building my 7.3

Gootee · Feb 2, 2012

Can you run a 5" exhaust with this? Sorry for the clutter.

GM Duraturd · Feb 2, 2012

1.10 should work nice. Might be a tiny bit laggy with the zf5, but I would not want to go to a 1.00 if I was you. I talked to a few guys about 472s... one had one with a 1.00 housing and 300/200s and said it ran great just back pressure was on the high side, so 250s and a 1.10 should be sweet.

I cant wait to come home and see all the changes to that red biatch

GM Duraturd · Feb 2, 2012

Gootee said:
Can you run a 5" exhaust with this? Sorry for the clutter.

sure can... downpipe back

WIESEL · Feb 2, 2012

GM Duraturd said:
No need for fire rings at this level. I personally wouldnt put them in a daily driver anyway. They have been known to crack with heat cycles all the time. Stock gaskets, head studs, and good tuning will be fine.

Clouse2411 said:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=17213
Here is the link to the tank, I'll be running.

Nick, Ive found a s472 brand new for $848 with a 1.10 housing an t-4 flange. I'll run this and see how it'll do.

Wiesel, thought about fire rings, but I'm not chunking out the money to do it, heard of bad this happening when daily driving with fire rings.

Thanks, never heard of such, til now.
Very interested in your build.

Clouse2411 · Feb 2, 2012

Well going to pick my heads up tommarow with new valves, valve seals, valve job, injector cups, freeze plugs, decked, and cleaned for a price of $420.

Gootee · Feb 3, 2012

GM Duraturd said:
sure can... downpipe back

Thanks, I had just seen guys having problems with 5" and certain tanks.

Short Bus · Feb 3, 2012

WIESEL said:
I could be wrong but, wouldn't fire rings be a good idea at this point? Considering, the heads are off and getting work done?

The ford head gasket will work fine, unless you ring that sumbeach.

I have come to the conclusion that you should probably stay away from tech and high performance threads since you really have no clue wtf your talking about 95% of the time.

Short Bus · Feb 3, 2012

Clouse2411 said:
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=17213
Here is the link to the tank, I'll be running.

Nick, Ive found a s472 brand new for $848 with a 1.10 housing an t-4 flange. I'll run this and see how it'll do.

Wiesel, thought about fire rings, but I'm not chunking out the money to do it, heard of bad this happening when daily driving with fire rings.

Thanks, what do you one for the sending unit so that your fuel gauge works?

Clouse2411 · Feb 3, 2012

You can ethier lengthen the stock one with a clothes hanger, or buy one for the tank. Im going to try and find one just with the float and sensor.

WIESEL · Feb 3, 2012

Short Bus said:
I have come to the conclusion that you should probably stay away from tech and high performance threads since you really have no clue wtf your talking about 95% of the time.

Thats good to hear, I figured it was closer to 98%.
Coming from an expert, like yourself, I am flattered.
Thanks buddy!!!

WIESEL · Feb 3, 2012

Sorry for contributing to the short derailment of your build clouse, the guy has a problem with me. Look forward to the build.
Thats seems like a good deal for the head work. Who did it?