Are the HP wars over?
So I haven't been keeping up on the HP wars for years. So I had a little time today and was checking out the 2022 HP wars of the big 3 and was shocked at what I saw. Ford not only was on top but d...
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IdaD wrote:StirCrazy wrote:IdaD wrote:
Personally I think I'd buy a Duramax if I were buying a new 2022 and I'd give it the edge over the Cummins due to the transmission. PS would be third place. That said I'm happy with my 2015 and intend to keep it many more years.
if you buying for the transmition you better rethink it. the torqushift trans in the ford was spicificly built to out preform the allison in every area and it has. in the tech articles it is the best trans of the three, dodge having the worst. the best thing about the duramax is out of the box fuel mileage for me, for the dodge while its numbers are up there it isn't revy and feels anemic driving around town to the other two. I ended up buying the ford because it was the best truck for the price I could find (used trucks) and have been very happy with it.
Steve
The 68RFE is my trucks weak point, I won't argue that. The Ford and GM transmissions are both better, I don't know enough about either to say which is the best between the two. The Powerstroke is a POS with that CP4, though, so that's a hard pass for me. I would agree also that the Cummins feels the least responsive poking around town but strap on a bunch of weight and get on the highway and it more than holds its own. Also has by far the best exhaust brake of the three which is huge.
the same CP4 dodge uses, althought I just hear they are going back to a different one. we were talking about the CP4 rhumors at work the other day, I know 20 people who have the cp4 in there powerstrokes, and between them propbably hundreds of owners twice removed. no one has ever heard of anyone having an issue with it, only read the odd report on the internet... I have 200K on mine and I am one of the lower milage ones, so I don't know I almost suspect there were a couple of failures and they made a lot of noise. but if your worried about it they make a kit that suposidly takes care of any issues that could come from the failure. but ya I don't know , I supose it is a problem but I don't think its as big as the internet makes it seam. like everything else the 999999 truck owners who have never had an issue don't say anything but the 5 people who have had a issue post 30000 times about it.... just human nature...
as for the trans, when ford mad the torqushift they spicificly made it to beat the allison in every catagory and they suceeded.
