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No really though I might be the most clueless person when it comes to diesels. No one in my family has ever owned a truck.. a few jeeps but mainly sports cars, and eco-boxes. I'm building a 90 RX7 turbo II, and my dads building a 74 corvette. So I'm definitely not new to mechanics, and not really to new to forums. Anyway long story short I've decided to buy a truck, for part utility reasons, and part because i'm in CT and the winter will be impossible in a RX7, and part cause i've never owned a truck
. When I started out I was looking for gas mileage, a five speed and 4wd. I stumbled upon the idea of a Subaru Baja Turbo.. found it impossible to get it in a 5spd, and pricy; and then realized it's a car truck that's not good at being a car or a truck.. just a cool concept. Then on to Tacomas.. the 4 cyl is slow and powerless and not great gas mileage for being a 4 cyl.. and the 6 cyl is also slow has descent power for what i need but only gets 16-19 mpg.. and its tiny.. Along comes the full size truck I have a buddy with a ford lightning, its nifty (actually kinda awesome), stupid fast, but really kinda pointless. One friend does have an ~04 F350 6.0L loves the thing; and another friend with a ~02 dodge cummins turbo diesel, and this guy has been preaching diesel to me for years and i've always been yeah yeah yeah thats cool i don't want a truck.
Now I do want a truck and it seems to me that diesels the way to go!!!
But which truck do i get? Chevys seems really expensive and rare... it sounds like the dodge to get is the 98 12v... and the ford to get is maybe an 06-07 f250 6.0L.. While staying in budget. 15 to 20k
The truck I do get will more than likely see minor mods.. exhaust intake and chip for performance and eco settings..
Not to start a flaming war.. I just don't really know where to start
No really though I might be the most clueless person when it comes to diesels. No one in my family has ever owned a truck.. a few jeeps but mainly sports cars, and eco-boxes. I'm building a 90 RX7 turbo II, and my dads building a 74 corvette. So I'm definitely not new to mechanics, and not really to new to forums. Anyway long story short I've decided to buy a truck, for part utility reasons, and part because i'm in CT and the winter will be impossible in a RX7, and part cause i've never owned a truck
Now I do want a truck and it seems to me that diesels the way to go!!!
But which truck do i get? Chevys seems really expensive and rare... it sounds like the dodge to get is the 98 12v... and the ford to get is maybe an 06-07 f250 6.0L.. While staying in budget. 15 to 20k
The truck I do get will more than likely see minor mods.. exhaust intake and chip for performance and eco settings..
Not to start a flaming war.. I just don't really know where to start