Diesel future moving forward

[Shawn Thomas]

Was reading some stuff about GDE’s new EPA compliant tunes and that deleting is basically done and over with now.

I am curious on people’s thoughts feelings opinions, tarot card readings etc, on what they’d do next?

would you buy another Ecodiesel? Upgrade to a larger platform? Switch brands? Go to Gas?

honestly I have no idea what I would consider this moment in time

 

[1shadowsabre]

I would probably buy another ecodiesel. I think GDE's new tune will help many people if it is as advertised. The ECO certainly has its share of issues that I hope are resolved. Fords 3.0 diesel isn't exactly flying off the dealers lots though and I haven't heard anything about the new GMC.

 

[Tremper126]

Well Nissan isn’t offering the cummins anymore. I just talked to a guy who has one and he said it’s been great but only does highway and had 25k on it. I’d buy another one, but It would be getting a tune of some sort. Shoot worse case I’ll quit doing Hvac and get into the tuning world lol

 

[Shawn Thomas]

I’ve always wanted a 3/4 ton cummins but the price hasn’t been conducive to me purchasing one. Maybe this is when I put my foot down and just start only buying used vehicles. I guess I’m just curious of how reliable trucks will be now that there’s no “missing parts” option

 

[TC Diesel]

The 1/2 Ton market is facing real challenges. The Gas mileage on new vehicles continues to increase, My 2019 Limited cost per mile is equal to DSL 1/2 Tons , Gas is still 0.40 less than DSL here. The 5.7 performs better than the 3.0VM. The 5.7 is $2300.00 less New Retail the 3.6 is $4000.00 less. The 3.0VM history is not good. It does fare OK in HWY use.

You do NOT get DSL resale like the 2500+ trucks, Hemi and 3.0 are same cost at resale.

Unless FCA changes the power plant in its 1/2 Tons the truck will not survive todays market. Right now its like 100-1 in new Sales Gas VS DSL.

 

[Green Diesel]

The Ford 3.0l Powerstroke is a nice engine and will be around for quite a while. They did a poor job of marketing it and only offer on high trim levels, this prices out a lot of potential customers. I think they might address those issues in the 2021 model year release.

 

[Shawn Thomas]

The 1/2 Ton market is facing real challenges. The Gas mileage on new vehicles continues to increase, My 2019 Limited cost per mile is equal to DSL 1/2 Tons , Gas is still 0.40 less than DSL here. The 5.7 performs better than the 3.0VM. The 5.7 is $2300.00 less New Retail the 3.6 is $4000.00 less. The 3.0VM history is not good. It does fare OK in HWY use.

You do NOT get DSL resale like the 2500+ trucks, Hemi and 3.0 are same cost at resale.

Unless FCA changes the power plant in its 1/2 Tons the truck will not survive todays market. Right now its like 100-1 in new Sales Gas VS DSL.

I think at this rate, I’m not worried about resale so much, but trying to get this to last me long enough to just outright buy the next truck I want on the spot.. don’t know how feasible that is, I guess that’s why I wanted this sounding board to bounce ideas off people. I was anxiously hoping and awaiting your input

The Ford 3.0l Powerstroke is a nice engine and will be around for quite a while. They did a poor job of marketing it and only offer on high trim levels, this prices out a lot of potential customers. I think they might address those issues in the 2021 model year release.

I haven’t been interested in ford in a long time because of their choosing to do that with a lot of their vehicles, seemed to be the reoccurring theme, but here’s to hoping they do! Turning course a little bit, I know you have tinkered with the 2.8L duramax, have you Started with the 3.0L I6 duramax yet? Any thoughts?

 

[Green Diesel]

Our Colorado tunes are released. We are working on the Ford now. Thus far with an engine and trans tune on that application we can drop the 0-60 almost 2 seconds. This will also be emission compliant when it is released.

 

[carlhenry]

i purchases a jeep wrangler 2.0 turbo and am getting 29 mpg and with my tuned eco i am getting 28 and with a tune over 30

 

[CAVEMANN]

The Ford 3.0l Powerstroke is a nice engine and will be around for quite a while. They did a poor job of marketing it and only offer on high trim levels, this prices out a lot of potential customers. I think they might address those issues in the 2021 model year release.

I don't know, but when I checked on a 1/2 ton duramax they were also being offered in the higher end vehicles, the one they quoted me was right around 62k.

 

[1shadowsabre]

This might say something about the topic