The TFL guys bought a 7.3L
They bought a new project truck, a 2020 F250 XLT with the 7.3L Gas engine, a 3.55 locking rear, and the new 10 speed auto. Should be a great series of videos! VIDEO Side note - that XLT trim ...
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The problem is in “absolutism” of comment/thought...there is no ‘one size fits all’...not even tube socks....
Most everyone has their own attributes that they purchase/own anything. Automotive much more personal to some and others...just a thing to own/use/etc and then toss it for whatever suits them at that time
IMHO...love GM small block’s , but not for my full sized trucks; love small displacement ICE’s for my cars and especially my 2 seaters; love big blocks for my full sized trucks: been around diesels most of my life, but never wanted one...expect for a couple years with buddies constantly touting Cummins diesel...looked at Ford’s 7.3L diesel, but my big block 7.4L gasser suited me better than and continues to this day
Nor does resale come into my decision to own anything, as keep my stuff very, very long. Folks call me cheap, and am okay with that, and get my moneys worth out of most things. Buy well and keep it a long time so as to not have to purchase another....brother has owned about 3 times more vehicles than his older brother, me, over the years...but he is always talking about his monthly. Whereas I’ve not had a vehicle payment for decades
That is ‘me’ and don’t pressure or even try to dissuade others, as it is going to be ‘theirs’, not mine
Common everyday drivers have finally ‘got it’ in regards to close-ration gear boxes...these higher number of gearbox gears is just that. Old days of racing’s close-ratio gear boxes was just to keep their ICE’s in their sweet RPM range...am noodling the rebuild of my 4L80E into one rated for 1,500HP/3yr warranty with 8 gears...by an 0.5 or 0.7 GearVendors/gear splitter (rated for 1,200HP) and 5.38 diff ratio. Issue is that, that ratio isn’t available for the front diff...that I can find so far.
With the very flat torque curve, don’t need much more in numbers of gears. HIgh rev’ing and peaky ICEs does benefit from more gear ratios...though some of today’s small blocks does have flatter torque curves.
Nephew has a 2010 RAM 2500HD Turbo Cummins. Neighbor has the same, but a few years older. Another neighbor has a Ford 350HD SuperDuty V10. Driven all of them and there is NOTHING with them that I’d change my 7.4L for, but that is just me...
Most everyone has their own attributes that they purchase/own anything. Automotive much more personal to some and others...just a thing to own/use/etc and then toss it for whatever suits them at that time
IMHO...love GM small block’s , but not for my full sized trucks; love small displacement ICE’s for my cars and especially my 2 seaters; love big blocks for my full sized trucks: been around diesels most of my life, but never wanted one...expect for a couple years with buddies constantly touting Cummins diesel...looked at Ford’s 7.3L diesel, but my big block 7.4L gasser suited me better than and continues to this day
Nor does resale come into my decision to own anything, as keep my stuff very, very long. Folks call me cheap, and am okay with that, and get my moneys worth out of most things. Buy well and keep it a long time so as to not have to purchase another....brother has owned about 3 times more vehicles than his older brother, me, over the years...but he is always talking about his monthly. Whereas I’ve not had a vehicle payment for decades
That is ‘me’ and don’t pressure or even try to dissuade others, as it is going to be ‘theirs’, not mine
Common everyday drivers have finally ‘got it’ in regards to close-ration gear boxes...these higher number of gearbox gears is just that. Old days of racing’s close-ratio gear boxes was just to keep their ICE’s in their sweet RPM range...am noodling the rebuild of my 4L80E into one rated for 1,500HP/3yr warranty with 8 gears...by an 0.5 or 0.7 GearVendors/gear splitter (rated for 1,200HP) and 5.38 diff ratio. Issue is that, that ratio isn’t available for the front diff...that I can find so far.
With the very flat torque curve, don’t need much more in numbers of gears. HIgh rev’ing and peaky ICEs does benefit from more gear ratios...though some of today’s small blocks does have flatter torque curves.
Nephew has a 2010 RAM 2500HD Turbo Cummins. Neighbor has the same, but a few years older. Another neighbor has a Ford 350HD SuperDuty V10. Driven all of them and there is NOTHING with them that I’d change my 7.4L for, but that is just me...
