I own a 5.9 (01 in a dodge 3500) and a 7.3 (00-450), and ford gassers (460,351,302). The 5.9 is a better engine, ford builds a better truck. I know many guys who have spent a lot of money on 6.0's and still don't trust them. I know 2 guys that will buy late 6.0's and bulletproof egr delete etc., and then say they have a good reliable truck (but they are the exception). They did the work themselves and know those trucks inside and out. One of them says he really likes 6.0's because no one else wants them- so he buys them cheap. But they both just figure on doing the "bulletproofing" right off the bat.
What farmerlund says is right on auctions. Also on craigslist with people selling trucks. 7.3's are all bringing more $ than 6.0's. Asking price, selling price, brother in law price, whatever. Old body style 7.3's are popular by me also. They will bring twice what a 6.4 ford will. They can't give the 6.4's away by me.
From what I read and people I talk to, if you want ford, 7.3 or skip all the way to 6.7. The only way to 6.0 is to delete/bullet proof, and most of the guys that do that buy the truck dirt cheap broken, and know how to fix it themselves, or they own the truck already, and owe too much against it, so have to fix them. If you're looking at buying it, just figure in the cost of the "bulletproofing", because everyone says its just a matter of time.
