I know a few that think they are great and are much better on fuel than Cats or Cummins.
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6.2 a Detroit Diesel?
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I know a few that think they are great and are much better on fuel than Cats or Cummins.
So interestingly enough I have talked to several farmers after they find out my jimmy is a 6.2 and most of them switched when Ford came out with the 6.9 cause it was touted as a heavy duty diesel motor. They all said they wanted their 6.2s back. I know a couple guys with 6.9s I don't have any clue why those would be more desirable than a 6.2. So who knows most people that I have talked to about 6.2s grumble about the power. And the lack of reliability and hard starting etc. ALL of those that I have kept talking to had 250k plus on their 6.2s when they sold em. So who knows I do like mine and its 320k on the ticker
the 4.56 gears kill my 6.2 in the acceleration race but it does the job,. its just slow but it wont die.
I dont know i have never driven a M!009.
Ah, where do people get claims of 40hp by changing injectors ?
Fair enough. I admit my impression of Detroit Diesels was formed in the 70s and 80s, and mostly on 10+ year old MD farm trucks up to multi-mill OTR tractors. And while that's probably more comparable to what we expect from a 6.2/6.5, I have no knowledge of anything remotely current.
My dad drove OTR trucks from the mid 80's up to around 2000. I think his last truck was a 1994 Detroit powered Kenworth. That is where most of my knowledge comes from on the Detroit Diesels. I'm sure they have come out with better motors since then.
