Big Three Comparison
05-08-2012, 11:35 AM
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Went to the Vintage Races with a friend this week who owns a Ford F250 6.0. He pulls about 10,000 #s combined enclosed trailer and TransAm race car. He is tired of the expense of owning a diesel and is planning on trading it in on an F150 eco-boost with an 11,300# tow rating.
I would have liked to see the load lowered to 11,300# and seen how the eco-boost compared to the big three with diesel power. (FYI currently have both Ford & Chev in my garage. Have owned Mopar in the past.)
I would have liked to see the load lowered to 11,300# and seen how the eco-boost compared to the big three with diesel power. (FYI currently have both Ford & Chev in my garage. Have owned Mopar in the past.)
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05-08-2012, 04:55 PM
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My cousin in Alabama and I were talking about this same subject recently and he has just about got me talked into one of these for towing.
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http://www.memphisequipment.com/file...M900Series.pdf
You know...at the end of the day this 6 x 6 would be a "Champ at the Ramp" and I wouldn't have to concern myself with overloading it.
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You know...at the end of the day this 6 x 6 would be a "Champ at the Ramp" and I wouldn't have to concern myself with overloading it.
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05-09-2012, 06:05 PM
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yeah is spartan was showing 20+ with no load and 16-17 with a 9500lb boat, we were shocked. Well he went back and hand jammed it and he gets about 16ish now and were guessing around 12-13 towing that boat. But from what I heard a lot of these tuners are full of it as far as their MPG. Either way his F450 got like 8-10mpg all the time dont matter what before Spartan. Thing runs like a raped ape now. Im a beleiver in the system beyond his turbos sound like a freight train and he cant keep boots on them. Damn truck also has a high pitched whine at idle now, that is the things people with tuners dont tell you. Im sure tuners are great specially on older models, problem is newer models are far more complicated to just hack off the DPF and tell the computer to no do a regen.
Friend has one modded too (450), all I know is that with the 4.88 gears truck flies and pulls with ease lol. And at least when stock was always in the 10-11 range whether loaded/unloaded like you mentioned which I always thought was odd lol.
05-10-2012, 01:59 AM
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Went to the Vintage Races with a friend this week who owns a Ford F250 6.0. He pulls about 10,000 #s combined enclosed trailer and TransAm race car. He is tired of the expense of owning a diesel and is planning on trading it in on an F150 eco-boost with an 11,300# tow rating.
I would have liked to see the load lowered to 11,300# and seen how the eco-boost compared to the big three with diesel power. (FYI currently have both Ford & Chev in my garage. Have owned Mopar in the past.)
I would have liked to see the load lowered to 11,300# and seen how the eco-boost compared to the big three with diesel power. (FYI currently have both Ford & Chev in my garage. Have owned Mopar in the past.)
