Touched a nerve,didn't I? Jealousy is never pretty.
@sneakypete Naw... I have flipped a few 90's and 00's... Like I said upthread. The reason I don't have one is because they're junk. I have been trying to upgrade for years. Can't find anything worth having. Like I said, just throwing a plow on it is useless. and taking it up in the sticks, same thing - I will wreck that IFS in 6 months. I know, because I have done it before.
I have to be in the 3500's before I can get a straight axle,
and for that alone, without a straight axle conversion, I want NOTHING to do with em.
Jealous? Not in the least. Like I said, you can keep the damn thing.
You are delusional. 400k MINIMUM before it even needs rings and a valve grind,and I am going to get more because I use synthetic oils and don't "dog" mine.
Yeah,everybody knows Allison transmissions are junk,right?
Yeah... My boy been through two Allisons... In two years... They ain't all that. Better than anything else you can get these days, but that ain't saying much. I want a stick.
And as a point of order, I SAID the motor would go longer, but that the tranny and the wiring wouldn't
And wiring is a massive big deal. Them gremlins start showing up, send it down the road, because there is more wire in that dang thing than a space shuttle.
With trucks it's all about torque.
Nah. A myth. TRUE as far as it goes... But it don't go that far. For the very few times that would be a question, I can just slip on down to low range, and if that ain't enough (which it always will be) I can put the doubler in low and pull your dang truck right in two. With a 400 hp tree-fitty and lockers.
And in the mean time, I get the nimbleness and top end of a small block for normal driving.
Diesel's fine and all for what it is, but there is more than one way to skin a cat. Torque is easy. Traction is what counts... At least when you are on a track out in the bush somewhere.