[AT] synthetic oil - gas versus diesel trucks

[Thomas O Mehrkam]

The V10 and be augmented by programming also. When I first got mine I 
had problem not breaking the rear tires loose on takeoff.  Way too much 
power.  I discovered that it had a diablo chip installed in the engine 
computer.  Removed it and it went back to stock programing.  Just right 
for me.

I do not like the rattle and turbo lag of most diesels. I will put up 
with it on a large truck but I do not want that in my every day driver.  
Of course the newer are or were getting better and better before the EPA 
got hold of them. They seem to be getting more expensive to maintain 
with lower fuel mileage and less reliability than they use to have.  
Maybe that will turn around and the engineers gain experience.

On 11/20/2016 2:02 AM, Scott Williams wrote:
> >From what I've heard, it wouldn't take much to make a 5.9 Cummins "fun" like
> a V10.  Of course, it probably wouldn't take much to make a fun V10 into a
> CRAZY FUN V10, so I can see your point, stock for stock.  Diesel truck
> engines are becoming like the "small block Chevy" engines of olden days,
> with simple mods giving big power, while it is not so easy to do that with
> the modern gas engines.  I guess the last 10 years may have changed that
> some, with all the new equipment they've added to diesels - I don't know if
> they are as easy to "turn up the fuel" as they were.  Nor would I
> necessarily want that if I had one.  I LOVE the sound and low-end grunt of a
> diesel.  Heck, I love the Perkins in my MF135!
>
> Scott in Penfield NY
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Johnson
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> Subject: Re: [AT] synthetic oil - gas versus diesel trucks
>
> Scott,
>
> It depends on your definition of fun. My son has a 96 Dodge 3500 8.0 L V10
> gas truck, an I have a 97 Dodge 3500 with 5.9 Cummins. They both drive and
> pull fine, but have different characteristics.
> The V10 has more high RPM range, and horsepower. If you like to drive with
> engine running 4000 + RPM, then this is more fun.
> This question is a bit like are red, orange, or green tractors better. I
> have each and they are different and all mine need TLC and $$$.
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Nov 19, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Scott Williams <swillia5 at rochester.rr.com>
> wrote:
>> Why is the V10 more fun than a diesel?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Thomas O
> Mehrkam
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>>
>>> Besides the V10 is much more fun to drive than a Diesel.
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