Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
03-19-2006 | 11:51 AM
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Re: Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
Originally Posted by flatout
The GM (LBZ) is a japaneze engine made by Isuzu and is brand new this year. The 6.0 had problems when it fisrt came out now everything is ironed out. I have a hard time believing you get mileage with the GM too. there aren't any upgrades yet but the power pup for the GM. Get the ford put exhaust and an intake and a custom programmer in it. I get 20 mpg in town and 24-27 on the hwy depending how heavy my foot is. Oh yeah I blow enough smoke to make rice rockets stop and swerve when they are next or behind me.
First of all, the DMax is a GM product joint venture designed with Isuzu input (sounds like you've heard of Isuzu...you know, the ones that've been building diesels for 80 years), and built from the foundry up in Illinois (you know...USA).
Second, as far as "everything's ironed out now"
Right...that's why the 6.0 Navistar PowerJoke is being discontinued in the near future? Navistar/Ford is going to start all over again and enlist 10's of thousands of dissatisfied owners of problem laden trucks as beta-testers again.FMC better get there buy-back checkbooks warmed up...again.
Third of all, the most proven, and powerful diesel performance products are developed out for the LB7 DMax (01-04.5) and the LLY (04.5-06). The LBZ is mechanically the same as the 06 LLY (serious mech buildup)...but with more powerful and proprietary programming that the aftermarket hasn't cracked yet. They are working on it and the Edge products for the LBZ should be available in June.
Problem is that the undeniably most reliable trans in this segment (read Allison 1000) is maxed at about 650 lbs. Transmissions are the limiting factor in the diesel power wars. Getting a trans phsically beefy enough in parts size to handle the kind of power these things are capable of making, into this segment of trucks, is going to leave us with Corvette size footwells. The DMax design is overbuilt (especially after the afformentioned latest mechanical beef) and most prepared to make BIG power with mods
Fourth, as far as your reported mileage...
you're blowing smoke alright...and I bet it smells like weed.
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03-19-2006 | 12:06 PM
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Re: Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
Originally Posted by Troutly
You have a miracle truck...
03-19-2006 | 12:24 PM
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Re: Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
Originally Posted by flatout
The GM (LBZ) is a japaneze engine made by Isuzu and is brand new this year. The 6.0 had problems when it fisrt came out now everything is ironed out. I have a hard time believing you get mileage with the GM too. there aren't any upgrades yet but the power pup for the GM. Get the ford put exhaust and an intake and a custom programmer in it. I get 20 mpg in town and 24-27 on the hwy depending how heavy my foot is. Oh yeah I blow enough smoke to make rice rockets stop and swerve when they are next or behind me.
03-19-2006 | 12:32 PM
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Re: Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
Originally Posted by mikes280
we maybe dumb but we are not stuped
Mike, have I seen you over at the Diesel Place?
Candyman's over there too...he's got an LBZ building now...
I just heard yesterday from the "little bird" over at the DP that mine got loaded Fri.
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03-19-2006 | 12:36 PM
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Re: Help. 06 lbz duramax or 6.0 ford?
Originally Posted by Rippem
Mike, have I seen you over at the Diesel Place..
