Originally Posted by
Mark Rinker
oH OH...ITS A 6.0 !
Had one of those in a flatbed K3500 shortie. Put dualled out after-cat Flowmasters and turned out pipes on it, and man did
sound mean.
With anything on the flatbed, or on a trailer behind, you got to listen to that rattle for a long loooooong LOOOOOOOOOONG time before you were out of the accelerator, and cruising at 65mph.
Then it was always downshifting in search of torque for the hills...
A pathetic followup to the 350.
It was a pathetic follow up to the 350 for one reason. Horsepower sells trucks. People these days seem to believe that they need 400 HP to tow a 5,000 lb bass boat/trailer combo, or a 6,000 lb camper. That measly old 250 HP from the Vortec 350 can't handle it. Now you and I know that's not the case. The old 200 HP TBI equipped 350 would pull anything asked of it and was plenty peppy. The Vortec engine was more powerful, but lost a little grunt. The 6.0 is a powerhouse... at 5,500 RPM! Where is the low end torque? Sacrificed on the altar of Horsepower! This is an industry wide problem IMHO. Ford's 5.4L Triton can't touch a 351 for real world use. The "Hemi" can't hold a candle to the 360 when pulling a load. The 5.3 and 6.0 can't touch the venerable 350 either. But all three of those modern engines listed can all lay down Horsepower numbers that make their older brethren look like lame ducks. If Chevy re-introduced the TBI or Vortec 350 (assuming it could pass modern emissions standards) nobody would buy it because even though it would be functionally superior to the high horsepower mills of today, people will pick the bigger horsepower number any day of the week.
1993 Suburban 2wd 6.2L Diesel Conversion "Andromeda":
3.73:1 gears, THM 700-R4 transmission, and
J-code 6.2L diesel from a 1984 C2500 Suburban
1996 2wd to 4wd converted Ford F-150 300ci Inline 6 "The Argo" 336,000 miles and climbing
1992 Caprice Wagon 5.0L V8 "Enterprise-D"
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"The Argo? That ridiculous pile of scrap metal!"