Posted by sixtyninegmc on October 19, 2011 at 21:29:50 from (209.112.196.186):
In Reply to: O/T: Pickup/SUV ? posted by Brad Gyde on October 19, 2011 at 19:50:30:
From my experience as an auto mechanic, my first instinct would be to recommend the `05 era GM trucks first (I don`t recall the exact years built), but I have a hard time trusting that opinion because I grew up in an all GM household ;-) But I cannot abide the newer ford overhead cam gas engines, I have worked on them way too much, and the access in the engine compartment is WAY worse than GM and Chrysler because those ford engines are a bit broad in the beam, and GM and chrysler both refined the same technology that worked for them for decades, and ford started from scratch and it shows. The GM 4L65E and 4L80E transmissions have excellent reputations and have been around a long time to figure out the bugs. I don`t have enough experience with Dodge trucks after the body change around `01 to be able to say much, but the older 5.2 gasser is a great motor (5.2 is french for 318), but those older dodge 4x4s did have some front axle issues with the central axle disconnect, and most jeeps can have the same issues, but there are kits available to remedy that issue permanently, and the front suspension is a bit cheesy on the dodges and jeeps for my taste. The jeep 4.0L inline six is an excellent motor, and is bolted to decent chrysler trannies, so a jeep could work well.
Catch all that? I guess they all have there good points and bad points. I guess I would take a GM 5.3L V8 and GM transmission in a `01 dodge truck with a ford super-duty leaf-sprung front axle. Not likely to work in your case, I guess that is why I drive older trucks.
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