I have a 99 that just clocked 200,000 miles. About half of those miles are with a DP Tuner chip and it runs great.
7.3 Motor longevity?
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The best year for the 7.3 is the 99 year period! that year had forged rods and is intercooled,so you can throw power adders without worries of rod problems.Sometime in 2000 hit or miss ford changed the connecting rods to powdermetal rods.Still a great motor in stock but when you push the envelope it will break!I know this because I have a 99 and my roomate has a2000 and both of us have raced nhrda diesels.My roomate has launched a rod or two and it was not pretty.good luck and happy strokin!
The best year for the 7.3 is the 99 year period! that year had forged rods and is intercooled,so you can throw power adders without worries of rod problems.Sometime in 2000 hit or miss ford changed the connecting rods to powdermetal rods.Still a great motor in stock but when you push the envelope it will break!I know this because I have a 99 and my roomate has a2000 and both of us have raced nhrda diesels.My roomate has launched a rod or two and it was not pretty.good luck and happy strokin!
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steepandeep
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I have a 2001 F-350 with 298,000miles, never had a major problem that wasn't user induced. It is on its third tranny, but the first one the dealership never hooked up the cooler lines after a tranny flush and took it out, and the third one my girlfriend at the time tore out. I have a Garrett GTP38R turbo, 150hp Hypermax injectors, Edge juice with attitude stacked with the Edge evolution programmer, AFE stage 2 intake, and an ATS torque converter. All mods have been on since around 150,000. Its still runs great, gets good fuel mileage and has good power.
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I forgot to add it also has 4" MBRP stainless exhaust.
I had 320,000 on the last one ran perfect used no oil...Just got another and lots of miles to go.
just spent another $3400.00 (along with previous $2100.00 and $1100.00) to try and figure out a no-start problem when the P.O.S. is cold...seems like it will not start if it hasn't been driven daily...skip a day, and don't plug it in overnight, and it WILL NOT START!!! it's nowhere near freezing yet...i'm so pissed...anyone wanna take this damned thing off my hands?? i'll GIVE it to you...then you too can say how"great" your 7.3 is....i've had it with this thing!
If you are giving it away, I will take it, let me know when and where...
You need to take what he says with a grain of salt... a lot of what he says and preaches is BS.
daviking- the only catch with the 99 is to make sure you get a late model 99 if you want to do most of the go-fast stuff. The early 99 (like mine) has a different turbo setup, HPOP, and injectors that all need to be upgraded if you are keepin' up with the Jones'.
I'm right in line behind highmark18 for klubbo's truck. 191k on my 99 and still going strong. Runs like a champ, it's got a few mods (4" exhaust, open intake, DP Tuner) and been a good truck for me.
trust me boys, you don't want this one....i think i'll do us all a favour, and take it out back and put a bullet in it....
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i know of two that are good one is 2000 f-350 780.000 miles around 450,000 new injecters 640,000 rods and mains the other is 2001 f-350 that has been pulled hard 480,000 injecters 666,000 rods and mains and lots of trannys now 710,000 secret keep clean air filters they dont like dirt
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boxster7614
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I've got a 99 f350 with 277,000 miles still going strong. Replaced original trany at 237,000 with the new ford upgraded heavy duty Trans. Replaced a few wheel bearings and a lot of tires along the way.
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Bought mine with 20k on it, now about 250K. Water Pump, Exhaust system upgrade. Clean truck the envy of my friends with newer ones.
Bought mine with 20k on it, now about 250K. Water Pump, Exhaust system upgrade. Clean truck the envy of my friends with newer ones.
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