Construction equipment needs to stop being talked about here when comparing to the V6TT. Construction equipment, turbo or not, have HUGE air filters, pre filters, intercoolers, radiators, etc. The area allotted for these systems are a big reason these machines are so damn big.
So, moving on, I owned a Platinum with the V6TT. It was a great truck. It hauled heavy loads. And, it hauled ass on the road. The only time I took it off road was in Colorado. And I took it to some pretty remote areas. It struggled. It go hot. I worried the whole time I was there about burning up one or both of the turbos. The oil looked like crude when I pulled the dipstick at 1000 miles on the oil change. The heat these things generate is crazy. I really feel that the low speed, high torque, real world off roading is going to chew these engines up and spit them out.
Someone made the comment that if a turbo goes out that it's going to be a fairly cheap fix. Wrong. These little bastards are super expensive and super expensive to modify. Sure, a tune is going to spark additional life into the truck, but I just can't get past the heat issues associated with off roading. Once that intercooler fills up with dust or mud, it's only a matter of time before the heat issues show up. Ever wonder why on construction equipment that the radiators are mounted super high up or even on the top of the machine? I don't see Ford mounting these in the bed like a trophy truck.
So, as I mentioned before, I'm looking forward to the first of us 5%ers to take one out and run the **** out of it at a 2015 TRR - type run. Our trucks were covered in mud and dust for 3 days and then we drove them home (over a 1000 miles for me). Then we can all either look like heros or zeros when the thing performs perfectly or ends up on the back of a tow truck. But, let's quit talking about and comparing these engines to construction equipment. It's a truck. And that's what most of us are talking about.
Just my $.02.......
Wow, 2,881 posts of shit and then you post this gem. Kudos Ruby!
Suck on ruby's tail pipe zane and magic
