toe to toe with a cummins!

[pennsylvaniabo]

haha sounds like my old man, I'm 24 what about you?

23 here, and my dad is just warming up to deisels after i cank yank heavier loads on the same trip and get double the mpg that his 454 gets.....with none of the ifs issues etc.

 

[ocnorb]

How do you like that liberty CRD?

Its great for highway driving and towing up to 5K. We got it for a great deal knowing it needed trans work, so it got a new pump and billet torque converter rated to 450 ft/lbs right off the bat. (As with most chrylser products the transmission is the weak point.)

Have had no issues with it. I run a Green Diesel Engineering program that gives me 4-5 mpg increase over stock (25 MPG avg) and pulls 364 ft/lbs torque. Its a cool little tractor. They are very heavy, though. 1000 lbs heavier than a Jeap Cherokee! So around town it gets only about 19 mpg, on the freeway we have seen 34 mpg...

If one of the US car makers could build a small suv with a similar motor and a 6 speed manual transmission I bet they would get 30+ mpg and outsell everything else. Its real fun to drive- the boost hits 20 psi at 2000 rpm!!

 

[Midwest_Mudder]

My dad hates the sound, the smell, and the rattle. I mean his V10 pulls just fine, but the 11mpg TOPS he gets is a lil ridiculous. for as little as he drives the truck you'da thought he woulda grabbed a diesel. he's got an 01 with 60k miles on it. bought it new. all the miles are long range road trips typically with a 38ft camper in tow.

 

[FordGuy100]

Its great for highway driving and towing up to 5K. We got it for a great deal knowing it needed trans work, so it got a new pump and billet torque converter rated to 450 ft/lbs right off the bat. (As with most chrylser products the transmission is the weak point.)

Have had no issues with it. I run a Green Diesel Engineering program that gives me 4-5 mpg increase over stock (25 MPG avg) and pulls 364 ft/lbs torque. Its a cool little tractor. They are very heavy, though. 1000 lbs heavier than a Jeap Cherokee! So around town it gets only about 19 mpg, on the freeway we have seen 34 mpg...

If one of the US car makers could build a small suv with a similar motor and a 6 speed manual transmission I bet they would get 30+ mpg and outsell everything else. Its real fun to drive- the boost hits 20 psi at 2000 rpm!!

Good to hear. The wife gas been looking at them

 

[blown84]

Running the govenor is fine. 3rd gear at 3300rpms is roughly 62mph, and pulling grades at that gear and speed with 6k was a breeze (grades that come off corners at the bottom so you start out at 55mph or so and can't get a run at it). 4th gear is 2000rpms at 60 and although it would hold it, my water temps and EGTS were lower when running 3rd.

60 mph in 3rd?? i know my speedo reads a little under what im actually doin cause of my tires, but i can only pull 50 mph in third goin down hill...

My dad tells me I rev it up too much too. When I tell him its good for the engine, he tells me I'm young and my brain isn't fully developed yet.

haha sounds like my old man, I'm 24 what about you?

lmao! after my dad drank a couple beers, and i explained the reputation the idis have, he was like "keep talkin like that, and im give you your money, and take the title back."

by the way, (and i know im gonna loose some respect from some members ) ill turn 21 in december.

my dad HATES diesels. yet, what do you imagine had to pull his dodge V10 home after he buried it in the mud/water and fried the fuel pump? yup, a diesel haha

WHY??? diesel power moves the world.

 

[blown84]

My dad hates the sound, the smell, and the rattle. I mean his V10 pulls just fine, but the 11mpg TOPS he gets is a lil ridiculous. for as little as he drives the truck you'da thought he woulda grabbed a diesel. he's got an 01 with 60k miles on it. bought it new. all the miles are long range road trips typically with a 38ft camper in tow.

diesels will pull circles around gassers, and get double the mileage while doin it...

 

[Optikalillushun]

Where my dad works they have an 87 F-250 set up for a broom attatchment on the front and a plow. (he works road construction) and while that truck has been retired from on-road duty they still keep it. He told me about it before and how much he liked it (6.9, C6) and said it was bullet proof. When i got mine he said he'll give me what i paid and drive the snot out of it.

Cant get much better (as kyle said) then a mechanical diesel with a hand shaker on tons!

 

[Goofyexponent]

This is where I would like to interject the '99 24V truck dad drives and my 1993 N/A 7.3 truck I have.....I have wiped it's ass more than once and we BOTH knew we were racing. I even cleaned up a 1996 6.5, but I don't think that is something to brag about....

 

[oldblue05]

60 mph in 3rd?? i know my speedo reads a little under what im actually doin cause of my tires, but i can only pull 50 mph in third goin down hill...

lmao! after my dad drank a couple beers, and i explained the reputation the idis have, he was like "keep talkin like that, and im give you your money, and take the title back."

by the way, (and i know im gonna loose some respect from some members ) ill turn 21 in december.

WHY??? diesel power moves the world.

My truck will tag 55 and the speedo is spot on, I'm surprised I thought I was prob the youngest on here

edit: I think alienturtle and 94iditurbo7.3 are as well

 

[FordGuy100]

There are a couple 15-16 year olds on here....

Yes, 3300rpms with my tires in 3rd is roughly 60-62mph.

ZF's probably have a different 3rd gear ratio than the T-19. If 50mph is all you can do in 3rd, you have 4.10's.

 

[MidnightBlade]

My truck will tag 55 and the speedo is spot on, I'm surprised I thought I was prob the youngest on here

edit: I think alienturtle and 94iditurbo7.3 are as well

Turnin' 17 in Nov.

 

['94IDITurbo7.3]

19 for me next march.

I think chris(IDIdirver) is 16.

 

[hawaiian808]

65? I swear I can do 70 in my truck lol the speed limit is 65, I have a t19 with I Belive 4:10 and 36" tires, 4th is useless until 30-40

 

[Ol' Smoky]

mine'll do about eight (the speedo is regestering about 1/10 of actuall speed)

 

[91dirtydiesel]

haha sounds like my old man, I'm 24 what about you?

mine says the opposite...he thinks its "cool" when i rev it hahaha. i just turned 20.