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Originally Posted by deadric6
your comparing apple's to oranges..70-80's ford trucks had more power then chevy..expecialy off the line becouse they had TRUE 4x4...not this junk you see on wanna be trucks where it rotates which tires spin no 4 wheel's spinning at all times..not to mention the 460 was a stronger more powerful motor then the 454..which i've killed all to many of.86 suburban killed the original 454 replaced it with new goodwrench 454 blew both in under a week towing loads my truck tows every week with 300k+ miles.faster in top speed but lacking in torque n doesnt get a jump on the 460 till after 50-60mph which is after the towing and torque all but died in the older trucks..I grew up with a chevy family that all my mom grandparents uncle's and aunts buy.step dad is a dodge fan and he's had nothing but trouble...chevy the parts just seem to be more expensive for a lighter duty product..another proof of that bought n 82 camaro z28 with that 305 had 62k on it blew it sky high without even trying..went to replace it n found out i could get a 302ho at a better price..bought the bird sunk a bit of money in it havent been able to blow it even trying bought the truck have tryed plenty of times to kill it have thrown 40k+ on the 5th wheel which does sink the truck drasticly and raced a semi hauling 75k.been off road ramping all the fun 'childish' stuff you can think of...doesnt even have a tick in the motor just the to be expected oil burning problem.I take cars and trucks to the limit of what i expect from them if they cant keep at par then they usualy die trying...i now expect ANY 250/2500 to tow a min of 35k if it cant i dont want it..try dropping 35k on a newer 2500 chevy..n she'll sink into the ground...n blow those pretty lil gas shocks...let it bounce on the road n you'll over stretch those pretty lil gas shocks gpal already proved that when my modified suburban 3500 died on 77 in wv w/ a bobcat he ended up over streching his shocks twisted a camshaft so bad it snapped in many pieces.a freaking bob cat with proper trailor.not 6 months later do it with my truck but from virginia beach-chicago instead of charleston wv-jackson ohio only problem is the motor got a lil hot so i had to stop for a bit in the mountians...i do have some bad things to say about that truck tho it blows starters and starter noids like every couple months gotta put about a quart of oil in every week and gas cost bout $120 to fill and it'll eat it up just as fast as you can put it in if you dont keep your foot out of it..highway wo/load gets bout 13mpg n 7-9 city full load 25-30k gets about 5 highway and sometimes less then a mile city.
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I don't even know what to say. A 302HO pulling 40,000+ lbs, are you kidding me? I had a 5.0HO in a 94 F-150 and that truck wouldn't pull a greasy hair outta a cats a**. I drove tandem axle dump trucks when I was younger and
20 tons is what we hauled and even some of those trucks creeped while loaded. A 454 is generally recognized as the superior motor when compared to the 460 so I don't know where you get thats it's weak. I just don't know what to say to everything else.