Ford 7.3L GASSER!!

rjstractor wrote:

Groover wrote:

Big Katuna wrote:
Dual alternators have been an option for years. My boss had it on is 6.0 Ford Diesel to run an inverter.

Is this a diesel? I assumed that it was the new 7.3 gas engine that the thread is about. What would be new here is not "dual alternators" but that a gas burner is targeting markets that require dual alternators, typically commercial markets.

Nothing new really, the 8.1 GM V8 and Ford's Triton V10 were used extensively in commercial markets. I'm not sure if they offered dual alternators on the V10 though, our E450 ambulances have a single aftermarket alternator rated at around 400 amps.

Neither the V10 or 8.1L had factory dual alternators (although some aftermarket options were very nice, and didn't require the alternator be "flipped" to fit). This is the first gas engine with dual alternators, at least in recent times.

The high-amp alternator in the V10 was a 225-amp, not 400 amp.