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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 11:03 AM
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Thumbs up FIRST START UP 92 7.3 IDI

the 7.3IDI strart up
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 11:07 AM
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humm you can click the link dont know why it did that !
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 12:29 PM
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Thats awesome congrats sounds great!!!!
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 12:34 PM
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hehe thanks its deffanly a good morring for me
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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nice, you just did the top end or full rebuild?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:05 PM
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full rebuild but pistons rods and cam where still in spec so they got standard barrings and pollished the crank and had 2 sleeves put in (cavatation issues )
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:07 PM
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also a new oil pump full felpro gasket set and new injectors and fairly new IP pump (money is running short ) freez plugs .. basicly a stock rebuild with a turbo soon to be added once i figure out how to get oil to it
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:23 PM
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No cam re-grind?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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nope did not need one maybe the one onwer befor me changed it idk but i do know it was still in spec so i did not mess with it since a lifter and cam cost $600+ i just reused the cam i have it was sill in the green as far as allowable where my motor guy at the mechince shope also got the same answers also the berring where fine even after i put 100k miles on here ( as a N/A motor and 90% of it was slow hyghways speeds truck only saw hills when i whent on vaca and drove it lol
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 04:38 PM
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this motor was the cleanest eazyest motor ive ever done corse that was after it was hot diped
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 04:47 PM
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is there a thread on your rebuild?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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umm no i did not sing up on here till after i was almost done with the motor
sorry altho i have another thred i think its called powerstroke turbo on a 92 F-350 IDI
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 05:33 PM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...92-7-3idi.html ahh here it is
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 05:45 PM
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Nice. She looks and sounds beautiful.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 06:03 PM
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I just thought you would regrind it as you plan to turbo. For performance, not as a maintanence or anything. And you can reuse the lifters.
 
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