You won't be happy with it until you change some stuff around like the fuel plate, GSK and so on. You will only need a good clutch from South Bend Clutch or whoever else you choose. I picked mine up right down the street, got lucky and saw it after driving around for fun

 

Thedieselstop.com is the best powerstroke site out there. You got banned because they expect a certain level of maturity there. Lightning Larry is actually a pretty nice guy too, most people just hate him cuz hes the one you have to deal with when you break the rules.

As far as reliability is concerned, the 7.3 Powerstroke and the 12v Cummins were the best engines ever made. I have spoken to some guys at truck-stops with either of the two engines with well over 300k and still running strong, and I was even lucky enough to meet a 12v guy with 670k on the original engine. I don't recommend the Ford 6.0s, basically it was a failure. My family has a 7.3L and I put a custom tune, opened the air flow and exhaust (only thing you have to change on them are the mufflers which are a mighty restriction) and squeezed out a whopping 29 highway 26 city. For a 9500 lb gross weight truck, thats incredible.

 

i have to disagree with you on the transmission. in stock form, the allison is a weak transmission. i know several that had problems with them slipping the transmissions with a tuner and exhaust on the truck.

 

i have to agree with this, however, the 6.0 will pull and run circles around a 7.3. IF you get a 6.0, contact me or someone that works in the service department at a ford dealership and get an OASIS report pulled on the truck. it will give you a background as to the issues with the truck. you either get a good one or a bad one with the 6.0. mine has had minor issues, window switch, rattle in the dash, stuff like that. i did destroy my turbo but in all fairness i have a few miles on it as well. my dad bought one brand new in 03 when they came out and had so many issues they bought the truck back from him.

 

6.0 is going to be out of my price range. I'm looking for a nice 12v MAYBE 24 v, or 7.3... I'd REALLY like a manual though, I would much rather just replace the clutch with a beefier clutch than tear into an automatic and replace a lot more. I just can't seem to find one that I really like, and I have been looking everywhere. I'm trying to find it already modded and/or lifted.

 

If you get a 7.3, both the E40D and 4R100 are weak auto transmissions. I too would go with the manual if you can find one.

I have a 7.3 with the E40D and once it crosses over 100k miles, most say you are living on borrowed time.

 

I'm on powerstroke.org, very active and a lot of members, tons of good tech artilces too

 

Make me an offer.... Just turned 135k miles

 

im on oilburners.net. im interested in diesels too but i wanted to get a shitty one to fuck up before i got something nice, so that's what i did. its a good site with lots of platforms... so it sucks if you have a singular focus but is great if you just want to survey.

 

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/

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