tatest wrote:
Go Dogs wrote:
One ton passenger van.
With the 6.0 gas engine, they are about $3000 cheaper, and have much lower mileage, but you will have the same issues with the 6.0 in a van as you do in the SUV, it is necessary to run at high RPM to make the power you want to fly through the mountains.
Why is running at a high RPM an "issue"? That is what the gen IV GM 6.0 is designed for and there are a multitude of reasons why GM still considers it their heavy duty gas engine, as opposed to the gen V Ecotec 6.2. Mainly the bottom end and cast iron block. No direct injection, no cylinder deactivation, an engine not buried under 150lbs of emissions and other garbage that you can still see when you pop up the hood, and get to all the major components easily.
You can wind the 6.0 up into 5K+ RPM territory as much as you want to, for as long as you want to, and it will still be running strong past 200K miles.
Pull off the OEM muffler that's the size of a 35 gallon oil drum, and replace with a couple of flowmasters. The 6.0 sounds really sweet when flying through the mountains that way at 5K RPM.
