Anything can be done: Powerstroke Swap
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From: Joplin MO
Farm boy fab has a cummins in the green solid axle truck. That is the older 7.3 so no intercooler system so that probibly aided in the install.
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Just another example of our current education system... 
So to keep this post on topic, I'd rather do the V10 swap in an F150... Sure, a 7.3 is cool, but it's not like you can hitch up a #10,000 toy hauler to it either...
It still only has a GVWR of around #6500....
Mitch
So to keep this post on topic, I'd rather do the V10 swap in an F150... Sure, a 7.3 is cool, but it's not like you can hitch up a #10,000 toy hauler to it either...
It still only has a GVWR of around #6500....
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I guess it all depends on what your goals are... 
7.3 weighs around #1000 +. 6.8 weighs around #600.
Plan on having any payload left in the F150?
You can put 1 ton axles on a Yugo, but that don't make it an F350...
Still, a very cool project and proves that it can be done, so that in itself is what makes it
Mitch
7.3 weighs around #1000 +. 6.8 weighs around #600.
Plan on having any payload left in the F150?
You can put 1 ton axles on a Yugo, but that don't make it an F350...
Still, a very cool project and proves that it can be done, so that in itself is what makes it
Mitch
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grammar **** in the house!
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150xlt had a 6bt in his '98 F-150
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Haha I think he read that sentence too fast before he responded. The older 7.3s weren't turbocharged. Maybe that's what he meant
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I guess it all depends on what your goals are...
7.3 weighs around #1000 +. 6.8 weighs around #600.
Plan on having any payload left in the F150?
You can put 1 ton axles on a Yugo, but that don't make it an F350...
Still, a very cool project and proves that it can be done, so that in itself is what makes it
Mitch
7.3 weighs around #1000 +. 6.8 weighs around #600.
Plan on having any payload left in the F150?
You can put 1 ton axles on a Yugo, but that don't make it an F350...
Still, a very cool project and proves that it can be done, so that in itself is what makes it
Mitch
Personally, if I was going to do the swap I would go all the way with axles, suspension, tranny, and motor. I had a V10, and the way gas prices are going, I'd take the higher GPM 7.3L over the 11GPM on a good day V10. And yes, I know that's the GPM for a fact because I had one.
Although, the V10 has a nice stare effect when you pull up to a traffic light and the guy in the little car next to you sees the Triton V10 badge on the fender. I do miss the double takes. Amazes me at how many people still don't know that Ford had a V10 that they put in their F250's.
I would love to have a built supercharged V10 dropped into a Lightening just to see what could be done with it. Does anyone know of one that has been built by anyone and how it worked out?
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