There's so much stupid, misinformation here it's not even funny.
People say "get a 6.0" yet say the Duramax is junk? Huh? Isn't that an oxymoron or something?
I don't care what anyone says, going from an OBS to any year Duramax, or any newer truck of any make is going to be an upgrade. I know more guys around town with Cummins and Powerstrokes but the guys that have Duramaxes love their trucks and they run very well.
My uncle has an 01 Chevy HD and while it's not a Duramax (6.0 vortec) it still has those same "weak" factory tie rod ends on it and with all the abuse he's put it through on jobsites guess what....still fine. It has logged well over 100,000 miles with just routine maintenance. It rides better than any truck I have owned. It is hard to pick a winner as there are so many variables when you're comparing vehicles. They each have their strong points. While I would definitely give the edge to Ford for having the truck, the motor hands down goes to the Duramax.
Get what you want.
And sign up for a Duramax forum and do a lot of research first. They'll tell you everything you want to know. They'll give you honest information about issues, like those "weak" tie rod ends, "weak" aluminum heads, the overheating thing that affected very few trucks, etc...You won't find much of that here.
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Originally Posted by 2005F250
Duramax is a great motor. My buddy beats his truck and it's still running strong. 50K miles of high power tunes and 5 or 6 sets of tires and still strong. My truck 63K miles and ABS sensors, few trannys, oil leaks, busted EGR, poor mileage.
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Took a while for someone to post something that is actually true and non biased.
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Originally Posted by mopar jake
aluminum heads steel block just asking for trouble stick with the stroke throw some injectors in it with head studs and run the hell out of it.
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Well, those aluminum heads work pretty well. Want to know what many future diesels will feature? Aluminum.
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Originally Posted by TYREBOYS_DEMAXIN
im kinda sick at the way you guys turn on one of your own...if a man makes a decision encourage him don't degrade him,you guys remind me of a pack of wolfs as soon as one gets wounded you guys finish him off..
now for the comparison between the Fords 7.3L and the Duramax,we have 2 OBS PSD's one with 400,000+miles and the other with 150,000 miles and both ofem need plugged in if you ever want to start them under 30* and our Duramax's will fire up everytime and never been plugged in..now our Duramaxs(3 ofem)range from 112,000-140,000 miles and never had any problems with them except for stuff caused by a guy learning how to tune with EFILive(i had to learn somehow)but even then nuthin serious,water pump gasket and a tranny upgrade since the stock Allison hates 500RWHP.
the 7.3L will get you there everytime but like my bro says even if they wanted to quit they ain't got enough power to blow up.
when it comes down to it put the DIESEL in your driveway that you want there.
PS,if you want lots of HP with little work the Duramax will smoke the PSD everytime thanks to the CR Injection System,and if you get a Duramax join us over at the DuramaxForum.com we can help you with the modds.
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That's the consensus here didn't you know? Ford only, nothing is better, nothing is close, the rest is all junk.
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Originally Posted by Strokin & Smokin
Your 96 is NOTHING like a chipped 6.0, i know a guy around town with a durajunk with the entire banks kit, and he runs 14.8s, which is not fast for a modded diesel. and chipped 6.0s are running 14.5s and lower.....
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14.8 with a full Banks kit? WOW! I'm surprised it's that fast. You're comparing apples to oranges, you know that right?
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Originally Posted by justafarmtruck
its funny how when ya post something on here when you need some help on something you might get a few post, but when you say D-max d*amn does it blow up son.
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What did you expect? It goes to show that very few of them respect the much proven Duramax. It's stupid, it would be like the Duramax guys not respecting the 7.3. Both motors are proven.
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Originally Posted by International-Harvester91
This is supposed to be a FORD forum where FORD people come together and discuss FORD issues. When all you chevy guys come in here and try to tell us how much better your truck is yeah its gonna piss us off, stop being childish go back to your chevy forum and talk crap over there, you really have no buisness over here, this site pertains nothing to you unless your stupid and have enough time in your lame lives to visit a site that has nothing to do with your truck.....
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Good post, if you're a deer.
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Originally Posted by STRKTHS73
who the hell talks S**T about p strokes on a powerstroke forum. my 02 7.3 powerstroke piss's all over my buddies durawhat with 4 inch mbrp exhaust edge juice with a smarty stack on it its got nut but i laugh my *** off everytime i tow it to the shop for new tranny.
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Check this out:
Mads Electronics - Smarty - CaTCHER - Dodge Tuning - Home
Do ya see Smarty for Duramax there? That gives your post zero credibility. With what you have done to your truck according to your signature, you would be darn lucky to keep with most stock Duramaxes.
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