if your not going for a dodge get a duramax. they get better mileage, more power, and more reliable than any of the powerstrokes ive dealt with. and i dealt with a fleet of both, very few problems with the duramaxes and tons of problems with the powerstroke. plus the duramax is a lot easier ot work on.
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Originally Posted by mobs241
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if your not going for a dodge get a duramax. they get better mileage, more power, and more reliable than any of the powerstrokes ive dealt with. and i dealt with a fleet of both, very few problems with the duramaxes and tons of problems with the powerstroke. plus the duramax is a lot easier ot work on.
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As a stock daily driver, Duramax
As a stock pullin truck, Powerstroke As a bombed out beast, Cummins all the way. The easiest and cheapest of all of em to bomb with the best results. |
im with most of the other guys here, if you wont get a cummins then get a duramax there the next best thing, there a great truck, they are extremely comfortable, there reliable, they make a good deal of power and you can bomb them pretty easally and they respond well to bombs
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Seems to be the concensus, if not Dodge, then Duramax. I've not met(although it's not a lot) of Ford owners that have been totally satisfied.
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I drove a 05 duramax towing a snowmobile trailer and thought it was nice.
the powerchokes are loud! |
As much as we hear about the 6.0 PSD being bad, i have had no problems with mine for 65k miles now and I love it. I also have one of the first 03s made...which were supposed to be the worst. I would keep my ford if the motor crapped out and i would stick a cummins in it, combined with my torqueshift tranny, that would be an awsome conbo i think!
So i woul dhave to say Ford...either the 7.3 or the 6.0...the 6.0 is faster and stronger than the 7.3s but longevity isn't documented to well yet. |
Go with a duramax, they are hard to beat, as far as the heads they are still aluminum, but they are not a problem. On the lb7 motor they mostly only had problems with injectors and the General(in most cases) warranties until 200,000.
The lly up to 04 had a slight overheating problem when towing up grades but most of these have been fixed. There also is after market products that solve this problem. The 04.5-06 LLY have no common problems, and the LBZ is just a sweet motor. If you don't go with a duramax I would get a cummins(just make sure its not a 53 block). Nate |
i am with 99% of the replies here if no cummins :w: go with the duramax.:p:
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