1998 E350 engine same as 1999 F250 ?
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1998 E350 engine same as 1999 F250 ?
Hi, my partner's truck is a 1999 F250. It only has 198K miles on it, but has a bad cylinder, other than that, it runs great. I have a chance to buy a good running 1998 E350 shuttle bus, is the 1998 E350 PS, the same as the 1999, or is it like the 1997? We swapped a 99 E250 engine into my friend's F350, had to change the turbo out. And couldn't use the transmission, case was different, so, this transmission probably wouldn't work either. Main concern is the engine being the same.
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That sounds weird. I'm not an expert and I don't know all the correct terminology, but I have OBS Powerstroke blocks that I have evaluated for use in the Superduty. The 7.3L Powerstroke engines should be the same from 94.5 until 2003 in the US. There are a few differences that shouldn't interfere, but there will be some hardware swaps that need to occur in a few places.
The engine face and oil cooler may need to swap, the heads may be an 8-bolt intake vs. a 10-bolt intake, and the transmission plate on an automatic is very different from a manual transmission. All of this can be resolved by swapping the transition plate on the back of the engine, flex plate, an aftermarket intake plenum, and swap all the aluminum components off the face of the engine. You also have a mechanical fuel pump on some engines - that just needs to be removed and a freeze plug covering the hole left behind. The driver-side exhaust manifold it different as well.
In essence, I'm saying the 7.3L Powerstroke blocks are interchangeable, but everything attached to it is in question.
You need more input than mine, though.
The engine face and oil cooler may need to swap, the heads may be an 8-bolt intake vs. a 10-bolt intake, and the transmission plate on an automatic is very different from a manual transmission. All of this can be resolved by swapping the transition plate on the back of the engine, flex plate, an aftermarket intake plenum, and swap all the aluminum components off the face of the engine. You also have a mechanical fuel pump on some engines - that just needs to be removed and a freeze plug covering the hole left behind. The driver-side exhaust manifold it different as well.
In essence, I'm saying the 7.3L Powerstroke blocks are interchangeable, but everything attached to it is in question.
You need more input than mine, though.
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Thanks, yeah, when we did the 99 van swap into my friend's 99 F350, all we had to swap was the turbo. He may have had to swap the oil pan too, not sure now, though, everything else on the engine was the same. Just trying to find out if the 98 van is the same as the 99, seeing as they didn't offer the Powerstroke in any F250 or F350 trucks in 98.
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