I believe that the whole point of this has been muddied.... the point is, that exactly apple to apple a 6.4 equipped truck is going to be pretty close to a second faster in the 1/4 mile (stock)
Stock means,,- as it came off the showroom floor,, just plug in a off the shelf programmer such as a dashpaq and go.... no intake, no exhaust no nothing.
A built tranny is by itself probably worth a half second or more,, intake can be a tenth or more, exhaust the same,,,,
I am saying, and stand by, a duramax lbz cc/sb with 373 gears,, will not break into the 13's. And the same thing in a ford, with a 6.4 (which by the way weighs about 800lbs more) could possibly hit the 12's (for sure low low 13's as in 13.0x)
You can put up all the duramaxs you want that go in the 12's etc... they all have a built tranny for sure (even with a guru tuning them they will not handle much over 500 hp) they will have a after market exhaust, they will have a aftermarket intake they will have a lift pump etc. And they will have the front end either sleeved, dropped to the ground, or......
Dont read this as I am a duramax hater. But really more of a person who is just calling it as it is.