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Groover
Explorer II
Oct 20, 2018

A new gas engine for GM heavy duty trucks is coming

A new 6.6L engine with 400hp and 450lbft of torque is coming for 3/4 ton through medium duty GM trucks. It will have all of the new fuel saving tech and seems to emphasize torque over horsepower. It...
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Groover
Explorer II
Oct 22, 2018
ACZL wrote:
GM had a darn good set up with their 8.1 gasser few years back. Too bad they did away w/ it. How many folks long for the days of Ford's 460, GM's 454 and want to say Dodge/Ram's 460 cu in engines?


I owned a 460, a Mopar 440 and a Ford V10. All good engines in their day but my two Ecoboost engines give 20 to 25% better mileage and much more power with much less maintenance. They might blow up today but so far I am not looking back at all.

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