there are tons of Cummins out there as well, and they don't have near the issues the Powerstrokes do.
#15
to fords credit, the majority of trucks that we see are from gas well companies and them boys can sure tear up a truck. i guess they say wth since its on someone elses dime. but we've recently totaled out 7 trucks. two fords, four chevys and one dodge. all diesels but the fords were the only ones due to mechanical failure . alot of major repairs we do are egr cooler related on them fords. ive heard a rumor that dodge is soon to drop the cummins, i havent looked into it but does anyone know if there is any merit to it?
#17