Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Bradley,
I asked a similiar question last year. I was looking at a 97 7.3 and a 98 6.5. I got very little positive about the 6.5. I drove both vehicles multiple times and choose the 98 6.5. Their were other issues with the Ford, but it obviously had more power and did have the turbo where the one you are looking at does not.
I had a distant cousin that had a 6.5 and put lots of trouble free miles on it. The 98 I bought does have the additional cooling capacity. So far it has performed great. The longest trip so far has been to Pigeon Forge, TN. As with all of the older diesels, it will not run with the new Fords, GMs or Dodges. I knew that before I bought it. It does however outperform my previous gas chevy, and it was no slouch.
I bought the truck knowing a lot of its history. That helped a lot. My research revealed that the Detroit that GM used either was good or bad, not much in between.
I asked a similiar question last year. I was looking at a 97 7.3 and a 98 6.5. I got very little positive about the 6.5. I drove both vehicles multiple times and choose the 98 6.5. Their were other issues with the Ford, but it obviously had more power and did have the turbo where the one you are looking at does not.
I had a distant cousin that had a 6.5 and put lots of trouble free miles on it. The 98 I bought does have the additional cooling capacity. So far it has performed great. The longest trip so far has been to Pigeon Forge, TN. As with all of the older diesels, it will not run with the new Fords, GMs or Dodges. I knew that before I bought it. It does however outperform my previous gas chevy, and it was no slouch.
I bought the truck knowing a lot of its history. That helped a lot. My research revealed that the Detroit that GM used either was good or bad, not much in between.
