6.4PSD Info Please
 

I was wonder if i could get some information about the 6.4 PSD. Any info at all would be very helpful.

thanks all:pc:

well what do you want to know exactly?? seems like it's going to be a good motor. they had a slight programming issue with the first release but have since taken care of it.

they ROCK, Buy one!

Just kidding....thats a prety broad question and could reguire a pretty broad answer. Me more specific please.

I have a friend that just bought 2 of them for his company. He uses them to pull his tractors and he swears by them. He has had Dodge and Chevy's and he thinks his new Fords are the best of the 3.

Of course he is comparing the older Dodge and Chevy's to the newer Ford.

Sorry about it being so brad of a question. Well I would like to know it they are have some of the same issues like the 6.9 CTD (i know its like comparing apples to organes), I havent been able to keep up with the new motors since i sold my old 7.3 which i think that is one of the best motors to this day, the reason i ask is cause im gettin out of the Army in couple years and goin to start hauling again mainly horses but i want a good solid truck other than my 1978 Ranger. So any advice, opinions anything would be great.

thanks

I would personally still stick to the newer 6.0s if your going to be buying alot of fuel for hauling...the 6.4s are getting poor milage but maybe they will address this on the 09s.

Is the newer 6.0 really that good? i would rather have the 7.3 again:m:

The 7.3l will get better fuel economy, but the 6 liter will make more power cheaper. If your looking to keep this truck realatively stock then I would ask again in a couple years when your ready to buy. Who knows what the 6.4 will be like when you get out of the Army. p.s. than you for your service.

Thanks i get out 18 FEB 2010 so i got a few more years and another deployment to go

i just talked to my Diesel mechanic yesturday (I have a leaking ICP sensor:madd:)and hes seen very few problems from the 6.4s. Still hes wondering why the fuel milage is so poor. He says that is simply in the programming and can't figure out why ford doesn't do something about this program that is only getting 8-10 mpg.

sounds like the programer is tryin to set some kinda record with the mileage on these trucks:w2:

:eek::rip: i'd say they have an issue alright. holy:edit:. they just can't win lately.

I can assure you.
 

This fuel miliage issue is not across the board. More owners then not are doing better then 14.

Better then 14 huh, i think i get that in my '78 Ranger 460ci with the Lunadi Voodoo cam :yeah: then i floated that on my way to Sweetwater:sad:and havent had time to fix it

Well
 

My truck stock only runs about 16. I can run 18 to 21 with the chip. The 6.4 has a lot more power then my truck. Stock that is.

I have not heard of any doing better than 12.:w2:

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Well Clay ol buddy ol pal. I run across a few of em. I wouldnt shit ya buddy!

I thank you all for this bit of information you all have provieded me. You all have helped me realize i need to think very hard bout my nest step towards a newer truck, but for now I will stick with my 5ton Dump till i can get home.


THANKS EVERYONE

Are there any chips for this motor yet or anything along those lines and in a manual what gauges would be best i know boost pyro and anything else that i should monitor????????????

there's some tunes coming. i believe super chips is working on one that makes the DPF logic disappear. of course it's going to be "off road only" :lol:

sure ill keep it off road (very long drive way)

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Tune em, run em and I'll fix em!

Well in that case do you think i could drop a 6.0 in a '78 Ford Ranger that already has a big block in it:sen:

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmm
 

I would recomend a 7.3 over a 6.0. Lots less wiring.

I wonder how hard that would be to do? Any tips ona year to got with? cause i know of a Cummins kit, i havent heard anything on Powerstroke one yet.

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as long as your donor truck had the trans, pcm, ficm, wiring harness and all the other goodies it would be feesable. The hardest part is all the wiring. It would be cool. I would go with an '04 1/2 and up just to make it easier on you.

Now i just have to save up and start looking for the best one i can get bugets suck second job here i come when i get back in the states

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I just looked at the superchips site and they already got the early edtion tuner out for the 6.4

Face it guys none of us really know how good or bad the new 6.4 is going to be. The 6.0 was a disaster for Ford, and there is still tons of rumors about this motor that is keeping sales of used 6.0 at a record low pace. Now with that said I personally don't have a clue if those rumors are true or not. I have a friend with a 6.0 and nobody could ask for better service from a truck than he has gotten, on the other hand another friend bought his 6.0 truck on the advice of the first friend and that truck and motor could not be worse.

I "HAD" a 2008 F-450 with the new 6.4 motor, my problems with that truck had nothing what so ever to do with the motor. It was a King Ranch 4X4 with all of the bells and whistles. A beautiful truck I might add. Trouble was I bought this truck for the advertised almost 5,900 lb payload, way higher than my 2001 Dodge 3500 DRW which was at 3,300 lbs. Only thing about that payload it was a complete and total joke. If Ford thinks that they can say 5,900 lbs and its so, well they got another think coming. I hated that truck it would not do one tenth what my Dodge would do. It looked cool and that King Ranch leather is to die for, but Ford lie'd about the truck so I traded it on another Dodge with only 2,225 miles on it. And damn glad to see it GOOOO!!

Gunny

i've heard that the vehicle manufactures rate the payload rating WITHOUT the bed or a full tank of fuel....... does anyone know the truth behind this? i heard this from a service manager at a dealership i use to sell cars for because i sold a new 1/2ton truck that was rated at XXXXlbs and he dearched a set of springs and we replaced them under warranty and told him next time it would be on him due to it being overloaded (he hauled produce) and after it was fixed he rode up to the farmers market and loaded his truck with all the weight centered over the rear axle...... it was loaded with 250 pounds LESS (weighed on certified scales) than the payload rating and it had almost de-arched the springs as the truck was sitting on the bumpstops in the rear. the manufacture's rep come down to look at it and his responce was take the payload rating, subtract the weight of the bed and a tank of fuel and that is the accual payload rating...... true or false guys?


EDIT - sorry for the highjack.....

I think --- key word being "Think" that that would be FALSE. The payload rating of any light duty pick-up and all 3500 as well as the F-450 Ford now being produced as a complete truck by FORD, are light duty trucks. These gain there "Payload" from there GVWR. As an example my 2001 HO 6 Speed Cummins Dodege had a GVWR of 11,000 lbs, the truck itself weiged on the scales with full fuel 7,700 lbs this gave me a useful payload of 3,300 lbs, in the Dodge. Ford advertises there new factory built F450 as having a 16,000 lb GVWR that is the way they come up with a payload of 6,120 lbs on 2X4 and 5,820 in 4X4. I think there figures are probably right as my F450 weighed with full fuel 8,256 lbs, so its close. Trouble was there is no way in the world that, that Ford truck would haul any where near that load.

Gunny

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instead of droppin a 6.0 in it drop a 5.9 cummins it and watch it sing to ya and get great mpg:wack:

i was thinkin about dropin in a 5.9 in her but i kinda like to keep her all ford