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How do you like to drive? Are you happy "putting about" or do you like to be able to accelerate in soft sand or deep soft snow or maybe a quick merge into traffic? I have not driven the 2.8 but there can't be any real comparison driving a r 2.8 compared to the fun of driving a gas 5.7l like mentioned above... to me driving my Bronco should be fun. If I just want to get from Point A to Point B I can drive my wife's CRV... on the fun scale it's a 1 out of 10, but it get's there.
Are you comparing noise levels? Did I miss that? Do you like to go on trails and all you hear is the rattling of a loud diesel? I"ve listened to sound clips on the R2.8- that's it. If they are 1/2 as loud as a mechanical pump 12valve Cummins you couldn't give me one. I had one, hated it, sold it. On trails as you're idling its all you ever hear. Can't talk to a buddy on the side of the trail or barely hear a spotter... never hear any wildlife and they usually run for cover long before you'd see them because of the ungodly noise they make.
Do you or your family have breathing issues with diesel exhaust? Just another thing to think about as there are many more people that have breathing difficulties with diesel exhaust than gas... just to let you know.
One last thing...no way in heck should you only be getting 10mpg with a 5.0 or 351W in a Bronco. So compare a new fuel injected, done RIGHT and you should easily get 13-14.5mpg and if you you go with all the right parts and build you should get 15-17 at 60mph on the highway. These numbers are not pie in the sky and are 30-50% higher than the previously mentioned 10mpg for a gas pwr'd Bronco. If I can get 13mpg in a 418 stroker at 55mph measured over several hundred miles (on multiple trips), mileage checked by GPS, an accurate to 1% odometer, using highway markers on the side of the road to double check odometer and GPS, always filled up at the same station, at the same pump facing the same direction it pretty much makes it a fact... it can easily be done in an engine built/tuned for mpg.
Just thought I'd mention those points in case you hadn't given them as much thought as just the "technical stuff and cost".
Have a good time, drive the Bronco, it's supposed to be fun.
Are you comparing noise levels? Did I miss that? Do you like to go on trails and all you hear is the rattling of a loud diesel? I"ve listened to sound clips on the R2.8- that's it. If they are 1/2 as loud as a mechanical pump 12valve Cummins you couldn't give me one. I had one, hated it, sold it. On trails as you're idling its all you ever hear. Can't talk to a buddy on the side of the trail or barely hear a spotter... never hear any wildlife and they usually run for cover long before you'd see them because of the ungodly noise they make.
Do you or your family have breathing issues with diesel exhaust? Just another thing to think about as there are many more people that have breathing difficulties with diesel exhaust than gas... just to let you know.
One last thing...no way in heck should you only be getting 10mpg with a 5.0 or 351W in a Bronco. So compare a new fuel injected, done RIGHT and you should easily get 13-14.5mpg and if you you go with all the right parts and build you should get 15-17 at 60mph on the highway. These numbers are not pie in the sky and are 30-50% higher than the previously mentioned 10mpg for a gas pwr'd Bronco. If I can get 13mpg in a 418 stroker at 55mph measured over several hundred miles (on multiple trips), mileage checked by GPS, an accurate to 1% odometer, using highway markers on the side of the road to double check odometer and GPS, always filled up at the same station, at the same pump facing the same direction it pretty much makes it a fact... it can easily be done in an engine built/tuned for mpg.
Just thought I'd mention those points in case you hadn't given them as much thought as just the "technical stuff and cost".
Have a good time, drive the Bronco, it's supposed to be fun.
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