New Ford F53 Chassis

Pirate wrote:
That's where I am at now. 85K miles on a 2006. The "RV" is in great shape. I am fully expecting to put in a new engine at some point, perhaps around 150K miles.

Why do you think you would need a new engine at 150K? There used to be someone that posted here a lot that had a V10 in his van and had over 400K miles on it. Pulled a large travel trailer. I think he said he went through a few starters and alternators but the engine was original.

timmac wrote:
I will stick with my old school V-10 with the 5 speed transmission and stay away from another high debt motorhome that will need lots of improvements to get where I am today..

I will wait till a all electric drive motorhome with a big genny to charge the batts while driving down the road that will get about 35 mpg..

:C

That's where I am at now. 85K miles on a 2006. The "RV" is in great shape. I am fully expecting to put in a new engine at some point, perhaps around 150K miles.

jy wrote:
They could of at least put aluminum wheels on it!

Ford will be happy to put aluminum wheels on your new F53 based motorhome, but, in most cases it's a special order extra cost option that most new owners opt out of.

https://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/stripped-chassis/models/f53-motorhome/

Chum lee

I will stick with my old school V-10 with the 5 speed transmission and stay away from another high debt motorhome that will need lots of improvements to get where I am today..

I will wait till a all electric drive motorhome with a big genny to charge the batts while driving down the road that will get about 35 mpg..

:C

I had a 460V8 mated to an E4OD for 12 years, and I had only two gripes with it: 1) the V10 has a lot more power, and with the improved transmission it rides a lot smoother, and 2) the #8 cylinder spit out the exhaust manifold bolt caps twice. The manifold warped enough to break the bolts, or in some cases (not to me, thank goodness)to crack heads.
Ford has had plenty of time since 1997 to improve the 460 design. Remember the early V10s had teething troubles of their own. Let's see what they came up with.

They could of at least put aluminum wheels on it!

Captain_Happy wrote:
This all sounds just great, but wait a minute, remember the great write up on the 6.0 from Ford back in the not so long-a-go pass. See how that one worked out. Just like every new coming out on the market, give a couple of years. If Ford has done all the real world testing it ought to already have the numbers.

Not sure thats a good example. The 6.0 was a diesel, built by Navistar, and sold to Ford. Other than the trucks they went in Ford didn't have a whole lot to do with that one.

On the other hand, when Ford decided it was time to build their own diesel, they came out with the 6.7L. I've owned a few of them, they are a rock solid reliable engine.

Hopefully this new 7.3 gasser is as good.

Add'l features from an article I read:

"Additional elements of Ford Co-Pilot 360 technologies become available on Ford commercial vehicles for the new model year. For F-650 and F-750 medium duty trucks, plus E-Series and F-53 and F-59 stripped chassis, traction control, hill start assist and auto headlamps are standard."

Rating an engine based upon the transmission is a false engine rating. Rate the 6.8 V10 3 Valve 362 HP coupled to a 10 speed trans. Then compare their performance.

Chassis have nothing to do with engine performance.

Quote from article:

"In addition, the 7.3-liter uses an all-new cam-in-block, overhead-valve architecture . . . . ."

I'm not sure what is "all-new" about that cam/valve configuration. Much less complicated, yes, fewer parts, yes, but, time will tell what tricks the Ford engineers have up their sleeve to get more out of less. Back to the 2 valve design on the F53 also? Interesting.

Chum lee