6.0? 6.4? 7.3 seems to be where it's at!

[jasonsthilaire]

all im gonna say bud is that even tho it takes a lil bit of extras too compete the 7.3 will never give u any problems.. my uncle put well over 300k on his excursion without a problem......... git er done@!!

[Stroker7.3]

Originally Posted by CoalRollinRoosterCruiser

How many has he worked on????

How many have you personally worked on??? sure sounds like zero.

Do you personal experience with any of that?


Sure doesn't sound like it.



A friend of a friend of a friend, la de dah de dah.





I know of PLENTY, PLENTY of guys who love there 6.0's and would not trade them for anything.


Every motor has had its problems, including 7.3's, they just have there own respective problems.


Different doesn't mean bad



As well, there are plenty of very very happy 6.4 owners


It all just comes down to person opinion, and likes and dislikes.

ive worked on one actually.

hes my best friend and its not a friend of a friend
whats one thing you can peg on a 7.3 that happens to most all of them besides a 10 dollar CPS.



I get 20 mpg highway on my stock tranny.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Stroker7.3

ive worked on one actually.

hes my best friend and its not a friend of a friend
whats one thing you can peg on a 7.3 that happens to most all of them besides a 10 dollar CPS.



I get 20 mpg highway on my stock tranny.

$210 water pump is fairly common. Other than that not alot

[CoalRollinRoosterCruiser]

Originally Posted by Stroker7.3

ive worked on one actually.

hes my best friend and its not a friend of a friend
whats one thing you can peg on a 7.3 that happens to most all of them besides a 10 dollar CPS.



I get 20 mpg highway on my stock tranny.

Your basing all that off of one 6.4? Wow.



Everyone motor has its problems. 6.0's are just fine stock, and with an EGR delete and some studs, there quite reliable tuned.

There's plenty of people with quite a few miles on there 6.0's, with no problems whatsoever.


As there are plenty of 6.4 owners with no problems.


As i said before. Every motor is gonna have problems at some point in time.

[bockhold]

Originally Posted by YOURADHERE

Just look around the area. There should be plenty of 250s in this area and none of the local dealers seem to want to work with you any on new ones now days.

uh why is your screen name an ad?

[bockhold]

Originally Posted by Dave

$210 water pump is fairly common. Other than that not alot

ha, my pump was $285

[Stroker7.3]

im not basing that off one. im saying ive worked on one. earlier i said he had three of them. i know plenty of others who have them and hate them. especially for there fuel economy.

[CanadianDiesel]

So one thing that particularly bugs me about the 6.4...they put alot of emissions control equipment into it.

These things are pulling 13 MPG stock. So you're putting double fuel into it to go half as far. Seems to me that's about the same as if they didn't put any of the emissions junk into these trucks. Such a waste of time, money and engineering IMO.

My boss just got one and well, let's just say "disappointed" is an understatement for how he feels about mileage on his 6-4. I said he should straight-pipe it and watch the MPG's rise nicely.

If money wasn't a concern I would buy a 6.4 (and straight pipe it) in a heartbeat.
BUT then again...man I love my seven-three!!!

[drstephennix]

Originally Posted by Dave

$210 water pump is fairly common. Other than that not alot

Actually, I only paid 100 for mine shipped, but I think I got lucky. And Install was free, just a little time

[dieselcrawler]

Reading thru this thread, I had to laugh... my only reply is that some of you take yourselves to seriously...

Case in point... I was talking to a fella yesterday at the job site, he's drivin' a '06 F-550 ext cab truck with the 6.0. Wants his 7.3 back, but the first thing he told me after I told him I had one, is "don't chip it, when I sold my old truck, with 206K on it, the person (I assume an uneducated driver) sold it to chiped it and blew it up in a few weeks." I'm guessing the person didn't watch the EGT gauge (if it even had one) and melted the pistons... this story gives the 7.3 a bad rap, and even 'chips'... but I will say as others have, all/any motor can have problems... but the driver can make a good thing bad.

I have my 2000 7.3 with about 166K on it now, with a chip (DP Tuner! love it!) and expect a long life from it... I drive smartly, watch the gauges, and have fun!

Best of luck finding a truck you like, and more importaintly, if I remember right, your off to the former USSR? Hope that works well for ya... are you getting this truck to take there? That would be cool...