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Originally Posted by Pappy19
A V-10 with 4.30's will pull with a 6.4 and 3.73 all day. Truck Trend did a diesel vs gasser test and they claimed that the V-10 with 4.30 rear was very close to the diesel specs except for the 18 degree hill test which you ain't never going to see in real life.
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And a V-10 w/ 4.30 rear will get worse economy than a PSD, AND not do as well holding hills in anything over 5% grade, and altitude over 5k' - it just ain't gonna happen with a normally aspriated gas engine. They'll tow the load, but they'll be in the far right lane doing 30 in 2nd gear and the tach at 6k rpm.
The V-10 is a good engine, and a strong truck. It just isn't designed for altitude. BTW, my 99 V-10 F-250 got 12 - period in town, out on the highway, didn't matter.
My 6.0 gets 17 - 18 in the same conditions.
OMC
