8.1 Swap?

[someotherguy]

No blowing smoke for me. The 6.7 has some kind of filter on it that smells like burning hair, but no smoke. How it makes that smell out of big jugs of piss, I don't know.

Richard

 

[df2x4]

Guys I'd just like to take this opportunity to tell you that I'm better than all of you, and my 4.3 will pull down your houses and smoke Corvettes from a 70 roll.

(Disengage sarcasm generators)

Seriously though, while an 8.1 may not be the best engine for some purposes, I'd love to see someone pull off the swap. Isn't that what we're here for? To help others out and check out the cool projects they thought up? I know I am.

 

[Luke(MI)]

No blowing smoke for me. The 6.7 has some kind of filter on it that smells like burning hair, but no smoke. How it makes that smell out of big jugs of piss, I don't know.

Richard

We use a 6.7 where I work now. Its a great handling and preforming truck and the interior is well laid out. I love the pockets in the doors. you kniw I always wonderd why that smell was so familiar never thought of burning hair. We are deleting the dpf this winter and going with a turbo back system. Free up a little more power

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[BoxerPitMix]

I've had both the 6.0 and 8.1 in company trucks (2wd duallies) when I worked for Featherlite. I pulled goosenecks of all sizes all over the midwest. In my own personal experience the 8.1 dually would run circles around the 6.0... Not that it was a bad truck, but there was no comparison - at least in the ones I had. I made a lot of trips across I-40 to OKC with trailers and I couldn't keep up to the speed limit up hills with the 6.0. The big block would cruise up them at 70-75 no problem. With no trailer - the 8.1 was also a tire eater on that dually if you wanted to. I was very impressed with it no matter if it was in towing or just flooring it up the onramp to the interstate. But to say it was a gas hog was an understatement... lol I got to know every gas station between Nashville and Oklahoma City. I was glad I wasn't the one paying for the fuel!

 

[someotherguy]

Seriously though, while an 8.1 may not be the best engine for some purposes, I'd love to see someone pull off the swap. Isn't that what we're here for? To help others out and check out the cool projects they thought up? I know I am.

No doubt. That's why I also confessed to considering an 8.1 swap in the past, and also defend the thing as a pretty powerful engine.

We use a 6.7 where I work now. Its a great handling and preforming truck and the interior is well laid out. I love the pockets in the doors.

Now I know you're nuts. The interior design in those trucks is criminal. How Ford keeps recycling that old cab beats me; I'm so tired of smacking my fingers on the A-pillar while cranking the wheel in tight spots - though I'm in a regular cab so there's a pretty severe limit on how far I can roll my seat back. The door pockets were a nice idea but being hard plastic, the rattling around of anything I put in there makes me nuts so I'm always trying to find ways to cram stuff in them so it fits tighter, which makes it hard to get to when you need it. Also if the stuff is loose it beats itself to death in there, so it's a bad spot for cell phones or anything else you care about. I have no idea what that big stupid tray thing on the middle of the dash is supposed to be for other than small things that you want to bounce into the defrost vent. The cupholders became vaguely useful after removing the rubber inserts. The center console is large enough to hold a small sandwich.

I will give it this; the truck performed really well on my recent trip to Shreveport to pick up my SS. With temps in the 100's (ranged from 103-108!), rolling about 70MPH average pulling quite a few hills (nothing severe), the engine and trans temp gauges still stayed below the middle. So I gotta give props there.

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I've never been a big Ford fan but I can say after putting nearly 40K miles on this truck since last October, I hate it, about the only thing I appreciate is that it's new and hasn't broken down yet. Running this thing every night does make me miss my former truck, 2009 Chevy 3500HD 6.0 gas, let it go at 240K miles.

Richard

Richard

 

[Luke(MI)]

We never have any of the problems you stated..and I put on on average 2000-2500 miles a week. I love the interiot. comfortable quiet, of lcpurse ours is one step below a lariat, so a work truck with manual every thing it may be a tad different.

As for the door pockets, 3m rubber tape strips solves the rattling issue. I keep my clipboard on the dash pad. Never had an issue with my fingers hitting the A-pillar. If I had any complaints it would have to be the freezing freaking cold ac. even on the lowwest setting its enough to make you shivver.

 

[someotherguy]

Who said it's manual anything? Funny you would make an assumption like that. It's power everything (except seats.) It sucks. Oh and the steering wheel radio controls already developed a funny glitch; sometimes you hit the volume down button and it goes UP uncontrollably like you were mashing the up button solid. Then it quits working. And the aux input jack already quit working, one of our others also did this shortly after new. Dealer says it's a whole module has to be replaced, not warrantied, and is $800.

What's also funny are the auto-up windows; guess they didn't calibrate them for how rough an F450SD rides. I almost have to be at a complete stop to put the windows up, otherwise it thinks I'm trying to chop someone's arm off with them and they go back down.

F Ford

Richard

 

[polar]

We use a 6.7 where I work now. Its a great handling and preforming truck and the interior is well laid out. I love the pockets in the doors. you kniw I always wonderd why that smell was so familiar never thought of burning hair. We are deleting the dpf this winter and going with a turbo back system. Free up a little more power

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On a side note I just passed the red truck on 27 by trowbridge


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[Luke(MI)]

On a side note I just passed the red truck on 27 by trowbridge


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Was probably Jim or his son. Im off for a week. Youd be amazed at some of the stuff that goes on that trailer. 48ft lomg 12 ft wide 4 stall horse barn over the hills without an issue by Mancelona/Grand Travers area. We can haul up to 12 wide without an escort. Its a 2013 with 95k miles. The business bought it new. We have an 08 6.4 that looks like its twin. Lil darker shade of maroon though. Both been good trucks.

 

[618 Syndicate]

Anyone ever do this?