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    Posted: 31 Jul 2014 at 10:19pm
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Posts: 1042 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Aug 2014 at 6:48am
at the pilot, wouldn't phase the f150
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psikes-  I'm curious what year and engine is your F250?
I have a 96 F350 diesel with over 200,000 miles and it has been one of the best vehicles I've ever owned.
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200,000 miles.........just getting broken in!!
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Ours is a 2006 with the 6.0 engine. Since we have owned it we have kept it serviced properly, used it but not abused it and overall love the truck. I just do not trust it to pull our 23 footer any longer. We have lost 2 turbos, a turbo boot, three FICM modules, one wiring harness to/from the FICM and cam sensors. Other than that it is a great truck with only 105,000 miles on it.
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The 6.0 liter diesel is the red-headed stepchild of the Power Stroke series. Some people have great luck with them. Most do not.
The 7.3 was a great engine.....I've been working on a couple of wrecked '11 F450's. They run like a scalded dog! But you can NOT work on them easily.
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If I had known about the 6.0 I never would have bought it at the time.
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We just purchased our 177 a couple of weeks ago and plan on pulling it with our 2013 Pilot. We haven't been able to take it on the road yet but the trip home went better than expected. We had plenty of power even at highway speeds of 70 mph and a couple of small hills. MPG was not good at that speed but we wanted to check how the Pilot did as well as how the pod towed. We look forward to our first trip next weekend to see if the extra weight of the pod loaded makes any difference.
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Originally posted by Hairy Podders

The 6.0 liter diesel is the red-headed stepchild of the Power Stroke series. Some people have great luck with them. Most do not.
The 7.3 was a great engine.....


Ditto.   I don't get why Ford didn't just keep improving the 7.3,  4 valve heads etc..
I'll probably keep my 7.3 until either me or the truck dies...

Mine has a couple of mods- added an aftercooler (what a job that was), mild chip, and the exhaust downpipe replacement with a round one instead of the squashed factory one.   Also had the E4OD (re)built (before it died) by the well known BTS in Lead Hill AR.

To duplicate it with a new one?  $60k-  I don't think soTongue
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Posts: 18 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Aug 2014 at 12:34pm
Back to the Honda world. We just pulled our new 178 home with the 2014 Pilot Touring and it did a great job. Plenty of power to get up the short but steep hills and very well behaved with the E2 hitch. I think we have a winning combination here.
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