DP vs Gas on Pulling
Help me understand something. If a DP has 300hp and a 6 speed transmission will it out pull a Gas A with 362hp and a 5 speed tranny if both were pulling the same amount of weight? I asked this bec...
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Sez Hoo! wrote:
One other thing to remember. After 100k miles in a gasser you do not have much life left in the engine and tranny.
It's not 1990 anymore.
I would expect no less than 350,000 miles of hard, commercial use with the V10, and not have any engine or transmission issues. I know of Repo trucks and airport shuttles with well over 500,000, and some vans have gone over a million miles.
I'm at 370,000 HARD miles on mine. The majority of those are towing miles, typical weight is 22,000 combined and sometimes up to 25,000 combined. Other than a radiator and a few starter relays, the powertrain has not needed repairs.
