Attention 7.3l owners!

mec500 wrote:
I have a 2002 f350 with the 7.3 and tow a 13000 fiver and a 5500 boat. The mods have been a trans cooler,ford AIS intake
Exhaust and a dp tuner I leave on 60hp mountains It pulls great, I do have to drop to second to tow the fiver up the g**** vine at 55 but I don't think that's a big deal I also tow a lot of winding mountains and it does good there as well.the new trucks look nice but I would rather keep the 7.3, easy and cheap to maintain and still considered a a great truck after all these years

55 in second gear ,please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :R

I have a 2002 f350 with the 7.3 and tow a 13000 fiver and a 5500 boat. The mods have been a trans cooler,ford AIS intake
Exhaust and a dp tuner I leave on 60hp mountains It pulls great, I do have to drop to second to tow the fiver up the g**** vine at 55 but I don't think that's a big deal I also tow a lot of winding mountains and it does good there as well.the new trucks look nice but I would rather keep the 7.3, easy and cheap to maintain and still considered a a great truck after all these years

I have 3 Ford 7.3 Powerstrokes, 2 for business and I just picked up a 99 Superduty DRW with 150000 miles with a bad converter that had the marble sounds. The 99 is stock except for Hydra chip with set of gauges and I installed a muti disk converter plus 6.0 cooler. I paid four thousand for the 99 because every one was afraid of the noise converter made. I new the seller well and the truck was well taken care of but the noise was the kicker. I also installed the 05 superduty headlights after cutting out the header with a template to follow.

if you have the 6.0 cooler would the deeper pan be all that much of advantage?? In reading some stuff on FTE, ford truck enthusist http://www.ford-trucks.com/, the 6.0 will keep the trans fluid cool pretty much in every condition short of overheating the engine.

on the sonnax valve body, are they comparable with the John Woods or Brian Truck valve bodys everyone is talking about?

I agree on the multi disc TC being a bonus.

good info for sure..

nremtp143 wrote:
As far as the tranny is concerned, you've already put on the 6.0 cooler, now you need a multi-disc converter, Sonnax valve body and a deeper pan to help on those really long uphill pulls. These 4R100 trannies can be built to haul some serious weight nowadays and stay cool doing it. Around here a complete rebuild to tow runs between $2202 and $3400 depending on what all you want done. A friend of mine spent 19 years building and re-building them at Ford dealers all around here and now has his own shop and in covered up with people wanting the 4R100s built to pull.

As far as the tranny is concerned, you've already put on the 6.0 cooler, now you need a multi-disc converter, Sonnax valve body and a deeper pan to help on those really long uphill pulls. These 4R100 trannies can be built to haul some serious weight nowadays and stay cool doing it. Around here a complete rebuild to tow runs between $2202 and $3400 depending on what all you want done. A friend of mine spent 19 years building and re-building them at Ford dealers all around here and now has his own shop and in covered up with people wanting the 4R100s built to pull.

Kevin O. wrote:

up2nogood wrote:

marcsbigfoot20b27 wrote:
My 2000 will almost run with the new ones.
Check my sig for mods....it runs like a raped ape, no smoke.

For performance, I recommend full exhaust larger diameter (major player in lowering EGT exhaust gas temps) , 16 position tune shift on the fly chip like PHP Hydra, billet compressor wheel for the turbo like Riffraff or Wicked Wheel 2.

6.0 cooler is awesome isn't it?

With those 3 mods you can run an 80hp tow tune that is really 100 with the billet wheel.
No smoke and waaaaay better transmission shifting!

The key word is almost, and its a distant almost to the new ones . Owned ,and towed for nearly 16 years with a 99 Superduty 7.3 with all the standard mods. 6.0 intercooler, and tranny cooler ,exhaust .AIS intake , DP tuner. It ran great, pulled the mountains better, lower ETG's etc etc etc, and it still does not come close to comparing to my new 2014 diesel, not even close.

