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Message: [QUOTE="mn_sclb, post: 1179719, member: 19926"] I basically stole the truck (but not really haha) I started with a 97 f150 paid $1500 for it, traded up to a 99 f250 w/ a 5.4, which I traded for a 97 f250 7.3, and now here we are. So total, with what i spent on all of them combined I'm only in like $2200. So if the p/o really did all of those mods I have a still pretty decent profit margin. Granted this one has 310,330. I love anything that is loud and goes fast (a 7.3 is at least one of those things lol) I'm a senior in high school, so I'm kinda on a pretty tight budget. But post hs I want to go and become a diesel mechanic. Something about the smell/sound of diesel appeals to me, and I've never been one for the fart can sound of a ricer. So this truck basically to me is something for me to learn on. I'm looking to make it a decently quick 450 hp machine, and I think stage 2's would get me there. The mods the po said he's done, are injectors, turbo, and a chip. I can't be for sure, because I don't have a flow tester, and I don't trust myself to disassemble my injectors. As far as I can tell, it still has the stock hpop, and is going to need almost ever relevant sensor on it. I've basically excepted that it'll never be "fast" without some serious mods that'll just end up breaking so VERY expensive stuff. I spend several hours reading up on forums, so I have a pretty good idea on what I'm working with. I also have a little body experience as i interned at a shop. I found a bed from a member on another forum for $300 delivered. The problem - it's a dually bed, and the wrong color. As far as I know I could remove the fenders, but then I'd have holes to fill. I couldn't really find any info about removing ford dually fenders, but on a cummins forum a member there quoted it as being like 40 holes. That's one option, or I could take his bed, and as he's doing a SRW swap, trade for his Axles too. But he has 4.10s and I have 3.73s. My 97 with 3.73s and 31s I could see 21-23mpg if I was nice to it (16 on my worst days) and I'd like to have this one be near that. I also "work" at a dealership, so I can get a non running gasser for like $1500 for parts. (Bed, some interior stuff) and part out what I don't need. Overall my truck is pretty good. Has some rust, but no holes, just in the paint. I've only driven it twice. Once off of the trailer and again to a different spot where it sits now. The first time, I gave it the boots just to see what it can do. Without the bed, it just kinda burned out, and let out a cloud. No hard shifts, my 97 had a problem where it would scavenge, so I just had to be sure. I think it has a hydroboost issue, as I couldn't brake and turn at the same time. It also has a really rusty hard brake line going from the front to the back along the frame. So all of that being said. This is my theoretical parts list. A starter, glow plugs, hpop, icp, ipr, eop, bed, orings and possibly injectors (fingers crossed), and a compression tester (I'll get one from Harbor freight within the week, along with a mityvac adapter). Sorry for the long winded posts, but I'd like to be as thorough as possible before throwing $$$ and random stuff. It's been pretty cold recently so I haven't really had the chance to do much, but it's that time of year to start getting dirty. That's the complete background on how I ended up in this situation. Im going to use this thread to post the (hopeful) progress, and get help from people who REALLY know what they're doing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]