C-Leigh Racing wrote:
427435 wrote:
Relative to the Ford V10's, I would love to have the newer 3 valve V10 and the 5 speed tranny. The real question is how much is it worth. I would probably pay $2000-$3000 for someone to install the extra power and gear into my MH, but that's about it. I get along just fine with the 310 hp and 4 speed tranny
Of course a newer MH is worth than an older MH, so figure accordingly.
So you like the 310 HP & 4 speed Mark ?.
I'm tickled with our 99 275 HP & 4 speed, so can only dream what your 310 or those with the 362 HP engines are like.
Course though, after my years of running up & down the east coast with 238 Detroits bellering in my ears, an old inline 250 6 cylinder Chevy gas would probably be ok with me. Our 275 HP does do good though, I've no complaints.
Neil
We put over 100,000 miles on our 2001 Winnebago Adventurer with the Ford V10, towing either our Buick on a dolly or our Jeep Wrangler. It never gave us any problems in that 12 year time span. It went from Alaska to Florida and Nova Scotia to Oregon and everywhere in between without letting us down once. It never lacked for power except the one time I forgot to change the fuel filter. Other than that it ran fine. The new owner plans to put on another 100,000 miles before retiring it.
We now have a 2013 Adventurer with the 362 hp V10 and 5 speed transmission. It's a little quicker up the hills and rides a little softer (22.5" wheels and tires), but the old one did a great job for a lot of miles. It wouldn't have made any difference to us if the new motorhome had the same engine and transmission as the previous one.
