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found an interesting site
6.9 L & 7.3 L Ford Diesel Specs & Information
heres a comparison of the 6.9 the 5.9 and the 6.2 diesels
6.9L Ford Diesel vs. 5.9L Cummins vs. 6.2L GM Diesel
heres a comparison of the 6.9 the 5.9 and the 6.2 diesels
6.9L Ford Diesel vs. 5.9L Cummins vs. 6.2L GM Diesel
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From: Littleton colorado
My first diesel was a 6.2. It was reliable while I had it but gosh darn that sucker couldnt pull nothin.
My cousin and I actually got stopped on I29 heading south out of page county Iowa pulling my 72 chevelle because we where blowing too much smoke and hindering traffic. We where told to get off of I29 and take the back roads.
kyle
My cousin and I actually got stopped on I29 heading south out of page county Iowa pulling my 72 chevelle because we where blowing too much smoke and hindering traffic. We where told to get off of I29 and take the back roads.
kyle
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From: Mi'kma'ki
found another cool one i figured id post here too.
i couldn't remember who posted this one.glad i found it again John.
anyway.here's a cool read:
OLD IRON
Early Ford F-Series Diesels '83-87 Blue Oval Diesels
story and photos by Jim Allen
OFF ROAD ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
The 6.9L engine was a special development from IH for Ford and it’s interesting trivia to note that the 6.9L was actually a diesel conversion of a late ’70s IH 446ci gasoline V8. Before all you much-abused GM pundits start wagging fingers and clucking tongues, that gas engine was a honkin’ big industrial unit used in big trucks, so it had plenty of beef for dieselization.
The naturally aspirated diesel was a $2000 option at the time........
i couldn't remember who posted this one.glad i found it again John.
anyway.here's a cool read:
OLD IRON
Early Ford F-Series Diesels '83-87 Blue Oval Diesels
story and photos by Jim Allen
OFF ROAD ADVENTURES MAGAZINE
The 6.9L engine was a special development from IH for Ford and it’s interesting trivia to note that the 6.9L was actually a diesel conversion of a late ’70s IH 446ci gasoline V8. Before all you much-abused GM pundits start wagging fingers and clucking tongues, that gas engine was a honkin’ big industrial unit used in big trucks, so it had plenty of beef for dieselization.
The naturally aspirated diesel was a $2000 option at the time........
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From: Mi'kma'ki
oh yeah.this reminds me.
i just found that one above.this one here iv read a couple months ago.
it's a good one too.
here's a cool site about the Sterling full floating axle:
Ford 10.25 & 10.50-Inch Axle Tips - Four Wheeler Magazine
Ford Motor Company probably prefers that these axles be referred to as the Ford 10.25- or 10.50-inch, but they've picked up the nickname Sterling because they're manufactured in Sterling, Michigan, by Visteon, a Ford supplier.
i just found that one above.this one here iv read a couple months ago.
it's a good one too.
here's a cool site about the Sterling full floating axle:
Ford 10.25 & 10.50-Inch Axle Tips - Four Wheeler Magazine
Ford Motor Company probably prefers that these axles be referred to as the Ford 10.25- or 10.50-inch, but they've picked up the nickname Sterling because they're manufactured in Sterling, Michigan, by Visteon, a Ford supplier.
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From: Mi'kma'ki
oh yeah lol.
might as well post the wiki's too!
these are also must have sites:
Ford F-Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Harvester IDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
it's interesting to see them use 444 (for the 7.3L as the CID here,rather than 445.someone who knew best wrote that for wiki (no it wasn't I lol.i just know why is all.)
if you use the bore and stroke,you see it's 433.(can't recall the math.but it was over .5,so it gets rounded up to 444.)
if you mistakenly convert 7.3l to CID it = 455.but see,the problem is,7.3l is already rounded up.
did you know many engines where called diff CI other than what they actually are tho? pretty neet.i read that years ago in a hot rod mag,and did some math on a few.i remember the 300-6 is a 302 like the v8.but of course you could see the confusion there.
hahaha.sorry,if i bore ya.just some little trivia.it's slow around here tonight,what can i say lol.
might as well post the wiki's too!
these are also must have sites:
Ford F-Series - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Harvester IDI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
it's interesting to see them use 444 (for the 7.3L as the CID here,rather than 445.someone who knew best wrote that for wiki (no it wasn't I lol.i just know why is all.)
if you use the bore and stroke,you see it's 433.(can't recall the math.but it was over .5,so it gets rounded up to 444.)
if you mistakenly convert 7.3l to CID it = 455.but see,the problem is,7.3l is already rounded up.
did you know many engines where called diff CI other than what they actually are tho? pretty neet.i read that years ago in a hot rod mag,and did some math on a few.i remember the 300-6 is a 302 like the v8.but of course you could see the confusion there.
hahaha.sorry,if i bore ya.just some little trivia.it's slow around here tonight,what can i say lol.
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