Chevy 8.3L Megamax Duramax Will End The Competition

[phillyflyers]

 

[djefferis]

Ram bringing a 7.2 Cummins confirmed - this is still not official.

Personally - I’m sure there will be people buying them, but got to remember torque only matters when paired with a transmission that can handle it and when it’s reliable and easy to service.

I looked at diesels - then came to my senses. Yea they are worth $50k after 5 years unlike most modern gas pickups…but you paid 85k and freaking oil change is a $300 trip at least 2x a year. Oh and the fuel savings only pay for themselves when you’re doing heavy towing and long trips. Day to day pickup - you’re far better to go gas.

 

[phillyflyers]

Ram bringing a 7.2 Cummins confirmed - this is still not official.

Personally - I’m sure there will be people buying them, but got to remember torque only matters when paired with a transmission that can handle it and when it’s reliable and easy to service.

I looked at diesels - then came to my senses. Yea they are worth $50k after 5 years unlike most modern gas pickups…but you paid 85k and freaking oil change is a $300 trip at least 2x a year. Oh and the fuel savings only pay for themselves when you’re doing heavy towing and long trips. Day to day pickup - you’re far better to go gas.

The transmission on this can handle the torque. This is going to be the greatest pickup truck engine ever made.

I've said it for years. Chevy makes the best truck in the world AINEC.

 

[djefferis]

Half ton truck - I’d put a diesel Toyota Tundra up against anything from the big 3 in terms of being “best”. They are scarce - but they exist.

Chevy by far most iconic - but honestly anything post 1992 was built to be obsolete in a decade.

Owned several - still don’t get the people paying $15k for ragged square bodies these days. Was a time when those were widely available under $1500.

Reading something the other day about this 1988 Chevy that just sold for 100k…Iditarod talk8ng like that truck is anything but a complete unicorn.

55 Mile 1988 Chevy sells for 100k

That truck will outlive any modern 3500 if they started driving it today - at about the same price as a new 3500 dually.

 

[phillyflyers]

Half ton truck - I’d put a diesel Toyota Tundra up against anything from the big 3 in terms of being “best”. They are scarce - but they exist.

Chevy by far most iconic - but honestly anything post 1992 was built to be obsolete in a decade.

Owned several - still don’t get the people paying $15k for ragged square bodies these days. Was a time when those were widely available under $1500.

Reading something the other day about this 1988 Chevy that just sold for 100k…Iditarod talk8ng like that truck is anything but a complete unicorn.

55 Mile 1988 Chevy sells for 100k

That truck will outlive any modern 3500 if they started driving it today - at about the same price as a new 3500 dually.

Tundra has major engine issues. They got problems with engine seizure. They just recalled over 100,000 of them from model years 2002-2025.

Toyota is relatively new to the pickup truck game. I'll take Chevy Duramax/Allison transmission all day over Toyota.

 

[209life]

This engine with 10 inch lift on your truck. 40 inch tires. Bullying the scene.

 

[phillyflyers]

Look at this. Baddest mother fukker on the planet.

 

[djefferis]

Tundra has major engine issues. They got problems with engine seizure. They just recalled over 100,000 of them from model years 2002-2025.

Toyota is relatively new to the pickup truck game. I'll take Chevy Duramax/Allison transmission all day over Toyota.

2022-2023 yes. They introduced a 6 cylinder twin turbo.

2021 prior - absolutely the most rock solid gas engine in a half ton.

2018 and prior better as no hockey puck transmission cooler - has a real cooler and won’t cook itself when towing.

Relatively new to half tons - what since late 1990s with T100? I remember seeing the Tundra first time in 2002 at auto show…said I’d own one someday - only took 2 decades. Won’t say it’s my favorite truck ever, but fact is I can’t sell it today for more than I paid new in 2021 and that’s hard to do (thanks low miles, inflation and scarcity of the last V8s and Toyota fanboys who love those TRD initials on the side). Chevy does same crap - put a Z on it people act like it’s a “sports” vehicle…remember Z24 Cavaliers?

 

[phillyflyers]

2022-2023 yes. They introduced a 6 cylinder twin turbo.

2021 prior - absolutely the most rock solid gas engine in a half ton.

2018 and prior better as no hockey puck transmission cooler - has a real cooler and won’t cook itself when towing.

Relatively new to half tons - what since late 1990s with T100? I remember seeing the Tundra first time in 2002 at auto show…said I’d own one someday - only took 2 decades. Won’t say it’s my favorite truck ever, but fact is I can’t sell it today for more than I paid new in 2021 and that’s hard to do (thanks low miles, inflation and scarcity of the last V8s and Toyota fanboys who love those TRD initials on the side). Chevy does same crap - put a Z on it people act like it’s a “sports” vehicle…remember Z24 Cavaliers?

They're new to making trucks comparatively speaking. Chevy has been making trucks for over a century.

Yes. I remember Z24 Cavaliers lol.

The 8.3L Duramax/Allison transmission turbo diesel for me would be a must even though I prefer gas.

I'll go with the benefits of resale value with the diesel and sacrifice my gas preference to get the added performance out of the truck.

 

[djefferis]

This engine with 10 inch lift on your truck. 40 inch tires. Bullying the scene.

What moron puts a high torque diesel and lifts it like that ??

The point of torque is TOWING

Lifting destroys tow capacity.

Wanna do something like that - buy a gas an supercharge it.

It’s what I’ve got planned for my truck - toss on a Magnuson and have around 550 hp and decent acceleration from what otherwise looks stock.

I wanted to do something like that with the old Custom Sport Chevy I had - but the chance to sell at a profit was too good. I’ll buy someone else’s finished project when they get done wasting money on it probably. The joy of building stuff is over rated.

Never got the fascination with extreme lifts and stuff anyway… speed over cosmetics in my book.

 

[edawg]

Cousin owns a shop that does over 50% work on diesels and told me that the 7.3 powerstroke he thought were the most reliable even though they don't put out huge numbers.

 

[djefferis]

Exactly - people pay through the nose for those Powerstrokes.

Not splashy - reliable and easy to work on/modify.

Remember - autos are like many other things, common and simple tech often is THOUGHT to be superior in the minds of many. People will always say certain things are the best - even though benchmark testing suggest otherwise. They base opinions on experience solely.

Likewise, there’s the counter group who walks around throwing up benchmarks saying “look at this - it’s the best ever”. Apple did that shit for years fighting PCs - they’d benchmark their chips vs Intel running photoshop or some similar program. Of course they blew the competition away - but unless you were running a publishing company you didn’t NEED that power. What you needed was reliability, adaptability and affordability. You can build a 600 horse - 12k pound torque monster….but if it cost 45k and isn’t something most techs can work on and comes with a proprietary code that freezes when you try to flash it how many will care ? Especially when there’s a 550+ HP 11,500 Cummins using existing proven engines out there?

Like I said - diesels aren’t about speed - they are towing and economy. You want to get big things from point a to b while using as little fuel as possible. Want to go fast - buy an EV. Want to be a man and build something that’s powerful, adaptable, sounds cool and that you can fix affordably - gas.