Chevy 4cyl Turbo
Chevy 4cyl turbo. I hesitated to post this here because of the 1/2 ton is worthless 6700 lbs ain't nothing crowd here but for some people this may be all you need. I bet this thing pulls better ...
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patperry2766 wrote:
I had a 2.7 Crew 4x4 loaner when my truck with a 5.0 was in for service one time. I was really suprised at the performance that the engine could muster. I had to pop the hood to see which engine was in the truck. I thought maybe a 5.0 or the 3.5. I felt it compared almost head up with the 5.0.
If I was needing to replace my current truck and didn't plan on needing more capacity in the future, I'd look long and hard at the 2.7.
However, I'd probably still end up going with the 5.0. The reason for me is that the 3.5 & 2.7 have an internal water pump housed behind the timing chain cover. If the water pump ever starts leaking, all the fluids will go into the oilpan leading to a potentially destroyed engine. Just like the 3.0 diesel that has a timing belt instead of a timing chain that has a 100K mile replacement, it's just something that I wouldn't want to take that risk.
To others, it might not be that big of a deal to them.
I just had to replace the water pump on an 08 Duramax 160K on it. First significant repair of its life, but I found there was a weep hole in the pump that if the seal failed it would leak out instead of into the internals. Are you sure that Ford doesnt do that as well, I had no idea it was there on the Dmax either until the problem developed and it was explained to me.
