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weagle99 Enthusiast

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Meh. I test drove a '14 Sierra SLT recently and didn't feel like I was giving up much of anything when I got back in my '09 Sierra SLT to drive home. In fact, there were several things about my truck that I like better than the new ones.

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crushNchowda Senior Enthusiast

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your right it is new. But from a marketing stand point does it really look new? Your talking a little more horse and torque of which still puts you below whats already out there, personally that's a bad business decision

40 more hp, 50 more tq isn't a little. Direct injection and vvt in a pushrod V8 is very new technology to the platform. A

OhmMega Enthusiast

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I'll agree gm has designed a superior truck.

 

I had an 08 and a 10 Silverado. They didn't feel refined or seem to have any ingenuity toward a utilitarian vehicle. My 14 works in more ways than transportation. And its a pleasant experience to travel.

 

My only two issues are I wish the seats weren't designed to hold Fat Bastard, some plush true buckets would be nice. And the injector noise is obnoxious if you're standing outside the vehicle.

 

Gm does well in providing a quality product and not finding ways to provide an afFORDable fleet product.

voltedge Enthusiast

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This exactly what I was hoping to hear...different opinions. I'll be blunt, if Fiat was as easy to deal with from a warranty stand point, I would have gotten another Ram in the 2014 variety. But when the owner of the dealership of multiple brands hints around to what you already know firsthand, then that told me something. I am not a Ford basher. I just hear folks talk about them all the time, and I feel as if I have the right to say something about them since I deal with on a daily to weekly basis just like the other brands and since I owned one. As for the EcoBoost, just read the other forums and there is some disgust with reliability there too. I just have to think that Ford should have learned their lesson with those crappy twin turbo powerstrokes that they had all the issues with a few years ago. When you boost an engine, you are subjecting it to a ton more stress than it is truly happy to live with. Like the old saying.."There's no replacement for displacement". I am not saying that they are not a good idea or that there are some good ones out there, i just want to see one in five years with 100-200k miles vs a normal aspirated v8 and then we'll see then. I hope it does well and the other brands use that technology. I am not a hater on any one brand except the import fullsize trucks. I owned a Toyota and was very unimpressed. That said, Where are their 3500 HD models? That's what I thought....

BTW>Fellow 07-13' GM truck owners, I am not hating your truck totally, it just didn't light my fire. I'd still like to have a GMC Denali or any one of the crew cabs lifted!


Joe_K Enthusiast

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40 more hp, 50 more tq isn't a little. Direct injection and vvt in a pushrod V8 is very new technology to the platform. A

 

VVT has been in the Ram pushrod Hemi since 2009. DI is new though.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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40 more hp, 50 more tq isn't a little. Direct injection and vvt in a pushrod V8 is very new technology to the platform. A

 

VVT has been in the Ram pushrod Hemi since 2009. DI is new though.

 

GM has had VVT since the same. Maybe 2010.

jdelrizzle Enthusiast

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I'm a GM guy always will be, the competition ran circles around the gmt 900 and their power train, I am brand loyal/biased, forget the Eco boost, the ford 5.0 will run circles around the old 5.3 and is completely on par with the new 5.3, the ford 5.0 is now considered "old".

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Variable valve timing is a complex function with lots of different results. Early vehicles did not combine intake and exhaust valve timing...Toyota may have been first in 2007, maybe the German cars earlier. The technology has advanced exponentially since with much better sync to have one engine function optimally at different RPM and load conditions. Look at the Torque curve and economy of the new GM engine. Piston design, combustion chamber, cam, direct injection, advance curves....old engines had the some of the same functions but look at the results on the Eco3.

If you use the theory that valve timing isn't something new then you probably could argue that Porsche and VW are just cars.

rippinit Enthusiast

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This exactly what I was hoping to hear...different opinions. I'll be blunt, if Fiat was as easy to deal with from a warranty stand point, I would have gotten another Ram in the 2014 variety. But when the owner of the dealership of multiple brands hints around to what you already know firsthand, then that told me something. I am not a Ford basher. I just hear folks talk about them all the time, and I feel as if I have the right to say something about them since I deal with on a daily to weekly basis just like the other brands and since I owned one. As for the EcoBoost, just read the other forums and there is some disgust with reliability there too. I just have to think that Ford should have learned their lesson with those crappy twin turbo powerstrokes that they had all the issues with a few years ago. When you boost an engine, you are subjecting it to a ton more stress than it is truly happy to live with. Like the old saying.."There's no replacement for displacement". I am not saying that they are not a good idea or that there are some good ones out there, i just want to see one in five years with 100-200k miles vs a normal aspirated v8 and then we'll see then. I hope it does well and the other brands use that technology. I am not a hater on any one brand except the import fullsize trucks. I owned a Toyota and was very unimpressed. That said, Where are their 3500 HD models? That's what I thought....

BTW>Fellow 07-13' GM truck owners, I am not hating your truck totally, it just didn't light my fire. I'd still like to have a GMC Denali or any one of the crew cabs lifted!

 

 

 

Which Tundra did you have? First gen or 2nd? The first gen was a Camry with 4wd. The Second Gen was actually a truck. I wouldn't say just because they dont make a 3/4 or 1-ton means that the 1/2-ton sucks, cuz the truth is they don't. In '07 the Tundra was just as good of a truck as any of the Big 3. Since then they have been flown by with new features and gas saving technology, but not necessarily in reliability.

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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VVT was in the GMT-900 5.3's. In 07 with the L76 6.0 in 07 and 08 had VVT.

 

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Joe_K Enthusiast

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VVT was in the GMT-900 5.3's. In 07 with the L76 6.0 in 07 and 08 had VVT.

 

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Thought so.

Chris Senior Enthusiast

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Just like your G8 that had the L76 same engine as the Vortec max with. Different intake manifold though

 

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mzodarg Senior Enthusiast

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Those itty bitty snails will burn themselves up after 100,000 miles of hard work/towing/payloads I can assure you that engine is not meant to be idling for a couple hours @ a Time during the summer on a. Job site in 90 degree weather.

 

I can also assure you a tune alone will beat those power figures from the ecoboost on the GM 5.3, and while I know a tune will net quite a bit more from the ecoboost it won't be nearly as reliable and you'll have to upgrade the intercooler.

I have a friend who bought a Ford with the eco boost, he has regretted it from the start. More so now, since I brought mine over and let him drive it.

Natek Enthusiast

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Which Tundra did you have? First gen or 2nd? The first gen was a Camry with 4wd. The Second Gen was actually a truck. I wouldn't say just because they dont make a 3/4 or 1-ton means that the 1/2-ton sucks, cuz the truth is they don't. In '07 the Tundra was just as good of a truck as any of the Big 3. Since then they have been flown by with new features and gas saving technology, but not necessarily in reliability.

I disagree with you on the tundra. I had a 2008 and their inexperience with building big trucks shows once you put some miles on them.

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