i wanna crack 800 hp.... on a budget

lincolnlocker · Dec 4, 2014

7.3obs said:
I agree, it's all in tuning. By the time you buy 3000$ rods, balance them. Rebuild a motor and put a girdle in it AND you're goal is 600-650. I think you're better off finding a running long block or two and keeping them on stand by for when you throw a rod. The price of all the stuff to have a dependable built long block 650-700 rwhp 7.3 you're better off with some long blocks that you can drop in and depend on tuning.

Am I right? I suppose it depends on personal preference. And it's not like we are driving around with 600 rwhp 24/7. There's a lot of people pushing them numbers on a stock forged rod block and pulling and drag racing. And even dd their trucks ( tuned down when dd).

I got in an argument with my uncle that owns a machine shop over this matter and it's just another person to prove wrong I guess.

My hearts in the 7.3.

Sick of the "put a 12v in it". Turn some heads at the pulls or drags when a 7.3 is running 12's and also out some pulling duramaxs and cummins. Who's with me? :gun:

there are a few guys around that run 600hp daily drivers that leave it 8n tye tune thst makes 600hp... nobody is going to be running a sustained hp of 600... i dont care what you do with the truck its not a sustained hp.. tunning will make it last.. hell, jaelich(sp?) made 70 or so passes on a stock forged motor while spraying to 800ish hp...

the last coment about turning heads in a 7.3 is very true.... im the only guy with a 7.3 in my class on the pulling circuit i hit this past summer here in michigan and my measly 450hp hung quite well, imo, against 600-800hp chummings and maxipads... im actually the only ford in the class..... look up mike tomack... i pull against him... he usually puts 30ft on me but the rest of the guys only a couple feet if that... and my junk wasnt running worth a *** all year! cam and electical issues hinder rpm a LOT....

live life full throttle

Yellow1000 · Dec 4, 2014

I can totally respect that Lincolnlocker

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97stoker350 · Dec 4, 2014

i know your a knowledgable guy lincoln locker but you seem to keep reffering to competition trucks that run 2500+ rpms 90 % of the time they are ran. none of my street driving is over 2500 rpm when just driving around and under that is when a forged rod chits the bed. jelich and pontiacross i can bet were hardly ever street driven.

Yellow1000 · Dec 5, 2014

Actually, Ross drove it from His home to my town in Missouri , which is 120 miles on the street for one of our local truck meets. Pretty damn impressed I was. And this was a few years back of course.

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97stoker350 · Dec 5, 2014

Ok 120 miles of street driving lol. A 6.4 with 100% nozzles on stock pistons would make it that far lol

lincolnlocker · Dec 5, 2014

97stoker350 said:
i know your a knowledgable guy lincoln locker but you seem to keep reffering to competition trucks that run 2500+ rpms 90 % of the time they are ran. none of my street driving is over 2500 rpm when just driving around and under that is when a forged rod chits the bed. jelich and pontiacross i can bet were hardly ever street driven.

jaelich was compounded and drove his truck everywhere... even in the dpc!!

live life full throttle
charles, curtisf, blowby all had 600+ dd's... this has been beat to death over the years... its all in the tuning guys.. plain and simple... and nowdays, if you went with a built bottom end, theres no reason you couldnt have a RELIABLE 600hp 7.3 that you could beat on daily, not just every once 8n a while....

OBS-Addiction97 · Dec 5, 2014

I'm not saying my truck makes 600+ but I dd mine and beat the living chit out of it.

As of now it's still going strong with 264k. TUNING TUNING TUNING!

m j · Dec 5, 2014

OBS-Addiction97 said:
I'm not saying my truck makes 600+ but I dd mine and beat the living chit out of it.

As of now it's still going strong with 264k. TUNING TUNING TUNING!

post pics when it pops cause it is a 'when' not 'if'

you changed from gearhead tunes?

swinky · Dec 5, 2014

OBS-Addiction97 said:
I'm not saying my truck makes 600+ but I dd mine and beat the living chit out of it.

As of now it's still going strong with 264k. TUNING TUNING TUNING!

You racing at pbir on the 20th?

OBS-Addiction97 · Dec 5, 2014

swinky said:
You racing at pbir on the 20th?

Yes sir I already got off work. Are you coming down?

OBS-Addiction97 · Dec 5, 2014

m j said:
post pics when it pops cause it is a 'when' not 'if'
you changed from gearhead tunes?

I was by no means saying it's not gonna happen. Every time I got wot I get the pucker factor.

I've never ran gear head tunes, always been Dyno proven.

SDS97_7.3 · Dec 5, 2014

97stoker350 said:
Ok 120 miles of street driving lol. A 6.4 with 100% nozzles on stock pistons would make it that far lol

You seem to talk out your ass a lot

swinky · Dec 5, 2014

OBS-Addiction97 said:
Yes sir I already got off work. Are you coming down?

Trying to. Apparently Ford put different pistons in the 03s built at the Huntsville plant for like 3 months. Finding a that piston is tough.

97stoker350 · Dec 5, 2014

Haha maybe I do. Carry on

OBS-Addiction97 · Dec 5, 2014

swinky said:
Trying to. Apparently Ford put different pistons in the 03s built at the Huntsville plant for like 3 months. Finding a that piston is tough.

I didn't know the 6 oh was down. What'd you do to it?

sootie · Dec 5, 2014

he cracked a piston

ibestroken · Dec 5, 2014

Factory forged bottom end FTW! I hooked prob 30+ times this year. not to say it wont pop next hook but hey its holding up for now. As said above. its all in the tuning to keeping them alive. Everyone enjoys seeing a 7.3 pull good because its not expected.