My have things changed
Over 10 years ago when people posted their new truck HP figures people were coming back with posts like: "When is the HP madness going to stop." "This HP thing is out of of control, it's madness". "Wh...
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ShinerBock wrote:FishOnOne wrote:4x4ord wrote:
When we bought our last car I didnt even care enough to look under the hood to see if it had an engine let alone ask about hp. With the truck I want enough power to pull my 5ver 60 mph up a 8% grade. I think the 2020 Ford is finally there.
The Power Stroke has a good balance of power and fuel economy.
That is only two of the three things I look for in a truck. The other is reliability which exceeds the other two in my opinion especially since i can easily add power later. Other people might sacrifice reliability for more power in stock form, but that is there business.
Although I look for sustained power, not short burst power. Short burst power figures that can only be achieved when the engine temps are cold mean nothing to me.
So you buy a truck and have to spend more money to tune and delete which forces you to spend even more money to have the entire transmission rebuilt to handle that power. The cycle never ends until your bored with the truck or tired of dumping money into it. But that's your choice!
I'll just purchase a powerful stock truck and enjoy it for many miles and years like the one I currently have and not have to deal with the tuning and tinkering to optimize it's performance.
