timmac wrote:
myredracer wrote:
I love our 6.8L V10 F250. If we ever had to replace it, I'd be looking at an older truck with a V10 in it. Use it primarily for towing and gets little use over the winter.
We have 4.10 gears and it will out-tow just about any other pickup on steep hills. From BC to CA, over to NV and back via UT and ID, got on avg. 8-9 mpg and IIRC, as low as 6 something on a long steep uphill leg and 11 something on a long downhill leg. As high as 6600' elev. so far as well as some steep grades and no lack of power towing a 7K lb TT. MPG really sux on short local trips.
They oughta come out with an eco-boost V10. Make V10s great again. :)
I would like to put a supercharger on my V-10 motorhome.
It's possible if you don't mind spending a lot of money.
Whipple made one for the Triton V-10 in the 1990s. It was a positive displacement blower (as used for scavenging 2-cycle diesels). It needed a lot of room under the hood, so I don't know about fit into motorhome chassis. The positive displacement blower is very noisy.
Vortech and Paxton once made kits for centrifugal superchargers for the V-10. These were an even more difficult fit than the Whipple, and the boost profiles were more suitable for drag racing than boosting low RPM torque. Turbochargers have also been installed on the V-10 in F-series and Excursion applications (not to mention V-10s that have gotten stuffed into Mustangs).
