Originally Posted by country_09

I'm not sayin all fords a crap, I'm just sayin I've seen more ford tranny's go out than I've seen Allison's go out. Realistically if you have the mods you say you have and are runnin 8.1 in 1/8 mile then that tranny you have won't last much longer. Actually just drove 3 fords in the past 3 weeks(6.0 and two 6.4s) of my uncles, a 6.6 Dmax/Allison combo, and a 5.9 with a built sun coast. All have similar mods blah blah programmer, intake, straight piped. And honestly the cummins pulled the best, but you could tell the tranny wouldn't hold up to it. The Dmax and ford were pretty close, but I go back to seein more fords go out than Allison's so I stick with that. And no it's not ridiculous, I've driven my dads truck plenty of times and yes have blown them away even from a stand still and a roll, pretty close at first through 2 gears but still out by a cab and a half then once 3rd hits I pull like crazy on em. Now are they apparently fully built and pushin however many hp/tq you are? Probably not. But it's happened. Seein their face is priceless as well. I've also raced a buddies cammed 5.3 and had him by 2 1/2 car lengths. Without the rims and tires he has, it'd run in the high 12s low 13s at a 1/4 mile. Once a cam comes in to play, be lookin at low/mid 12s.

I get that you want a diesel, but maintenance will kill it for most people as they're 2x-3x as much to keep up. Get a 6.0 in a 1500 with 4.10 gears and do the few things you want and drive it. His will pull our 20ft trailer with 5 four wheelers and stuff in the bed to our lease no problem and doesn't skip a beat. Put it in cruise control, even though you're not suppose to, and it'll hold it.

Also strokin, what exactly are you on a chevy forum for if you're all over the pstroke business?

Originally Posted by tech2

the Allison trans is a great trans. Once you start modding , at a certain point the trans will start entering failsafe mode...to protect itself. depending on how far you go, a tcm tune and or trans upgrades will be needed.

Originally Posted by SuperTexan

Here in Abilene, its all about diesels...there are many mod shops for them... Im sure they are fast. Ive seen some break the back wheels loose at 35 mph. But Im getting real sick of the trucks with the big *** pipes the size of a human head blowing black smoke in my face, driven by some rich momma's boy 20 something, Nike golf hat/golf shirt, Oakly shades wearing Texas Tech bumper sticker *****. Ive got 63 El Camino sitting out here about 6 months away from completion. One of the 1st things I'm going to do is lay down the law on some Cummins and Stroker ***. (Ha....that actually sounded "dirty")

Originally Posted by strokinpower

Man I haven't had it dynoed yet but based on other trucks with the same mods I should be around 600HP and 1100 ft lbs. To me, Chevy hasn't made a good looking truck since 2002 and the independent front suspension on a 3/4 or 1 ton truck is just plain silly. If you look at the tie rods on a Duramax vs the ones on a dodge or a ford it is amazing how pathetic they are.