Ford 7.3L gas power numbers
430hp/475tq Looks like it's designed to be a winner. Video
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wanderingaimlessly wrote:
The extra torque will be welcommed by the MH folks, but I am surprised they are downing the hp to 350 on the f-53, be it by rev limiting, it's still a means of detuning. I know that the MH builders would love for the extra power to show on the specs for sales of longer and heavier units.
That is why people like 5 Star tuning make a killing in the MH market.
The only reason why it is de-tuned in the first place is because an EPA mandate says than an incomplete vehicle chassis has to go through an engine dyno certification as opposed to a chassis dyno certification that complete trucks are allowed to go through. The engine dyno certification is much more stringent then the chassis dyno certification so the manufacturers have to de-tune them even more than they already are to meet the requirements.
It is like back in the 70 and 80s when the EPA mandates forced the manufacturers to de-tune their once high horsepower V8's to the point where 4 and 6 bangers were blowing their doors off.
