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Originally Posted by Jake
Not to get off topic but how is the 7.3 bottom end design garbage?
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For its time, it might be an overzealous statement, but compared to the 2-piece crankcase/solid bedplate design used in all designs afterwards, the durability flat out isn't there. There are plenty of pictures of 500-600RWHP 7.3L crankcases around, with cranks and splits from the main webbing damn nearly all the way through the block. Not to mention the PMR rods in the 6.4L are holding flawlessly up to the 750RWHP range. Even forged 7.3L rods fail quickly at those levels.