Gas vs PSD
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From: Jessup, PA
Way to go - catching that dodge emblem in the shot.
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From: Whitewater, WI
7.3l
better mpg (towing and unloaded)
repair costs not a factor because of the fuel savings (if you actually use your truck like a truck)
more torque (pulling power)
more longevity (99% of people that know trucks will tell you a 7.3 diesel is going to be a longer lasting engine)
V10
?????
better mpg (towing and unloaded)
repair costs not a factor because of the fuel savings (if you actually use your truck like a truck)
more torque (pulling power)
more longevity (99% of people that know trucks will tell you a 7.3 diesel is going to be a longer lasting engine)
V10
?????
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From: Long Island USA
I wonder if it's a HEMI? 
My goodness...
Seriously? Now, I myself would work on my own diesel, if I had one. I used to do all the maintenance and repair on the trucks I drove back when I was in my 20's (15 years ago), and spent plenty of time stinking of diesel fuel while doing it. Which is why I swore I'd never own one.
But have you ever had a dealer (or truck diesel mechanic) work on your 7.3?
Off warranty, that is?
My goodness... But have you ever had a dealer (or truck diesel mechanic) work on your 7.3?
Off warranty, that is?
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From: Isanti, MN
It never ends! Everyone keeps reverting back to the 7.3L vs. V10 debate. Yes, we know it gets better MPGs. That's offset by the price premium in parts as well as purchase cost. So without that, let's go through some of these...
Not a factor? Seriously? I've seen more threads on FTE of blown up 7.3Ls than V10s...why don't you ask how they feel about this particular subject!
Are you sure? Need I refer to our comparison thread where Mike's V10 maintained speed with a 7.3L truck on the steepest part of the hill, then ran away from it once it was able to rev? That 7.3L in stock form did NOT handle the weight better than the V10. Tuned very well would have been a different story.
And as Clint and I discussed a few pages ago PLEASE provide data on this. Just because "people that know trucks" say so does NOT make it a fact.
Originally Posted by Seven-Point-Three
more torque (pulling power)
Originally Posted by Seven-Point-Three
more longevity (99% of people that know trucks will tell you a 7.3 diesel is going to be a longer lasting engine)
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Part of that has to do with the shear number of 7.3's versus V10s. At one point, I remember Ford saying only 14% of the market was V10.
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Are you sure? Need I refer to our comparison thread where Mike's V10 maintained speed with a 7.3L truck on the steepest part of the hill, then ran away from it once it was able to rev? That 7.3L in stock form did NOT handle the weight better than the V10. Tuned very well would have been a different story.
Not a factor? Seriously? I've seen more threads on FTE of blown up 7.3Ls than V10s...why don't you ask how they feel about this particular subject!
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From: SE Texas
JL
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really? when i brought this up about 30 or 40 pages ago know one had a clue? now we know they had the SAME rear axle?
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From: Rogersville, TN
217k miles and it has never been in the shop. It isn't a truck that has been pampered either. It is a work truck and it has been used like a work truck should be. The only work it has had done to it is a glow plug relay, glow plugs and one of my valve spring retainers had to be replaced because it had a crack in it.
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I have only seen one so far. That was some guy b*tching and moaning and calling the 7.3 every name he could think of because the POS only made it to 850k miles before it blew up.
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From: Texas
Both of them had 3.73's. Johnny is right on that one. If you watch the video you will see that the problem with the 7.3 was more tranny related than anything. It shifted early, wouldn't downshift, Tom was jerking on the shifter trying to get it to shift manually and it still wouldn't, etc. My one(and last) automatic does that same thing all the time on steep grades. Trying to climb a hill in a gear you shouldn't be in will make it hard for any engine.
The 7.3 was fine, the V10s tranny was doing that.
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Are you sure? Need I refer to our comparison thread where Mike's V10 maintained speed with a 7.3L truck on the steepest part of the hill, then ran away from it once it was able to rev? That 7.3L in stock form did NOT handle the weight better than the V10. Tuned very well would have been a different story.
How much more could you have gotten before you had to back out to keep it cool?
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From: Whitewater, WI
My 7.3l has never been to a repair shop and if at all possible I will do any repairs/mods it needs. My dad's 7.3l has been in for a new tranny and thats about it.
I know how that 7.3l did in the test and I don't buy it.
Blown up 7.3l's? Probablyonly ones you're ever going to find are ones that have lasted as long as they could be expected to and the guys who go for max power.
I know how that 7.3l did in the test and I don't buy it.
Blown up 7.3l's? Probablyonly ones you're ever going to find are ones that have lasted as long as they could be expected to and the guys who go for max power.