Originally Posted by
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.
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