I think the limit of the 7.3 was found

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Oct 8, 2008

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RangerNDog

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Originally Posted by morris

yea, i meant guy are swaping cummins motors after the fact. yes, ford had IH engines in their trucks in the mand previous to the powerstrokes

INTERNATIONAL MAKES THE POWERSTROKE DIESEL MOTOR

Oct 10, 2008

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I think he learned his lesson about the too much power/boost thing. I bet it scare him sh1tless too when it happened. He's probably still cussing to this day and being very creative about it to.

Oct 10, 2008

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Originally Posted by Diesel Ranger

^^^^^^What he said, except International makes the Powerstroke, always have. Dodge has the Cummins contract through 2010. Early model 03's were 7.3's, no egr's. In April of 03, they switched to the 6.0 with an EGR. Soot is what is clogging up the EGR's, its a very common problem with the 6.0, they stick. Millions of miles have been driven on red dye without problems. EGR's on diesels are the problems.

If its a cab and chassis, its an -f-450 or 550, the 250's and 350's all come with beds. You can order an f-550 with a cummins.

I never did like that EGR Valve on my 2002 Freightliner Columbia I had at Swift Transportation. Damn thing stayed clogged. and if it F*cked up that is where you sat. Those ****** left me sitting on the side of the road in dangerouse areas. That White Semi you saw on TV when the D.C. sniper killed that bus driver was me. I saw it happen and dove in the sleeper and hit my head on the cabinet. I had a concushion as a result.

Oct 10, 2008

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thats.. very impressive

there's not really a way to prevent that is there?

Oct 11, 2008

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Diesel Ranger

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Yes move slower and keep your head from contacting anything hard.......oh you meant the block???? LOL A girdle will help, but when you get to those boost levels, its just pushing the design limit of the block to the ragged edge.

Oct 24, 2008

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blackbetty

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a moment of silence please.

Oct 26, 2008

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CBFranger

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Not exactly a safe point of failure, eh?

Oct 26, 2008

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Originally Posted by Diesel Ranger

yea thats what i was talking about, the overall strength of the block itself.

Oct 26, 2008

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That Sick

Oct 27, 2008

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is there pics of the truck that is was in?

Oct 28, 2008

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I laugh in the face of destruction...as long as it's not my money. Gotta pay to play, Navistar makes the Powerstrokes not IH.

Oct 28, 2008

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Originally Posted by rolsmojave3

Navistar makes the Powerstrokes not IH.

http://www.navistarinternational.com...yout/index.asp

Notice the "Navistarinternational" in the URL. SOmething tells me Navistar IS International and International IS Navistar. Sort've reminds me of that Ace Ventura movie, "Einhorn is FINkle! Finkle is Einhorn!" Lol.