build thread: year of the 7.3s

Powerstroke Cowboy · Feb 28, 2014

Sorry to hear about that man!! That is a real bummer!!

Now we do not get to hear who made the injectors..

dentexpowerstroke · Feb 28, 2014

It's looking like a cheaper route to do a 12v then to build the 7.3 if I can source a 12v pretty quickly I'll end up selling off all my performance parts. Sadly the injectors will go back to the builder to have him distribute them to someone else to test.

Dmstrucks02 · Feb 28, 2014

Not what I was expecting when I logged back on, bummer man.
Good luck which ever route you choose

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lincolnlocker · Feb 28, 2014

dentexpowerstroke said:
It's looking like a cheaper route to do a 12v then to build the 7.3 if I can source a 12v pretty quickly I'll end up selling off all my performance parts. Sadly the injectors will go back to the builder to have him distribute them to someone else to test.

You ***in homo!!

live life full throttle

lincolnlocker · Feb 28, 2014

Thought you had a spare motor that you where gonna build for when this one went?

live life full throttle

dentexpowerstroke · Feb 28, 2014

I so but it's not built yet. Was about to start ordering parts this weekend, figured this would last longer than it did. If I already had the parts I'd build it. But it'll be a lot cheaper to part this motor out and build a 12v

OBS-Addiction97 · Feb 28, 2014

dentexpowerstroke said:
I so but it's not built yet. Was about to start ordering parts this weekend, figured this would last longer than it did. If I already had the parts I'd build it. But it'll be a lot cheaper to part this motor out and build a 12v

Don't do it!:ford:

hucorey · Feb 28, 2014

dentexpowerstroke said:
I so but it's not built yet. Was about to start ordering parts this weekend, figured this would last longer than it did. If I already had the parts I'd build it. But it'll be a lot cheaper to part this motor out and build a 12v

Not the dark side Keith. Its not worth it. Next thing you know you'll have your tow mirrors flipped out.

POWER-STRUCK · Feb 28, 2014

I was hoping to see it live longer also. the name can be changed if you try it again. How does ***ushima sound? LOL jk
I hope you try again with billet, I believe you can have a lot of fun with it.

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dentexpowerstroke · Feb 28, 2014

Thanks for the taking the time to help out justin. You just had to jinx me, wasn't even your tune that I named Chernobyl7. I'll be deciding which route to go this weekend. If I stick to 7.3 you'll still be tuning it again. I knew it was going to happen, just didn't know when. I'll pull the rod or rods that broke and see where the broke to maybe narrow down a cause. This thing lived a very rough life and I'm thinking it may have been an abuse failure or something related to the miss that it had.

Dieselboy. · Feb 28, 2014

golfer said:
for sure.

6-7 seconds into the video, as soon as the truck moves/revs...dead miss.

idle actually sounded ok, LOL...lots of ICP, but other than that...dead miss when accelerating.

tuning isn't going to fix that.

You guys are right. I didn't watch that one. Only the burnout. Defs hear it when she comes up in the R's

lincolnlocker · Feb 28, 2014

Dieselboy. said:
You guys are right. I didn't watch that one. Only the burnout. Defs hear it when she comes up in the R's

I went back and watched it too. You can definitely hear it.. sounds like a fart can..

live life full throttle

dentexpowerstroke · Mar 4, 2014

Well I got another long block this weekend, going to get everything swapped and try again. Will be ordering stuff yo build a motor in the coming weeks. Don't think I can quit on the 7.3 just yet. 1 cylinder that threw a cct fail was #1 which is one of the cylinders that let go. When I get it out I'll see what was going on with that

njjeep · Mar 4, 2014

Good to hear your staying with the 7.3!

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Powerstroke Cowboy · Mar 4, 2014

If you need any parts let me know.

Good to see you sticking with it!

hucorey · Mar 4, 2014

Me too. :beer::beer::beer:

Petro · Mar 4, 2014

Glad your not quitting. I really enjoy watching builds like this, good luck on round two.

OBS-Addiction97 · Mar 4, 2014

Another good job on keeping the 7.3 platform. Good luck !

TERRCO · Mar 5, 2014

dentexpowerstroke said:
I so but it's not built yet. Was about to start ordering parts this weekend, figured this would last longer than it did. If I already had the parts I'd build it. But it'll be a lot cheaper to part this motor out and build a 12v

http://youtu.be/tPzRhUy_Jb4

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dentexpowerstroke · Mar 15, 2014

Well got the motor out tonight and began to dig in it. Looks like the rod just pulled itself apart on the down stroke. Will have the heads off later to look closer. Also had to order a billet flexplate since I've gone through them like crazy.