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Originally Posted by Ncostello
I hope the cab mounts with pins and clips, and quick disconnect everything. Because the possibility of working on this in the engine bay has just been eliminated. Just like the 6.0 and 6.4 already was. What a complicated looking deal...even though it does make the power.
Why is GM and Ford so "bent" on using V8's? Is all this worth keeping the V8 power mystique? Can't they make this kind of power using a V6 or I6 design with the proper displacement and component size?
It would be interesting to see what this engine would look like and perform like without the 2010 EPA rules in place. It might actually be a good looking engine when you pop the hood. But two cooling systems? Gee whiz. And over $9000 option? The V10 Triton is probably looking pretty good to alot of people in the near future. $9000 buys a heck of a lot of gas. And spark plugs are cheap!!
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That V10 Triton is a real gas hog. $9,000 will only buy you about 36,000 miles according to my calculations. That's based on 10 mpg average and at $2.50 per gal for gasoline.
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