Gas or Diesel
My Son is looking to get a 2015 Ford F-350 CC SB. He's trying to decide between the 6.2 gas or pay extra for the 6.7 diesel. He currently has a 6.0 diesel so he knows how the diesel pulls. ...
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Sport45 wrote:
I think most diesel owners are more in love with the turbocharger than the fuel. They just don't realize it.
A NA diesel is a wheezing pig on mountain passes, same as gas. My late father in law pulled his TT with a 6.2l diesel Suburban and I can tell you from experience it was no powerhouse. The gas engines of the day would easily outrun it. They couldn't touch it for fuel mileage though. And diesel was much cheaper than gas back in the day.
Good statement! I've been thinking this very same thing since I started towing with my turbo'd Ford Ecoboost. Which, surprise, tows a lot like my turbodiesel did! It has less torque than my Duramax, obviously, but I love where the torque comes in, and how level the curve is. Just like my diesel! I love that I can tow a 7% grade at 65 mph in 4th gear at 2500 rpms with the Ecoboost (the Duramax did it in 5th gear at 2k rpms), as opposed to 2nd gear and 5k rpms struggling to keep above 50 mph. Of course, I don't have to deal with the power drop off caused by the altitude, either, as said pass tops out at about 8k ft. I think I just like turbos!
Those older NA diesels were something, and not necessarily in a good way! My grandpa's Ford 6.9 and a family friend's 6.2 Suburban, both of which I drove a bit in my teens, turned me off to diesels for years! Yeah, the mileage was good, but the lack of power was remarkable - the gas 350 in our family's Suburban felt more powerful than both by a long shot. It wasn't until I drove my grandpa's 5.9 Cummins (yep, a turbo!) until I 'saw the light,' so to speak.
