7.3L Ford Diesel
I friend of mine has a 2003 F-250 with the 7.3L Diesel for sale that I am going to look at tomorrow. It has 75,000 miles on it, and I know it has had meticulous care (he is a retired heavy diesel mech...
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majorgator wrote:up2nogood wrote:
Limited experience 16 years :h Lets see ,I replaced the ball joints at 60K, I replaced the transmission cooler with the 6.0 ,the intercooler with the 6.0, replaced the exhaust with 4" turbo back, replaced stock air intake with the AIS air intake. Ran the Superchip for a few years ( remember now we are talking the 16 inexperienced years ) Switched to the DP tuner, finally started to run half decent for towing . Added gauges to monitor transmission ,boost, and ETG's. The early 99 had to run the conventional coolant with SCA, because injector cups etc. would not tolerate the extended life coolant, some tried without problems, I chose to flush ,and run the conventional every 30K. These thing were all done by this wannabe driveway mechanic.
Yes mine accelerated better with the upgrades, but towing was a different animal.The limiting factor with all the upgrades was ETG's , unless you replaced the intercooler with something that would let it run ,the 7.3 intercooler would not allow the power that was there. The 6.0 helped ,but still wouldn't let it run like it could. We can debate this all day, I know how they perform.
As I said...you had your experience with your truck. Other people have their own experiences with their own trucks. Its OK if your experience doesn't match theirs, but your experience doesn't automatically become the gospel. Congratulations on getting totally worked up for no reason and going on silly rant in response to something you took completely out of context.
What part of limited experience do you think I took out of context,.Limited experience, your words not mine. Silly rant pointing out things that need or should be done to make a 7.3 run , and perform half decent for towing, otherwise they are gutless, you may call it a silly rant, I just call it the facts.
My experience was the exact same experience that anyone who hooks up a heavy fifth wheel to a 7.3 . Some face the facts about them, and some don't, thats the big reason I don't tow a heavy fifth wheel with a 7.3 anymore.
The 7.3 is still yesterday's truck, and performed accordingly. It was a great truck with a great motor. My point was to let the OP know what he was actually getting into, instead of this nostalgic cult following he was getting to hear from some of you.
