opinions: which tow rig / daily driver.....ford, chevy,dodge

[Shawna]

Im a chevy girl... my papa is a gm certified mechanic and that's all I grew up around

[DaMaGe ZWK]

that's all I grew up around

me to... exactly why im not gonna get one

[Shawna]

me to... exactly why im not gonna get one

hahaha ok yes they have been known to have tranny problems but I love them and stand by them

[Blitanicle99]

Alright fine if you must go ford. Stay clear of the 7.3 and the 6.4. The 6.0 is the way to go. Yes they are still doing recalls to my knowledge. Your best place to look is powerstroke forums. Get the vin of the truck your looking at and there are websites where you can see what has been done at any and all dealerships online for free. One of the perks of ford.

Yes Allison transmissions suck. Stock, they are great. You put anything other than stock power through them and they break very quickly. They are the most complicated, most expensive to rebuild and hardest to rebuild. The Allison 1000 is a better tranny but still complete crap. More expensive than built transmissions and does not come close to the performance. I would take a ford Tranny over a Allison any day of the week. And a dodge manual tranny over anything. Dodge manuals are going to be the toughest.
As I said previously guys are running 1000 hp through a stock dodge tranny with a good clutch, input and output shafts. Thats it.

I am not biased towards Dodge because I have two friends with built diesels but because you simply cannot beat a cummins motor.
1. Based off a semi truck engine. (Those things run for millions of miles w/o problems)
2. Inline six's are torque monsters. Diesels increase their torque more than anything, why not start with a torque designed motor?
3. 7 Main bearings vs 5 main bearings (Dodge vs Ford) That says enough right there.
4. Price! Look up how much it takes to put power down in a ford or chevy and then compare it to dodge. You save lots of money with Dodge. Especially the 12 valve. You can damn near get another 75 hp with a set of tools, welder and a saw zaw!
5. Reliability. Simple designs that are proven and tested work.
6. Cut out the middle man! So many ford and chevy guys swap in cummins motors and trannys. I wonder why... Wait because Cummins rules the diesel world. You dont see Dodge swapping ford motors or any other combo.

[Leadfoot_mf]

Alright fine if you must go ford. Stay clear of the 7.3 and the 6.4. The 6.0 is the way to go. Yes they are still doing recalls to my knowledge. Your best place to look is powerstroke forums. Get the vin of the truck your looking at and there are websites where you can see what has been done at any and all dealerships online for free. One of the perks of ford.

Yes Allison transmissions suck. Stock, they are great. You put anything other than stock power through them and they break very quickly. They are the most complicated, most expensive to rebuild and hardest to rebuild. The Allison 1000 is a better tranny but still complete crap. More expensive than built transmissions and does not come close to the performance. I would take a ford Tranny over a Allison any day of the week. And a dodge manual tranny over anything. Dodge manuals are going to be the toughest.
As I said previously guys are running 1000 hp through a stock dodge tranny with a good clutch, input and output shafts. Thats it.

I am not biased towards Dodge because I have two friends with built diesels but because you simply cannot beat a cummins motor.
1. Based off a semi truck engine. (Those things run for millions of miles w/o problems)
2. Inline six's are torque monsters. Diesels increase their torque more than anything, why not start with a torque designed motor?
3. 7 Main bearings vs 5 main bearings (Dodge vs Ford) That says enough right there.
4. Price! Look up how much it takes to put power down in a ford or chevy and then compare it to dodge. You save lots of money with Dodge. Especially the 12 valve. You can damn near get another 75 hp with a set of tools, welder and a saw zaw!
5. Reliability. Simple designs that are proven and tested work.
6. Cut out the middle man! So many ford and chevy guys swap in cummins motors and trannys. I wonder why... Wait because Cummins rules the diesel world. You dont see Dodge swapping ford motors or any other combo.

why do you keep rambling on about moding his tow vehicle that would be the last thing you would want to do to it.

so you are wasting your time and his. nobody gives a **** about tracker pulls on this site....well except you.

[SL65AMG]

Yes Allison transmissions suck. Stock, they are great. You put anything other than stock power through them and they break very quickly. They are the most complicated, most expensive to rebuild and hardest to rebuild. The Allison 1000 is a better tranny but still complete crap. More expensive than built transmissions and does not come close to the performance. I would take a ford Tranny over a Allison any day of the week. And a dodge manual tranny over anything. Dodge manuals are going to be the toughest.

I would personally go with a dodge or chevy.

i dont know what youre talking about saying allison trannies suck. thats the strongest tranny on the market. ALL transmissions need to be beefed up(past a certain point) if you put more power through them because of the additional stress.

you are the only person ive ever met to say that they suck.....

a good friend of mine's dad has a chevy 3500(non dually) diesel with 4wd and the allison transmission and that thing is ROCK SOLID!




dodge would be tied with a chevy if not better.


fords suck ass, after 70k miles the trannies die

[DaMaGe ZWK]

fords suck ass, after 70k miles the trannies die

LMAO where the hell did you get your info???

[Blitanicle99]

why do you keep rambling on about moding his tow vehicle that would be the last thing you would want to do to it.

so you are wasting your time and his. nobody gives a **** about tracker pulls on this site....well except you.

Well modifying wise, I figure he is on a tuner forum so he obviously likes cars and is not the typical "Just drive it and never have fun" sort of guy. So he might be interested in modifying it one day. And why would modifying a tow vehicle be the last thing you would want to do? Why would someone swap a motor in a civic? It makes it faster... More fun to drive blah blah blah. Its the same reason. I am not trying to start a battle over this.

And yes I may be the only person interested in Diesel power on this site and tractor pulls. I personaly think its funny as **** to see some fast ass car get wooped by an 8000 lb truck. We are all out in the same boat of modding vehicles whether it be for speed, drifting, auto x.. racing a diesel or sled pulls is just another type of car/truck hobby.

But Kreep, if do go ford. Go 6.0, so far they have the least problems and best millage. My roomates F350 4x4 gets about 22 on the highway when he stays out of the throttle and about 18 when hes laying into it.

[Echonova]

LMAO where the hell did you get your info???

I have 5 Diesel Fords in my fleet of work trucks. All of them have had tranny problems. Granted none of them have had the same problem, but one had the tranny replaced because it got so hot the gears literally started melting and fused together when parked. That was at 3,500 miles. Yes 3,500. Also, since they have been fixed they have been trouble free, but damn. Never had a problem with any of the powerstroke motors, untill they hit around 350,000 miles.