So I am not sure if my 7.3 is lacking power or not.. but my dad's old 7.3 (2000) felt WAY faster/had more power than my 7.3. Mine is a 1999 with 228K on it. his had 330K when we sold it and it still had a ton of power. I live in Cincinnati and the other day I was towing a Dodge charger from Columbus to Cincy (120 ish miles) it was on a Uhaul trailer and going up hills I had absolutely NO power, I'd keep my foot into it (about 3/4 down) and I would drop from 70mph to around 55mph. and it felt like it was struggling to go up the inclines. May I include this dodge charger was STRIPPED it's a police model so no carpet, backseats, headliner, center console etc. it is a VERY light car, My guess is it was about 5000 pounds total I Was towing and that is probably even pushing it I am pretty sure the car was about 2,000 pounds and the trailer 1,500 pounds. Anyways, I am pretty positive my dads truck was STOCK, besides the straight pipe, everything else was stock, no chip, no tuner, no intake. It was a F350 mine is an F250. Even when I go go up a incline with no load on the truck i'd be going 40 miles per hour and going up the hill i'd drop to 20 ish. My Mother's Kia sorento takes the incline better than my 7.3 does, and that kia only has 190HP.
Anyways enough rambling on, do you all believe I have a problem with the truck or is this how its suppose to act? I do have a AFE stage 2 intake, (AFE Dry S) and Straight pipe, The truck does not smoke black, or white even when cold, If I put my foot to the floor still no smoke or tire spin.
I am considering taking it to a diesel mechanic to get it looked at today at around 3pm EST. (Tri-State Diesel in Milford OH) OR if anyone has another diesel mechanic they'd recommend me take it to around the Cincinnati area let me know. This guy I called him, he charges 95 a hour for labor and said he would charge $95 to look at my truck and see if anything is wrong with it (Run tests like fuel pressure, drive it, etc.)
So back to my question and sorry for rambling so much, What is your guys opinion? Do you think I have a problem? Should I go get it checked out?
Anyways enough rambling on, do you all believe I have a problem with the truck or is this how its suppose to act? I do have a AFE stage 2 intake, (AFE Dry S) and Straight pipe, The truck does not smoke black, or white even when cold, If I put my foot to the floor still no smoke or tire spin.
I am considering taking it to a diesel mechanic to get it looked at today at around 3pm EST. (Tri-State Diesel in Milford OH) OR if anyone has another diesel mechanic they'd recommend me take it to around the Cincinnati area let me know. This guy I called him, he charges 95 a hour for labor and said he would charge $95 to look at my truck and see if anything is wrong with it (Run tests like fuel pressure, drive it, etc.)
So back to my question and sorry for rambling so much, What is your guys opinion? Do you think I have a problem? Should I go get it checked out?