blt2ski wrote:
SoCalDesertRider wrote:
I see that the 6.0 hp/tq specs are alot higher for the pickups than they were for our '05 E350 cargo van with 6.0/5spd auto.
i also believe like the t444e, the 6.0 was rev limited, HP etc lower than the Ford version(s). If you look at ALL of the Ford versions of the IHC motor, ALL were reved some 200-400 rpm higher to get a few more HP out of them etc. I personally would not be surprised that this is why the 6.0/6.4 motors were issues in the pickups as much as they were. My opinion of course. With a B50 life on all in the 400K range from a block standpoint, better than the IDI7.3 which was a 100K mile throw away gas motor equal.
Marty
The vans seemed to have less problems with the 6.0 in it's reduced tune than they did with the hopped up 6.0 tune in the pickups. The van output seems to resemble the International VT365 standard duty output tune.
It seems that International engines run and last just fine, when left as International designed them. Ford tried to keep up with the horsepower war and lost the reliability war..
