Well I'm starting a new job out at the airport. The place I'm working for has a 2003 or so ford powerstroke. Not sure on what engine it is yet 6.0 or 7.3. We took it across the field to get my badge. Anyhow after the waiting for the glow plugs or what every they use it came to life. Seemed to take more cranking than my truck. Sounded like 8 airhammers were under the hood hammering away. The turbo on that thing was noisey as could be. I couldn't help but grin thinking about that turbo spooling down like a jet engine after something breaks. My last job had the same truck but it was a gasser. I really liked the truck and ride but that powerstroke just doesn't seem right. The Cummins seems like such a better engine. I'll get to drive it soon enough so I will see what she can do. I just need to try out a D-max now.

 

I test drove a 2005 6.0 Stroker a year ago. Me and my wife were considering trading our truck in on a new one. Well, me and the wife like to consider all options. I drove a new Cheby and the Ford. I actually liked the Ford. It is a little bigger inside and drove pretty nice. Didnt like the cardboard box they call a dash though. However, I asked the salesman where the oil filter was. He couldnt find it, granted I was looking right at it when I asked him. Well, after seeing that I couldnt see the ground and the engine sat halfway under the dash, I remembered how nice and easy my Cummins is to work on.

We left, and decided if we ever trade, it would be on a new Dodge. Whoopee! Im waiting on the 6.7!

 

The co-op I work for has a whole fleet of F550s . And I was in a foreman's truck which consist of a cab and a short 8ft flat bed and I took off it seemed like for ever until I got to 55. Nothing like my cummins. But one thing I have to brag about is the trans. We have some 550s with 2 ton buckets on them and about 270k+ miles on the orgianl auto trans the one I drove had 272k and shifted smoothe. But it just aint the same as the rattle of a cummins.

 

Pay attention to the position of the drivers seat. The ones that I have drive seem like the drivers seat is too far to the right and the stearing wheel too far to the left or something to that effect any ways they just don't sit well to me

may be I am off center or something

that would make me eccentric right?
no I am with out goobs of money so I am just weird

 

Umm

correct me if im wrong here, an 05 7.3? Id be willing to bet it was a 6.0 unless it was custom converted OR an imported truck...

Rick

 

The fords are louder b/c of the variable vane turbo in them

 

You know I was thinking the same thing after reading that post!!

 

Moparmarv,
I knowwhat you mean by when it seem like it take alot more to start the PSD. My friend has a 04 6.0 and it seems like it takes forever to crank over, even when it was new it was like that.

 

It's likely a 6.0h-no, as the high-pitched turbo wine is the Varible Geometery Turbo. The 8-air-hammers, as you refer to them are the infamous G2 injectors with thier noisy upper-end selionoids. I like the air-hammer description.

 

I had 3 Fords (99,03,03) all PWRSTRKs, liked them very much. I went to the dodge when my newst 03 spent a month in the shop during my busy season.The last 03 was with Edge juice/att. It ran great, when it ran. Actually I didnt have many problems until 60,000, traded it at 63,000 the day it came out of the shop.

 

here's how i see it...if both trucks are automatics then a well running 6.0 will feel like a rocket compared to a cummins...manual vs manual..the cummins feels like a semi while the PS feels like a gasser that needs constant fuel pedal to not stall...performance auto and the cummins takes the PS auto

older 7.3 auto versus cummins auto and they feel the same...i really think that older auto they had behind the 7.3 was worse than the 47RH or RE..i remember driving a 99 f350 auto and that thing would rev to 2900rpms before moving with a load and it would take a good 5 seconds for the TC to catch up in each gear...very sad

 

The '04 6.0 Powerstroke at work is a daily laugh. Try it again, maybe it will start this time. Where's all the smoke come from?" Cold idle is "RUTT-RUTT-RUTT-RUTT"

 

My dad is a lineman for an electric company and his work truck is a F550 6.0 FlowerStroke. If its below 50 he HAS to plug it in, and even then it sounds like its bout to explode until it gets warmed up. It runs decent once it gets warmed up, but from a dead stop it seems like it takes for ever to get the turbo to spool.

 

You know what, youre right, it was a 6.0.

I did drive a 7.3 truck though. Oh well, I still didnt like em!

 

Man that made me spill my soda all over the keyboard..