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Offline Drilling Man

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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #60 on: March 13, 2009, 10:20:43 AM »
  I have a good friend with a Toyota Tundra with a V8...  He gets 15 mpg with it, with 17 on a trip...  I'm sure his will last a LONG time, because he hates to drive it because of it's poor fuel milage...

  I've driven it, it's a nice pu, but for what it is, it's a fuel hog!

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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #61 on: March 13, 2009, 05:50:33 PM »
I hear some good things about Toyota Engines, but they are not proven in these parts like the Chevy small block. I currently have a 2000 Chevy Silverado Ext. Cab with 307,000 miles, I changed the plugs at 303,000
miles, thought it was time. I put 305,000 on a 88 Chev before I sold it in in the mid 90's. In between I used 2 diff. Cad. Fleetwoods with the LT1 engines (rockets) for sales cars & I put 250,000 or so on them before 2 of my boys wound up with them & THEY ARE STILL DRIVING THEM!!!. Yes, I drive alot & other Salesmen I know have good luck with the Chev. pickups & Tahoes. The performance has been far more consistant than any other.
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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #62 on: March 14, 2009, 09:22:23 AM »
Since we have several mechanics here, I got to ask.
How long has GM used the 2.6 liter engine in light trucks and what is the scoop on that engine.?
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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #63 on: April 23, 2009, 02:54:31 PM »
My vote for one of the worst engines is the 400M Fords. They eat main bearings every 40k miles or so from my experience.

Chevy 350 of course has to get the nod for one of the best because of reliability, parts avalibility, and interchanging parts. You can rebuild them cheaper than about any motor made and get any parts you need from a 7/11. LOL

The 20r and 22r toyota motors are extremely hard to beat depending on what we are defining trucks as. The 5.9 cummins is probably the best diesel going for reliability, although I am impressed with the 6.0 powerstroke for power.

With Ford, the 289's and 302's were good motors. Decent milage and could be pretty quick. I also am partial to the 360/390 Ford motors. If you can overlook the 11 mpg that they seem to get weather they are towing or not, they are good old motors.
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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #64 on: April 24, 2009, 05:46:15 AM »
Quote from: BBF on March 14, 2009, 09:22:23 AM
Since we have several mechanics here, I got to ask.
How long has GM used the 2.6 liter engine in light trucks and what is the scoop on that engine.?

I'm no auto mechanic but I follow chevy trucks pretty close and I have never heard of a 2.6l.
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Re: Name the best and worst truck engines
« Reply #65 on: April 26, 2009, 05:48:19 PM »
Quote from: BBF on March 14, 2009, 09:22:23 AM
Since we have several mechanics here, I got to ask.
How long has GM used the 2.6 liter engine in light trucks and what is the scoop on that engine.?
2.8 maybe? if they are in front of a manual tranny, then they are fair. if an automatic tranny, the torque converter balloons up with highway driving and wears the thrusts on the crank making it a throw away boat anchor.
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