New Ford 7.3 V8
I see people calling this a “big block” engine. Is it part of a series of engines of different displacements based on a common “big” block?
Forum Discussion
rjstractor wrote:LOL. I have a real good understanding of this. I remember the last day I pulled out of the quarry grossing 110,000, with spark plug motor and the first trip with the same load and diesel.
Diesel is a bit of a different animal,
although it's a misnomer that the turbo engines get better mileage. Some of the early non turbo diesel pickups could get well over 20 mpg on the highway, but they had no power.
Don't know much about diesel pickups. Back in the day I was driving gas, most others diesel. Of the hands that had twice the displacement of mine, the N/A ones would load behind me all day, but the turbos would pass. And later, I was paying to feed one of each doing the same work.
Yes, Ford does brand their gas turbo engines as "Eco", but they really don't get significantly better mileage than N/A gas engines of similar power. Towing, they burn just as much fuel.
But just as much does not imply the need to own a gas station.
A 7.3 turbo would probably be overkill.But a lot of Tim Allens out there...
