Any regrets with the 6.7?

[t_jolt]

Apparition, you need to study some aerodynamics. The induction loss is minimal compared to the reduction in drag.
Why do you think home run hitters love to hit in Denver? And aviation speed records are altitudinally annotated.
The SR-71 is a dog below 50,000 feet.

All depends on the power loss

Being an old time racer with turbo vs NA cars, i have done a ton of research and had lots of people with all the fancy letters at the end of their name ( from all race classes) come to almost the same conclusion. While being higher in elevation, you will lose power no matter what, when it comes to motorized vehicles. Response time of the turbo, and lack of drag on the turbo fins, will absolutely not make up for the power loss at altitude when it comes to a set distance value. If I take the truck and run even 60ft times at sea level vs mile high, Sea level will always win ( if reaction times etc are the same), Turbo's help make up for lost power at elevation, but the motor's in our trucks have more then enough displacement and exhaust gas + heat to really get the turbo spinning without much lag. If we were talking about about a 60 trim or bigger, cartridge based turbo in small 4 banger in a 2 liter motor, the argument of how much drag vs spool times would be a bigger discussion. But overall, my opinion would be after the truck moves more than 10ft the turbo will be fully spooled, and the wastegate will be open. Then we can go down all the fun rabbit holes of CFM's, channels, compression, fuel, how to get more exhaust mass to spin the turbo even faster, using a sutterbox launch to help keep the turbo spooled. etc. but these are all racing focused, and not daily driver needs.

edited to add this - horsepower and torque values can change with different boost settings, and turbo capabilities. you can use different turbos to different applications to reach the desired affect with a multiple variables. (temp, altitude, humidity, boost pressure, etc etc)
But all being equal on this trucks stock ( with or without the power commander, any further than 10 ft ( and i say that giving a huge margin as i really dont want to calculate the true difference) shouldnt make a difference. i believe we are more in the 3 ft range from an affect standpoint.

 

[Briski]

No regrets at all with the 6.7l power stroke. I don’t like the smell of diesel fumes but I don’t notice it with the Tremor. It’s amazing how quick an 8,000 lbs truck can be!!!

 

[texmudder]

I started my journey in 2003.5 with the powerleaker otherwise known as the 6.0L. After a buy back I moved to a GM diesel. In 08 I got the 6.4L. 2011 I got the 6.7, again in 2014, 2017, and now 2021. Still love the 6.7L. It’s a daily driver for me and gives me a smile every day. We 10 speed is night and day better than the old 6 speed as well.

 

[250Tremor]

I’m only at 800 miles but I’m impressed. They are monsters on power. I already looked into how much replacement tires are going to cost ?

 

[Jdavis77]

This is my second 6.7. In the last 15 years I have had 3 other diesel trucks. I never considered Ford till 2017. No clue why not. The super duty is the nicest most powerful truck I have ever owned. This tremor is so badass. I tried telling my wife over and over I was going to buy the 7.3. She said to buy the diesel. So I did. And it puts a smile on my face every day. Even with 3.89$ diesel and 1000$ registration in California. Would buy it again.

 

[Tx-Tremor6.7]

I only have 750 miles on mine so far, but I have zero regrets. I will be taking it for its first maiden towing voyage this weekend, so I will know more about its abilities when I get back. I do not mind the smell of diesel, but as others have said, it is very minor with all of the emissions on them today.

I went back and forth on the 7.3L before ordering mine, but I know I would have regretted the gasser when towing.

 

[Apparition]

I only have 750 miles on mine so far, but I have zero regrets. I will be taking it for its first maiden towing voyage this weekend, so I will know more about its abilities when I get back. I do not mind the smell of diesel, but as others have said, it is very minor with all of the emissions on them today.

I went back and forth on the 7.3L before ordering mine, but I know I would have regretted the gasser when towing.

Agree, I believe I'd have regretted not getting the diesel.

 

[Loshad]

...or diesel.

 

[Tx-Tremor6.7]

...or diesel.

Exactly, what I was thinking!

 

[ftchmup]

No regrets, and smiles almost daily.
owned a 2001, 7.3 that I loved and still miss. The 2020 is better stronger and faster....
2005 that I hated and drove me to a gasser. No pun intended.

 

[Iron Man]

I actually do the stock tune is pure crap i have never seen a vehicle that is slower when you floor it the engine takes like 10 seconds to respond when you floor it

bought a banks pedal moster didnt fix it

i have been thinking of getting rid of the truck for this reason

Dude mines a diesel rocket ship. It’s a fucking beast. Seriously no shit a beast. The lag does suck when I get the damn lag but I freakin wail on it. I ride a Jaguar F Pace SVR that does 0-60 in 4 seconds and I don’t feel like this big ass truck is a pussy at all. I love my sexy beast. That’s my 2 cents.

 

[Grabber]

...or diesel.

That's the only thing I miss. Was walking through the parking lot of Home Depot the other day and old 6.0l diesel was sitting there running. As I walked by, the glorious smell of diesel exhaust filled the air, lol.

 

[PapaRaptor]

I will occasionally complain about the emissions. However, speaking to a manager at my dealership on truck values and resales ( I am selling my Raptor possibly to them) and he told me how he puts values on cars and trucks. They will ding the gas trucks no matter what the condition or mileage. They go premium on the diesels. So I am convinced the 6.7 investment is solid. NOW thanks to our new government leaders the fuel prices are skyrocketing ( bad policy but thats another topic and no politics here). The 6.7 will give you HUGE HUGE MPG that is if you can keep your foot out of it. It is a big if cause you got tons of power and it feels great. But if you can manage reasonable acceleration and keep the speeds down on the highway you can and will get over 20mpg. That will never happen with a gasser, especially as we get our Summer blend of ethanol in the gas. The gas prices go up and gas mileage goes down. Opposite with diesel ..... As temps warm up they stop the winter blend and the mileage goes up and the price drops a bit. Seems always more than 87 octane but the ratio gets more favorable.

So no regrets here only I wish I could get a second one

 

[Bulldog]

I actually do the stock tune is pure crap i have never seen a vehicle that is slower when you floor it the engine takes like 10 seconds to respond when you floor it

bought a banks pedal moster didnt fix it

i have been thinking of getting rid of the truck for this reason

Pedal Commander works amazing on mine. Night and day difference.