I have a 4" downpipe - and all the way out the back 4" too. Wolverton, you should come over, I can show you all the things that I did to my Dodge to make it better.
I have a 4" downpipe - and all the way out the back 4" too. Wolverton, you should come over, I can show you all the things that I did to my Dodge to make it better.
Scott, FTAC '99
'62 Nissan Patrol 4-seat Twisted Customs Buggy
'89 "CJ-7" - Her trail rig
'05 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 TRD - her daily driver...
'08 Dodge 2500 Mega Cab 6.7 Diesel 4x4
scott.schubring@williams.com
The office sucks - I wanna go wheeling!
there is no aluminum exhuausts they are alumnized just a different galvanization. word to the wise just about every new car or truck comes with stainless exhaust, why take of a better material to put on bigger cheaper material go stainless or leave the factory. I would go with the mbrp I have put on the ford ones they fit right and come with much better hangers. the hanger are where the the cheaper kits skimp, I know this because I bought a bully dog kit a long lime ago and ended up cutting up all the factory hangers and reusing them and completely rerouting the system to keep the factory heat shields. u get what u pay for
school me on what came kind of diesel came in a 1988 ford? specs? trouble spots, etc. These are NA diesels right?
should be a n/a IDI 7.3 deisel. pretty plain and pretty gutless stock
I think that is a 6.9 still . way underpowered, but oddly enough the have a fairly large following much like the gm 6.5 optimizer
I think the 88 had the 7.3 engine.Originally Posted by Graystroke
Yeah its a NA motor. 88 did not have the serp belt witch kinda sucks. The alt belt likes to jump off at times. Some peeps put a extra idle pully to solve this problem.
The major problems
return lines leak air into the system so you have to change out the o rings. Not a big deal I have done it once on my truck. Parts are like 40 bucks.
Cavation on these engines is a killer. So you should watch your ph on your coolent.
Dual mass flywheels suck only on standards. Most people replace with a single mass flywheel from luk. Its about 600-700 bucks to convert.
Most guys get 200 to 300 k outta them.
Checkout thedieselstop.com there is a section for 7.3na and the 6.9
The 6.9 is the same with thicker walls so cavation is not as bad on these. But they have small head bolts that like to let loose when guys turbo them.
The banks website has the stock numbers for hp and stuff like that.
I wanna say its 180 hp at like 325 ft lbs.
Mine only has 107k on it. You should buy it.
never mind the truck sold. it was a running and driving f-350 crew cab 4 X 4 for $1000
miles unknown. plan was to pull the engine/tranny and stick it in IH dually that we bought a while back and sell the axle and whatever else. I would like to put something like that in the IH and make daily driver. or just stick in replacement motor which would be a lot easier.... I'm too cheap though. I found one in Arkansas IH 345...road trip anyone?
Why not stick a 5.3 in it?Originally Posted by Graystroke
Originally Posted by Graystroke
Watch out for the banjos, just ask Rowdy about this year in Clayton...
B/C I'm not spending $750 dollars on an IH engine. I only paid $700 for the whole truck. I may have found part of the problem. I think the PO did not know the firing order of an IH engine and it was adavanced like a whole cylinder. N-I-C-E !Originally Posted by CheapJeep
my Dad noticed this the other day. He didn't check the rest of the firing order. who knows. So, may just need a head job or ?? it does run. just not real well and smokes after a while.
so this is kinda like a diesel w/ the smoke...just to say I wasn't hijacking!
is the firing order the same as a chevy?
Last edited by Graystroke; 02-12-2007 at 03:33 PM.
Danny had the same timing problem. He and Tommy had been trying to time it off the wrong cylinder all summer but once they set it correctly the mofo fired right up.
On the 8th day god created the Super Swamper TSL and said "go forth and kick ass"
yes, it's the same as a chevy...it is just timed off of number 8 instead of number 1. "Time off of No 8 CYL" is stamped into both valve covers. So instead of 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 it is 8-4-3-6-5-7-2-1
Oh, and I'd buy that motor, but it's more fun to see how long the current one is going to last.
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Last edited by Fredo; 02-12-2007 at 04:27 PM.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
too much boost?
http://mikesdriveway.com/misc/TooManyHorse.pps
Last edited by Jackasic; 02-22-2007 at 09:54 AM.