Things that I don't need on my truck

[94BULLITT]

Go to the track someday, the Ecoboost usually gets the jump with lower gearing but the HEMI horsepower runs it down by the end of the 1320.
HP wins every time!

The Ecoboost are busting high 12's with minimal modifications. I think the 5.0 is in that area also with similar mods.

 

[timswi]

The Ecoboost are busting high 12's with minimal modifications. I think the 5.0 is in that area also with similar mods.

Not sure why 1/4 mile times are all that important to a pickup owner, I want overall performance mostly pulling/hauling..The red-light to red-light aspect is nice but not necessary...If I wanted that I'd have bought a Camaro SS...They don't do well towing and hauling building materials though.

I have no idea what my GMC 6.2 would do in the 1/4...Not sure I'll find out unless I want to visit the tree again. It has been a while.

 

[94BULLITT]

Not sure why 1/4 mile times are all that important to a pickup owner, I want overall performance mostly pulling/hauling..The red-light to red-light aspect is nice but not necessary...If I wanted that I'd have bought a Camaro SS...They don't do well towing and hauling building materials though.

I have no idea what my GMC 6.2 would do in the 1/4...Not sure I'll find out unless I want to visit the tree again. It has been a while.

If the truck that heavy runs a good ET then it should have power to tow.

 

[Diamondpilot]

The reason the 5.0l is a good engine is because it DOESN'T need twin turbos to make power. Exactly why a well designed larger displacement direct injected N/A engine will be the next great engine. Not some twin turbo high tech money pit. Turbos and special cooling systems are "things I that don't need on my truck". The 6.2l is only 50HP/54lb.ft. more than the 5.0

GM may beat everyone to it with their new line of direct injected engines for 2014 too! The 6.2l d.i. will be a real monster.
http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Dec/1213_ecotec3-engines.html

Talk about me being stuck in the 90's. Turbos have come a long ways.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Got any numbers?
My turbo charged gas cars ran 1200-1600 degrees at the turbo inlet under full load running 93 octane and the diesel trucks only ran around 600-800 degrees. Diesel burns much cooler. Both slightly modified stock wasn't that different.
Again, gas and diesel engines are not nearly as comparable as most think...

Check your numbers.

I guess you will be onboard when Dodge, or Ram, or Fiat, whatever they are called catches up and builds a direct injection Hemi....

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

I was always a bare bones guy for simplicity's sake....I'm now hooked on all of the goodies starting with my 2 previous 90's era Silverado's and my last 2004 Sierra and the load of toys on my 2011 Sierra...I have no complaints (the adjustable pedals are kinda useless as I've never touched that button...The pedals are where God put them).

The stab contol actually isn't a bad thing..I was suspicious at first like everyone else but's it's grown on me now...Forunately only a few engagments...The engine braking, OEM brake controller are all welcome advancements..Auto 4wd setting is a beautiful thing if you go in and out of weather as I constantly do---Not AWD, didn't want that.

The motors get better and better, my current 6.2 is the best motor I've ever had...Including the 396 in my Chevelle...I loved my '77, '76, '79, & 70 Chevy/GMC pickups/K5 but I wouldn't want to drive them 60+ miles a day to work anymore and none of those could tow or haul like the 2011; including the '76 with a '69 Vette 350, or the '77 with a dyno'd/blueprinted 406 (they were screamers, but didn't have the all around utility that I have now).

Yeah, you pay dearly for it but I remember my dad buying the '76 new and he was complaining about the cost then...It was like 6 or 7 grand when a newly built 1800sqf house in our area was around 25K....If you think about it, the average house around here is about 170k the average truck---guessing 32k from my shopping...Not much has changed, just the numbers got bigger.

The adjustable pedals in both my Ford and Nissan are one of our favorite features. For the little lady especially being 5-4 she can keep the seats off the dash and have a little more wiggle room. It has memory buttons that you program and with one touch adjust the pedals, seat, mirrors, ect. Great features in my eyes.

I do not care for the auto 4x4. Had it in a Ford and a GMC and neither were to my liking. In both I hit a patch of ice and was correcting when it engaged and made my corrections over exaggerated due to the instant gain in traction. I prefer to just select 4x4 when needed.

Chris

 

[Dmace]

Check your numbers.

I guess you will be onboard when Dodge, or Ram, or Fiat, whatever they are called catches up and builds a direct injection Hemi....

Chris

Numbers are right (the diesel spiked to 1000F rarely) and we're not talking about during a regen where it dumps raw fuel in the exhaust either. As usual you Ford cheerleaders are not reading what I write only what you want to see. I like direct injection (spent $24k on one) but in simpler form and caution the extra expense in repairs. I will be onboard with whomever builds a good large displacement direct injection engine that does NOT need turbos and all the extra useless expensive technology just to do what simpler V8's are doing without it.
Right now it looks like GM will be first in line with that new line of N/A direct injected engines and I will certainly be in line to test them once they're out. Although with the HEMI design, a direct injected version of the 5.7l and 6.4l would rock.

As for the 4x4 shifter, I like having that large shifter on the floor so I tell the truck when I want 4WD. Too bad those are gone too...

 

[Fordman1981]

Check your numbers.

I guess you will be onboard when Dodge, or Ram, or Fiat, whatever they are called catches up and builds a direct injection Hemi....

Chris

Don't know about the gas turbo numbers but I can say the diesel numbers are correct at least for my 2010 and 2012 rams. Only time I go over 700 is in heavy pulling or regen.

 

[Fordman1981]

Numbers are right (the diesel spiked to 1000F rarely) and we're not talking about during a regen where it dumps raw fuel in the exhaust either. As usual you Ford cheerleaders are not reading what I write only what you want to see. I like direct injection (spent $24k on one) but in simpler form and caution the extra expense in repairs. I will be onboard with whomever builds a good large displacement direct injection engine that does NOT need turbos and all the extra useless expensive technology just to do what simpler V8's are doing without it.
Right now it looks like GM will be first in line with that new line of N/A direct injected engines and I will certainly be in line to test them once they're out. Although with the HEMI design, a direct injected version of the 5.7l and 6.4l would rock.

As for the 4x4 shifter, I like having that large shifter on the floor so I tell the truck when I want 4WD. Too bad those are gone too...

Dmace said
As for the 4x4 shifter, I like having that large shifter on the floor so I tell the truck when I want 4WD. Too bad those are gone too...[/QUOTE]

Those are not gone I have one in my 2012 ram. I will only have a floor shifter and a manual 6 speed as long as available.

 

[PILOON]

As I understood it, the highway big semi rigs actually read faults, order the parts and deliver to the next truck stop.
Maybe the next step is to have a robot effect the repair.*

*(might not be all that far off as today's mechanics don't want to get their hands dirty)