Frist off i want to say i love my 93 7.3 idi turbo but i was just wondering i have a change of geting a 95 cumminsing engine relay cheap. runing realy good with only about 140k on it. would it be worth my time to swap thim of just keep my 7.3. the only down side i can see is i dont want to deel with the computer and wiering that the cummins comes with.

 

I thought the 95 cummins was a mechanical engine.to be honest you won't gain much if any at all the cummins is a solid motor to build up but if your expecting big gains just from the swap you will be disappointed.that's just my opinion.it would be a good motor to have around if you found a good body with a bad motor though.

 

if u want build power them the cummis will go farther them the idi will

 

dont know to much about cummins. i was justy going by what my freind told me over the phone he told me that it comes with a computer and a wirering harniss but for all i know it could varey will be a mechanical engine. i just mite get it any way the price is right just $500 and do what rubejosh said look for a good truck body to put it in

 

hell for 500 thats a steal

 

i know it came out a truck that had the back end was like totaly destored but from the front set up was in exalint shap. not sure what happed to it. my fraind got it from someone how was going to swap it in to a 90 f350 but out of geting sick sold the f350 and the engine to my fraind for like $1500 my fraind didnt need the engine cause he alrady had a 24V cummins to put into. so it looks like im going to end up with it. but hay im not compaling.

 

$500 running Cummins = buy it. At the very least you could flip it for some spare cash. As Joe said, if you want to get more power the Cummins is better than ther IDI. It does not reach a limit like the IDI does. Lot of people putting Cummins into later model Fords to get rid of 6.0/6.4 powerchokes.

 

The computer is for controlling the intake heaters and the auto trans if it had one. It all depends what you want out of it, to simply swap stock for stock, not really much of a change for the money you have to spend on either buying conversion parts or for the parts you have to fabricate. If you want to keep your driveling as is, you will spend $600 easily on the adapter plate and such, and have to get a powerstroke starter. If you do minimal fabricating, expect to drop over $1000 for just parts. But if you can buy it for $500, you can easily double your money.

 

the 12v cummins is a great engine, if you wanna build big power, that will be your best bet, but you'd better have your check book handy, if you just want something to get you around reliably everyday, pull a trailer or haul a load then you might as well keep your idi

 

No computer crap to worry about with the 12V. Hook up a couple batteries to it and go...you can hook the grid heater up to a switch just like you can with the glow plugs on these IDI's and for $500 you better get that thing even if it's not in running conditon. That's a steal. P-pump setups go for around 1k alone off them so. Nice thing bout these motor's is stud and o-ring the head, drop some 110# valve springs and billet pushrods in it and your good to go to spin 4k RPM's, handle 80psi of boost, and handle 900-1000hp if you really wanted to haha. Bottom end is good for 1000hp. Just a little info for ya.

 

wow if i can get a 900-1000hp out of it i mite just spend some time (and some monny) and find a good body to put her in. I just mite make a tractor puller out of her now that sounds like fun to me.