Diesel to Gas? Yes/No???
Here’s the situation. I have a 2006 Dodge 2500 4x4, with 5.9 diesel, 193,000 miles. Love the truck, but just not comfortable trusting it on long tours. I recently retired in Feb and just completed a t...
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Rbertalotto wrote:
My good friend has an F150 with 3.5. Amazing truck but the added complexity of a turbo and being a small V6 what is expected longevity. This will be the last truck I buy in my lifetime.
If you are towing 20k miles per year at the 10klb limit...I would be concerned about longevity.
If you are mostly just driving around with 2-3k miles per year towing at 6k lb. I would be far less worried. The vast majority of the time, the engine is operating at or close to naturally aspirated mode.
The one big advantage of the ecoboost is if you get up in the mountains, the turbo means you don't lose HP with altitude (similar to most diesels). At 8,000ft, a NA V8 might be down by around 20-25% in HP due to thin air.
