FiverBob

Interesting article at the site below about the new 6.0 Ford and its new 5 speed. Might want to browse it.<br><br>http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/2003...ive/page1.html<br><br>FiverBob

UTAH

Good article - looks like the 6.0 PSD and the new trans are a winner. ;D <br><br>Best to y'all<br>Bill

KC

I would still give them a year to work out all of the bugs!<br><br>KC

97CTD

Dodge needs a good auto to compete they should have put it up against the 6spd HO!!

Palmetto_kid

as far as automatic trannys go, dodge is getting left in the dust. man, how dumb are they?

97CTD

I know they need a good 5 speed auto! I know they could make one or hell if not they could at least buy one! The sad thing is people will read that article and assume that it is true for all dodges and make dodge look bad when in reality it is just true for the stock autos!! the manuals are another story!

phox_mulder

Maybe the new 48RE will be up to snuff.<br>Maybe thats the reason for the delay, working out some bugs.<br>Time will tell.<br><br>phox

Superduty12v

The new Ford 5-speed auto is supposed to be one hell of an automatic. 6 years in the making... I think they've got all the bugs worked out, KC. I would be pretty interested and at least feeling how this new tranny acts. I had the 4R100 in my F-350 and I thought it was a pretty **** good auto.

BigBlue

yeah. Put it up against the HO and see how it does. I don't think the Ferd will be on top anymore. And even if it does still win, I'd still take a Dodge. Just one with a six speed. Why don't they compare manual to manual? All come with 6-speeds.

Monty

[quote author=BigBlue link=board=8;threadid=5649;start=0#50292 date=1034178961]<br> Why don't they compare manual to manual? All come with 6-speeds.<br>[/quote]<br><br>Because the auto maker that put up the most money for the column, (Ford) would have lost.

KC

[quote author=Superduty12v link=board=8;threadid=5649;start=0#49930 date=1034104064]
The new Ford 5-speed auto is supposed to be one hell of an automatic. 6 years in the making... I think they've got all the bugs worked out, KC. I would be pretty interested and at least feeling how this new tranny acts. I had the 4R100 in my F-350 and I thought it was a pretty **** good auto.
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I would still wait, Allison has been make trans for years but Chevy is still have problems with them! Ford has not mass produced them yet. I have owned a ford and its a great truck but after 20 new cars/trucks over the years I have had my problems with first year models!

KC

slimchase

Well the ford would have still probably came out on top since it has the most power out of the three, but I was still dissapointed in the test. Dodge needs to really get there stuff together with the auto. Just about all of the doges my friends have are 5 or 6 speeders. All the PSD's are auto's and durajaps are auto's.I actually wanted the 6 speed ford but was unable to find one in the config I wanted. BTW saw a 6 speed durajap today at the dealer, only me second to ever see. I was parked beside it and this thing looked like a toy.(CC 4X4 shorty) And commenting on the new year thing my 95 PSD had alot of motor problems from day one even though the DITD model of the 7.3 had been out since the 94.5 model.<br>I am very happy with my new truck now that I have it,(I was a die hard ford guy) but after looking at the bottom end of a PSD and a cummins my mind was made.<br>Chase

Dieseldude4x4

Did you really expect anything else from a ford sponsered test? Get real..........

admin

[quote author=slimchase link=board=8;threadid=5649;start=0#50700 date=1034218839]<br>Well the ford would have still probably came out on top since it has the most power out of the three, but I was still dissapointed in the test. Dodge needs to really get there stuff together with the auto. [/quote]<br><br>I agree, and the crew cab of course. I was amazed to find that they hadn't built a real crew cab for the new model year.

PourinDiesel

I would take the Cummins 03 anyday of the week over that complicated piece of junk that ford calls there &quot;new&quot; Powerstroke, hell the old one was a junkpile too!! (experiences helping friends trying to fix them!)<br><br>--Justin