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Originally Posted by JamieGeek
The V-10 is a bit more bulletproof than that. My F-250 was at 138,000 miles when I traded it in (no tune) and my F-350 was at 75,000 miles (with tune) when I traded it in on the Axis. Both engines ran as good as they did at mile 1.
The biggest issue with the V-10 isn't them blowing up due to high RPM. Its the exhaust manifold studs rusting and breaking. My F-350 had 3 of them break off at around 65,000 miles. Well that, and the spark plug issue but that is more prevalent in the earlier V-10s (occasionally they would spit out a spark plug. Ford made a design change to correct for that).
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I wasn't referring to it blowing up and the end result of high rpms is wear and tear. We all know that an engine that runs at 3000 rpm will more than likely outlast an engine running at 4000 rpm. I agree it is a tough engine but why wear any part of it out early 
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