Going to look at a 7.3L IDI 5-speed truck tomorrow
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Going to look at a 7.3L IDI 5-speed truck tomorrow
I think I've probably lost my mind, but I'm going to go look at a 7.3L IDI 5-speed truck to perhaps buy. The body looks beat up, but it might be a good deal. If I were to ever do a engine swap with my '77 F350, this would be my choice of engine/trans. Am I nuts?
David
David
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I think I've probably lost my mind, but I'm going to go look at a 7.3L IDI 5-speed truck to perhaps buy. The body looks beat up, but it might be a good deal. If I were to ever do a engine swap with my '77 F350, this would be my choice of engine/trans. Am I nuts?
David
David
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The 460 is a great tow motor and can be made to be even better with bolt on parts if it currently has good compression .. The fail is in fuel economy .. If the vehicle is something you are going to drive lets say more then 100,000 miles than the fuel economy of the 7.3 IDI will start to pay for the expense and labor of the swap .. The real savings is more in highway MPG running with no towing load and not while towing .. So you have to ask yourself how many miles will I actually be towing with the truck ? Remember you already have a really nice tow vehicle
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I say go for it if you can afford to do the swap. It may take a while to make sense financially but your more likely to drive it if you enjoy it and it gets more than 8 mpg.
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