3.0 Duramax vs 6.2L V8 - which option is best?

[grover]

Hatche90
Can't remember it was either 50 or the 400 setting but I did hand calculate at times as I wanted to see if it was accurate, usually the hand calc was slighty more than guage. Nice to see but not sweating it out on every trip lol!

 

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[pigpen23]

An easier way to put this, trucks aren’t meant for racing, they are meant for towing. So, get yourself a diesel with torque instead of a gas guzzling motor for horsepower. If hp is want you want then get a sports car.I

I race my trucks everyday....to each their own...

 

[MikeDAV8r]

I race my trucks everyday....to each their own...

Oh, I get it. I’m just an old skewl geezer that likes HP when I mash on the skinny pedal, and the ability to haul my planes around when I need too. My towing days are behind me. Can’t haul my giant scale models in the back of a hellcat or corvette very well, so the next best thing for ME is a quick, well built, reliable peek up!

 

[Hopalong]

Neither. I would never consider a baby diesel; what’s the point? If you tow, go big, if you want mileage, get a car. The 6.2 has terrible diminished value, I nicknamed mine “The Turd.”

 

[MikeDAV8r]

Neither. I would never consider a baby diesel; what’s the point? If you tow, go big, if you want mileage, get a car. The 6.2 has terrible diminished value, I nicknamed mine “The Turd.”

Neither. I would never consider a baby diesel; what’s the point? If you tow, go big, if you want mileage, get a car. The 6.2 has terrible diminished value, I nicknamed mine “The Turd.”

It’s the world we live in. Mileage or muscle! Both in a single package isn’t gonna happen. But I’ve had em all. I was lucky enough to have a 2017 6.2 that was an absolutely awesome rig. Scored well on that trade to a 2022 Denali Duramax 1-ton which was a frickin Covid nightmare. I named that junk the Covid special. I’m positive it was the 1st or 2nd truck to roll off the assembly line that year. Horrible truck. Off loaded that junk for a 2025 6.2 that’s been a peach. Did my homework, got lucky w the 6.2s in front of and behind the bad years. Meh