Attention 7.3l owners!

Diesel magazines are for the guys who want to race a blow smoke all over the place. I'm interested in what real people who tow have done

Roo, dont know if ya read any of the diesel mags but take a look at these 3 articles:

http://www.dieselworldmag.com/?s=7.3+engine+upgrades&submit=

My 01 DRW 4X4 has K&N, Superchips tuner (tow/safe 50hp), 3.5in straight through muffler, Amsoil trannie fluid and extra trannie cooler. Have had 13K 5er in 13 states including multiple trips across the Rockies. A little slow on the mountains, but does the job and I don't have $60K+ invested.

If it's a good truck I would just put fuel in it and drive.

As mentioned above... If you bump power your transmission may give you some issues.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

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!

Some performance videos on this page: http://www.powerstrokehelp.com/7.3liter/7-3_main.asp

Mine is a 2001 F350 with 155,000 miles. I've owned it for almost a year. To get it ready for this camping season I flushed tranny, transfer case,front & rear differentials and replaced them with Mobil 1 synthetic fluids. So far I've installed the 6.0 cooler, MBRP 5" exhaust, S&B intake, and Autometer gauges(boost,pyro,trans temp). I'm ordering a DpTuner F5 Chip tomorrow. Everyone i have talked to say it is like driving a new truck. I know what you mean about these trucks being a little sluggish on hills. My trailer is around 8000lbs fully loaded. I have read up on DpTuner and that is who I decided to go with. They have specific tunes for towing,daily driving and racing. Call them and tell them what your looking for and they will hook you up....

http://www.dp-tuner.com/

Tune it and put a full exhaust on it. There will be a night and day difference if you do.

You better have an updated tranny if you do this though.

Any serious incline causes a downshift on my 2012 6.7L, so I wouldn't worry about that. The 7.3 just has a lot less HP and torque than the newer engine so you'll never match that performance.