i can understand you wanting to whip some dorks, but with a bone stock truck its probably not going to work very well. Id say hold off a bit and get a few mods, then lay the hurt on them.

 

This is very true, the 7.3 wasn't known exactly for its out of the box snap....but with a few mods they can run like a stock or LIGHTLY modded 5.0 mustang.

 

Taurus info: its a 2006 sel with the 3.0L v6

 

Is it the 24 valve dohc?

 

you could always hook a chain to the taurus and drag it around a while! I dont think i would risk breaking or wrecking dads truck to show up some punks. I'm sure he would be p..sed if he knew you were even considering this. Be happy he trusts you with a nice Ford diesel!

 

Well buy now you raced our not.

So Jacob DID YA WIN?

 

Nope never happened the kid hardly ever drives anywhere and I'm too busy right now with wrestling. But I did challange a kid with a blazer to hook chains, but the kid wussed out. I woulda pulled his azz around the block.

 

A blazer? Isn't that the small version, like a Bronco II? Even if it's the full size version it's still just a gasser. Why are you picking on someone smaller? Whatever you do, please be safe. No need in wrecking or hurting anyone / anything.

 

Yeah same size as a bronco 2. I called the kid out cause he was talkin chit about my truck so I challenged him to hook chains and he wussed out.

 

...Those Blazers are ugly.

 

c'mon ppl, were are talking about a stock ford taurus give the 7.3 more credit than that, its a ford taurus, the kid will hit half way through second and run out of grunt, while the 7.3 will be pullin away, id make the race intresting, 2wd, roll some tire smoke, while your doin this he will get a car or 2 lengths ahead and when your truck grabs alls hes goin to see is F.250 rocketing past him, trust me here

 

i like your style.

 

Well, while everyone is in the spirit and talking about highschool racers and more importantly a stock 7.3. I would like to share with you all that the other day after school I raced a kid in his stock 7.3 with my roushcharged 150.... and beat the **** out of him. LOL but anyways i just figured I would throw that out there because I have been watching this thread from way up there at the roush, L, and saleen hangout.

 

My 6.0 had a good bit of mod done such as custom tunning and stacks and a fuel system and a spartan trans and i never broke anything while launching. Had maybe fifteen races and unknown number of launches just showing off. You should be fine but theres always that chance.

 

How do you keep a turbo spooled without launch control? Even with an automatic power braking at 2500rpm, turbo spools for a second and then falls back down with no real load on the motor, right? I'm confused. I have a 500awhp Subaru that I launch at 6k rpm, and if I don't use launch control (which pulls ignition so the fuel is ignited in the exhaust which then spins the turbo), I can't leave in boost.
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On a side note, I don't really see the point in racing a truck like that unless it was built for speed. I have seen some very respectable black mushroom cloud leaving desiels. But in the end, they only end up "fast for what they are" and hardly even a race for a modern bone stock sports coupe/sedan or even a nice SUV for that matter.