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Considering an excursion to buy, help me decide which engine to get!
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[QUOTE="Hellbender75, post: 1511194, member: 29357"] Hi all,* So I'm looking into buying a ford excursion and I'm looking into the 7.3 vs bulletproofed 6.0 debate.* I've read a ton of info on here and other sites regarding the pros and cons of both the 7.3 and 6.0 engines.* I don't want a v10 as I want the performance that comes with a diesel. I'm downsizing from a toyota work truck and a pleasure only 97' gmc yukon* into one vehicle and my new vehicle has to be both a pleasure and work truck.* For pleasure this truck has to have lots of room for camping and long road trips and it has to be capable enough for mild to moderate offroad use like fire roads and the like. It also has to be capable of lots of power to satisfy the performance guy in me although that part can come in stages. Ultimately I'd like to break 450-500 flywheel (so about 400-450 rwhp) horsepower someday and be extremely reliable and last a couple hundred thousand miles. This truck will never be taken to the track or street raced but I want to have some fun here and there on the street or out on the dirt and be able to be faster then most other vehicles out there when I need to be. For work I drive about a 20-25 mile commute thats about 80% fwy miles then I make about ten 20-30 min stops on my route (I'm a pool guy) before driving back home. I do this 4 - 5 days a week.* I was going to buy a lbz duramax before realizing that I could get an Excursion with a diesel! I prefer SUV's over pickups.* So what engine would you suggest for my situation and why? Do you guys consider a bulletproofed 6.0 as reliable as a 7.3? Should i consider all years 7.3 or just the 2000 that comes with forged rods? If looking at a bulletproofed 6.0 should I only look at the last year 2005 model for the most reliability possible with this engine?* Thanks for your input and helping me decide! Aaron, [/QUOTE]
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