Spied: 2015 Ford Super Duty F-350 Dualie - PickupTrucks.com
If you have ever seen the engine compartment for the current 6. 7 powerstroke, there is hardly an inch of space in there and if you ever had to do any major service, labor would by far be the biggest cost. For HD trucks, a Ram with a Cummins is definitely the way to go in my opinion. There is much more space in the engine compartment due to the fact that the Cummins is an I-6 and not a V8. I know people may not agree with me, but I am not convinced regarding the reliability of the current Powerstroke. I have heard both good and bad about it. The nice thing about Cummins is they are a company fully dedicated to engines. Cummins can spend all their $$$ on R&D for their engines. Ford can only allocate a fraction of their budget on developing their Powerstroke, since it's now developed in house. I would be willing to bet that the about of R&D spent on the 6. 7 Powerstroke is just a fraction of what was spent on the 6. 7 Cummins. When the IH 7. 3 Powerstroke was around, it was a quite reliable powerplant. It's predecessors, the IH 6. 9/7. 3 IDI engines also had a good reputation. Using IH diesels suited Ford well until the 6. 0l came about and all hell broke loose. Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
