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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carl2591 wrote:
I went with a 2003 F-250 7.3L diesel we will use full timing in 4-7 yrs from now and off and on till then. the truck is basically stock and with 168k miles i need to do a couple five to 10 things to get it ready for the road.
while many may say that is a bit old, but i feel the older units are better in some way than the new stuff. The 7.3L engine is used in many application from dump trucks to school buses so the technology is proven and replacement part readily available most all over the county.
you get rid of the DEF and regen stuff and the EGR components some of the new stuff has.
The new ford 6.7L are going to need 5 or so years to get all the issues worked out but by then they will change the motor and you have to start over on the issue front.
Other than the interior the engine, trans, rear-end can be completely changed out with new or rebuilt, plus the interior can be redone as well.
as the diesels make more headway in the states more and more will be available at better pricing.. the diesel premium at 5-8K is a bit much and will be less and less in time.
The 7.3 is a great engine. I have had three of them myself and I have one in the lot right now that I use for a back-up fleet truck that has just shy of 300,000 miles on it and it runs great.
The 6.0 is a great engine too. It just came out in the pick-up market at a bad time.
