What we have here is a boondogle. The whole reason for going to the 6.4 was to meet emisions standards. This is done in one of two ways. Actualy build an engine that burns the fuel the way it needs to, or find an existing one and turn the pump down until it will meet them. Unfortunately for us they chose to up the size and turn down the fuel, and over charge the intake. No truck needs 2 turbos off the assembly line. It is really not quite that simple, but that is the gist of it. It all boils down to no millage. There is plenty of blame to go around on everyones part. Ours for trying to make a work truck into a country club status symbol. Trucks are not lincolns or cadilacs. The oil company for trying to keep the satus quoe, and not going to bio years ago. Ford for forgeting that the whole reason why we bought F Series trucks is because we expected them to last for 10 to 20 years at a minimum. I am not new to diesel my family bought the first one in 1987. It was a 6.9L Strait F250. It pulled like a tank, it would pull a fully loaded 36' cattle trailer at 70 with out checking, It wasen't designed for racing mustangs. Was rung once at 225K because my brother poped a gasket wraping the pipes. Since, my dad, brother, or I have owned atleast one of every type until the 6.0. We have flat wore out one of each. We all forgot that a diesel wasen't ment go 0 to 60 in 8 seconds or less. They were ment to work/pull/run ,all day long, 365 days a year, and be fuel eficent doing it. It is time for all the people who really dont need these trucks to stop buying them. They make them too expensive for those of us who realy need them to afford. At todays prices i will drive my 97 till the frame breaks then rebuild it before i will pay 45 to 55 Thousand dollars for a new one. But that is my rant. Thanks for reading.
TxTophand