Replacing a 6.2L with a 7.3L?
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Replacing a 6.2L with a 7.3L?
So I saw a thread about engine replacement in a 2017+ 6.7L and it got me thinking. I'm buying a 6.2L for a couple reasons, first it's long track record of reliability with little to no problems , second, it's more than enough power for my modest needs (I didn't want to buy the one year old 7.3L with the also one year old 10r140, especially when the 6.2L/6r100 will do the job for me). However, that other thread got me thinking. This is purely hypothetical, but if over the next decade the 7.3L turns out to be just as stout and reliable as the 6.2L, would a crate 7.3L drop into a truck that had a 6.2L that had the 6r100 trans? I was thinking that since the 6.2L can be mated with both the 6 speed and 10 speed trans, that the 7.3L could probably do the same. Thoughts?
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Is that what it would take to do this? I know nothing about engine swaps, which is the reason I posed the question in a forum to get input from others. It's not like I'm planning on doing this, I'm just wondering if could easily and economically be done. People do engine swaps on older chassis all the time, so I was wondering if this might become an option for 6.2's down the road. And while I'm guessing the 7.3L will be fine in the long run, it hasn't had the time to prove it's longevity yet, plus Ford has produced some real turds in the past, which is part of the reason I went with the 6.2.
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So I saw a thread about engine replacement in a 2017+ 6.7L and it got me thinking. I'm buying a 6.2L for a couple reasons, first it's long track record of reliability with little to no problems , second, it's more than enough power for my modest needs (I didn't want to buy the one year old 7.3L with the also one year old 10r140, especially when the 6.2L/6r100 will do the job for me). However, that other thread got me thinking. This is purely hypothetical, but if over the next decade the 7.3L turns out to be just as stout and reliable as the 6.2L, would a crate 7.3L drop into a truck that had a 6.2L that had the 6r100 trans? I was thinking that since the 6.2L can be mated with both the 6 speed and 10 speed trans, that the 7.3L could probably do the same. Thoughts?
To answer you're hypothetical, I would guess a motor change would involve a lot of electronics changes. Guys doing this motor into that from older cars took awhile to get figured out. I think control aspects are more complicated now ( If you figure it all out with a custom made bell housing and or adapter, maybe some welding and fab, you might have the code reader lit up like a Christmas tree when the inspection guy looks inside.
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