They definitely don't compare to today's torque monsters with the 6 speed transmissions and if you can afford one then more power to ya! But properly setup the 7.3L is certainly no slouch.. I don't have the extra cash to drop $60,000+ on a new truck plus have to deal with the $900+ a year for property taxes.
My truck does everything I ask of it, It's paid for, I don't have to worry about emissions, don't have to add any DEF fluid, and I'm willing to bet she shines just as good as your 2014! :B

I'm sorry you missed the point, my point wasn't whether you could or could not afford a new truck. I simply pointed out that ,yes the 7.3 is a great motor, but yesterdays truck as far as power, nothing else. I will challenge anyone who compares a 7.3 to todays diesels . I bought new ,and drove a 7.3 as said for nearly 16 years, I know exactly how they perform.

All I can say is make that 7. 3 last because if not there will come a day you will have to put up with DEF, emissions etc. After the 7.3 ford didn't have a truck really worth buying until 2011. So enjoy that 7.3 all you can.

RooDude09 wrote:
That is my exact feeling Kevin. I'm a Ford technician and even with my discount I can't afford a 6.7. I have the abilities to do any repairs or modifications to my 7.3 and its paid for so why go into debt?

You guys have some great points. I am at the place Where I simply can't afford a new diesel...and the out of warranty repairs on the newer diesels is astronomical....people complained about the 6.0 PSD but the cost to bulletproof one of them is a fraction of say....a HPFP failure on a CP4 equipped truck alone.

There is a real reason why older diesels hold their value so well...especially for a nice example.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

That is my exact feeling Kevin. I'm a Ford technician and even with my discount I can't afford a 6.7. I have the abilities to do any repairs or modifications to my 7.3 and its paid for so why go into debt?

up2nogood wrote:

marcsbigfoot20b27 wrote:
My 2000 will almost run with the new ones.
Check my sig for mods....it runs like a raped ape, no smoke.

For performance, I recommend full exhaust larger diameter (major player in lowering EGT exhaust gas temps) , 16 position tune shift on the fly chip like PHP Hydra, billet compressor wheel for the turbo like Riffraff or Wicked Wheel 2.

6.0 cooler is awesome isn't it?

With those 3 mods you can run an 80hp tow tune that is really 100 with the billet wheel.
No smoke and waaaaay better transmission shifting!

The key word is almost, and its a distant almost to the new ones . Owned ,and towed for nearly 16 years with a 99 Superduty 7.3 with all the standard mods. 6.0 intercooler, and tranny cooler ,exhaust .AIS intake , DP tuner. It ran great, pulled the mountains better, lower ETG's etc etc etc, and it still does not come close to comparing to my new 2014 diesel, not even close.

They definitely don't compare to today's torque monsters with the 6 speed transmissions and if you can afford one then more power to ya! But properly setup the 7.3L is certainly no slouch.. I don't have the extra cash to drop $60,000+ on a new truck plus have to deal with the $900+ a year for property taxes.
My truck does everything I ask of it, It's paid for, I don't have to worry about emissions, don't have to add any DEF fluid, and I'm willing to bet she shines just as good as your 2014! :B

marcsbigfoot20b27 wrote:
My 2000 will almost run with the new ones.
Check my sig for mods....it runs like a raped ape, no smoke.

For performance, I recommend full exhaust larger diameter (major player in lowering EGT exhaust gas temps) , 16 position tune shift on the fly chip like PHP Hydra, billet compressor wheel for the turbo like Riffraff or Wicked Wheel 2.

6.0 cooler is awesome isn't it?

With those 3 mods you can run an 80hp tow tune that is really 100 with the billet wheel.
No smoke and waaaaay better transmission shifting!

The key word is almost, and its a distant almost to the new ones . Owned ,and towed for nearly 16 years with a 99 Superduty 7.3 with all the standard mods. 6.0 intercooler, and tranny cooler ,exhaust .AIS intake , DP tuner. It ran great, pulled the mountains better, lower ETG's etc etc etc, and it still does not come close to comparing to my new 2014 diesel, not even close.