hondadream50

Hey guys I don't no if this sounds stupid but I was thininking about buying a duramax truck.. I was intrested in a single cab with 3.73 gears with a allison trans.. I noticed that the truck weighes around 5200 pounds.. I also noticed that for around $290 I can upgrade the Hp over 400hp.. Will that keep up with my 2002 Z28 ? thanks


steve

camarossdn

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Theres a guy here in houston that owns one of those Ford powerstrokes and that truck is one bad mother@#$!@. It has upgraded turbo and chip with a 4x4. You should see that monster launch in the street. I seen that truck kill stock z28 by 3 car lengths off the line. The only problem with the truck is that it runs out of gear by the 1/8 mile so expect the z28 to go by around 90mph. He also dynoed in at 833 rwtq.

01SSM6

find Febuary 2004 Chevy Hi pperf...theres a Duramax in there that ran 12.3 860ftlb and 325hp at the wheels

Zo6Killer

Yeah, but the Z28 wins hands down on towing boats.

BrandoGT

I have seen that guy in that Powerstroke and actually he raced on of my friends in his 35th Anniversary SS one night at F&H's. He is always looking for someone to race him. I swear that truck sounds like a Jet when he spools that turbo up. Just like he said it launches really hard and runs out of steam by the 1/8 mile. Its an awesome truck though.

Brando

git_sum

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Theres a 2001 dodge cummings that races people where i live, supposedly pretty fast. Its an auto with somewhere around 600hp i believe and only god knows how much torque. I've been aiming to race him, and if i do i'll post.

Ravenous T\A

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Well i work for a GM dealership, if u get a Duramax get a 5spd, the truck from what I have learned with the Allison tranny does not do well with upgrades, GM will not warranty any Duramax with upgrades such as a chip and things of that nature, we have had alot of pissed off folks cause they did the chip and there tranny jacks up, if U get one get a 5spd, I think the Allison runs on a seperate computer but im not sure, I just have read the service bulletins.

Turnin'LT4

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IF you do get one you can upgrade all of the engine stuff. You can also upgrade the Allison tranny. You can either take it to Bully Dog or send it to them. They will upgrade the converter b/c they have problems with them breaking the bolts that hold the converter to the flywheel. But the Duramax's will haul ***. My dad has one and it is a beast.

ta12sec

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Ive said it before and ILL say it again, If your gonna buy a diesel............buy the ford.

BigBronco

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Thank you TA, but i will hand it to cummins, they also can build a diesel. we have a few guys here in houston at Houston Performance Diesel cranking out over 1200 PLUS rwtq and 600+ rwhp. so diesels are very bad *** performers!

Bowtiered

ford is only the best diesel STOCK. duramaxes have more potential and respond better to upgrades in my opinion. a chip and exhaust does so much for a 6.6 you wouldn't believe it. my opinion. 6.0s and 7.3s have injectors problems. if you get a duramax go ahead and get the 5 speed and get new head gaskets, before you mod anything. also the only reason i'd get a ford is because they are SFA, which is only really bad if you want to lift them. IFS supposedly also wears out badly, but i haven't heard of any issues of it. if you won't want to lift it more than 5", get the chevy.