My Eco vs Dmax towing the same load
10-03-2012, 11:44 AM
#21
Keepin' the lights on!
There Is NO replacement for a diesel. But IMO the ecoboost is as close as your ever going to get thanks to cafe and other reasons to a diesel 1/2 ton. When I first got my truck I was really pissed I didnt get a 6.2 liter as I hated (still do) how it sounds, and how much of a dog it is off the line empty and loaded. But It has really grown on me, especially after hooking up to loads I normally used a 2500HD duramax for, its not as good, but for a 1/2 ton im very impressed, and the day to day comfort is night and day from the duramax which rides like a garbage truck. Still sluggish from a light (same feel whether I push the peddle 10% or 100%) But get it above 10 mph and it takes off pretty well. I am very hard to impress, and I think the ecoboost is slow, but I also thought my vette was slow when it was stock.
I agree with you but you need a tuner on that truck to wake it up.
10-03-2012, 12:09 PM
#22
13.2 is ALL you got? I'd be jumping for joy if mine ever dropped below 16.8L/100KM...
10-03-2012, 01:40 PM
#24
Having towed with a new ford 6.7 diesel I can almost guarantee that the ecoboost won't hold a candle to it towing. Empty, ya, the eco will win every time.
FYI, that 06 dmax is rated 360/600 I believe in hp/tq. Our eco's are what? 360/450? That 150ftlbs isn't going to mean much when you tack on the additional 1000lbs a dmax weighs (assuming crew cab short bed 4wd) over an eco.
Now I haven't towed with my eco, but I've towed with an 01 cummins, an 04 dmax, and a 2011 psd, and I can tell you that I don't care what you put behind either of those engines, it's going to get towed up any hill at whatever speed you decide you want. I'm sure the eco is a great towing engine but it's going to be a long hard road before I'm convinced that it'll ever out tow a diesel.
FYI, that 06 dmax is rated 360/600 I believe in hp/tq. Our eco's are what? 360/450? That 150ftlbs isn't going to mean much when you tack on the additional 1000lbs a dmax weighs (assuming crew cab short bed 4wd) over an eco.
Now I haven't towed with my eco, but I've towed with an 01 cummins, an 04 dmax, and a 2011 psd, and I can tell you that I don't care what you put behind either of those engines, it's going to get towed up any hill at whatever speed you decide you want. I'm sure the eco is a great towing engine but it's going to be a long hard road before I'm convinced that it'll ever out tow a diesel.
10-03-2012, 02:26 PM
#26
Also the LLY is a leftover 05 motor the stuffed in job 1 06 trucks the LBZ is the motor makin 600 ft/lbs.
So it only proves that GM is 8 yrs almost a full decade ahead of ford in technology and power. LOL.
So it only proves that GM is 8 yrs almost a full decade ahead of ford in technology and power. LOL.
10-03-2012, 02:52 PM
#27
When did the dmax have a 3.10 rear gear option? Must be a very rare thing.
I missed the part where the guy said he had an LLY. I was assuming LBZ. Yes, the LLY is a weaker engine yet still.
And how does that prove that chevy is 8 full years ahead of ford in technology and power?
I missed the part where the guy said he had an LLY. I was assuming LBZ. Yes, the LLY is a weaker engine yet still.
And how does that prove that chevy is 8 full years ahead of ford in technology and power?
10-03-2012, 03:15 PM
#28
10-03-2012, 05:06 PM
#29
Originally Posted by Centexguy
When did the dmax have a 3.10 rear gear option? Must be a very rare thing.
I missed the part where the guy said he had an LLY. I was assuming LBZ. Yes, the LLY is a weaker engine yet still.
And how does that prove that chevy is 8 full years ahead of ford in technology and power?
I missed the part where the guy said he had an LLY. I was assuming LBZ. Yes, the LLY is a weaker engine yet still.
And how does that prove that chevy is 8 full years ahead of ford in technology and power?
It proves it wasn't a new dmax but 8 yo technology. And it was a joke. Learn how to take one
10-03-2012, 05:25 PM
#30
Senior Member
