flareside crazy

if you sell your f250 cam ill be highly upset

twilliams9

I have been thinking of eventually getting a 97 four door f250/350 7.3L to build and restore.

f150cam

crew cab 250 hands down, or a standard cab long bed 350 if you dont have a family.

twilliams9

I'd like to go all out on the drive train of the 7.3L since I wouldn't have to smog it here in Cali. Just make it a powerhouse!

flareside crazy

why not a crew cab f350 sense it has the solid axle up front seems to me a good place to start a good build

f150cam

i just dont need that long of a truck, a crew cab short bed is 6" shorter than my 250 now. also you can usually buy a 250 cheaper than a 350 so with the money you save you can do a D60.

and in stock form the 7.3l will let you down power wise. my 460 walks all over them till you do a tune and some other mild work to them.

twilliams9

Yeah that's what I mean, build that thing to the hill injectors, turbo, tune, tranny the whole nine yards!

f150cam

they get expensive quick lol, my friend has 20k into his powerstroke, and hes only at around 700 hp. granted his BTS trans was a good chunk of that ($4500). if you lived in Oregon/Washington (or if you keep your mouth shut haha) you could join my OBS group. alot of guys in there who are pros with the 7.3l.

twilliams9

Haha it won't be for a couple years though. I got my new truck now, in a year or two I'll be looking to get a house, then a project lol.

flareside crazy

I know the 7.3 don't have the big numbers but they sure do last along time and can take a beating my gf has a 92 f350 dually and decided not to mention that she hasn't changed her oil in 14 thousand miles and she pulls a horse trailer pretty frequently and likes getting to the speed limit pretty quickly lol the 3 quarts that drained out was disgusting...and my dad has a 99 f250 and that thing is a freaking work horse all it does is pull a trailer and we have put 70,000 miles on it in two years pulling that heavy SOB and it hasn't winked a eye