Thoughts on the Triton V10 Engine
Looking to purchase an F350. I see lots of these engines with fairly low miles. I have heard they are great engines, but get poor gas mileage. Would use to haul my camper and pull a small boat for ...
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garryk6 wrote:
I currently own two 2000 V-10's and a 2002 5.4V-8. The 5.4 combined with a 6spd manual and with everything loaded up at 10,800lbs and 3.73. It gets 13-15mpg traveling around Alaskan highways, byways and gravel roads. The V-10's vary. They are in two Excursions. One has factory 3.73 gears and stock 265x75x16 tires, one has 4.30 gears and 35x12.50x16.5 tires. both auto. The one with 4.30 gears has banks headers, exhaust, and a Whipple supercharger. On the highway they both get 13-15mpg. Around town the 3.73 gets 8-9 and the 4.30 gets 8-10. But seat of the pants, the 4.30 and Whipple V-10 beats my old 05 6.0 diesel, and my old 02 7.3 diesel hands down. I have owned all these trucks, and have enjoyed them all, but the diesel maintenance and living on an island with no diesel experts, and no highways turned me off the diesels...
Just my personal experience.
Garry
I have driven both the V10 and the 7.3 for years. What is the "Diesel Maintenance" on the 7.3? Don't get it? I change the oil once in a while and just drive it. It is one of the last non emission trouble free diesels you can get.The 7.3 is a MONSTER towing, especially low end and is MUCH better on fuel than the V10. With a few mods I run over 600 Torque on it and barely tap the skinny pedal to pull huge loads. The V10 is nice and quiet, but don't pass any gas pumps. IF the 7.3 needs work (if ever), very simple to work on. Just my experience currently owning both.
