Sometimes there are products we can’t wait to get on the market. The sense of urgency follows positive feedback after a release or hinting at a recently started project. There’s pride in giving people what they want, what the need. When our 2003-2007 6.0L Powerstroke Transmission Cooler Kit was released, the question that kept coming was if it would fit the 7.3L. What followed was a “no, sorry.” That didn’t sit well with us. The efforts grew exponentially as more questions surfaced about fitment, and as the number of requests to make a direct fit kit increased. Now, a 7.3L version is set to release, and ahead of schedule.
In retrospect, it would have been best to provide all you 7.3L owners with upgraded cooling when the transmission cooler first launched. The reason why our 6.0L kit wasn’t on option then was due to the hose routing. The lines are different. The 6.0L already has hoses that can adapt to our cooler without the necessity of lines from us. The inlets and outlets are in different spots here, so we needed to carefully design hoses that would properly fit the 7.3L. The cooler is the exact same, so the hardware is what needed to change in this kit to make it a direct fit.
As most of you Powerstroke-heads know, the factory transmission cooler in these older trucks are swapped out in favor of the 26-row or 31-row 6.0L transmission coolers. We only tested our current cooler design against the bigger 31-row cooler to confirm that we are doing all we can to improve the cooling these transmissions need. Our 37-row, stacked plate cooler achieved a 10–12°F improvement over the 6.0L cooler. Fluid pressure showed an improvement, too, with a maximum drop of 0.5 psi. All of this is due largely in part to the increased fluid volume, which increased by 21% above the factory unit. We have a full write-up on the testing conditions and data for you to look at.
We are excited to announce that this kit will be released later next week! We are skipping the presale and going right to the product release. It will be available for purchase, in stock and ready to ship to your doorstep with an MSRP at $375. It will fit all Ford Superduty trucks equipped with the 7.3L from 1999-2003 including the F250 and F350 pickup trucks as well as the F450 and F550 chassis cabs. There’s no reason to wait any longer than you already have. I’ll be sure to update this blog with the product link once we make it available on our site. Thanks for reading!
-Diamaan
In retrospect, it would have been best to provide all you 7.3L owners with upgraded cooling when the transmission cooler first launched. The reason why our 6.0L kit wasn’t on option then was due to the hose routing. The lines are different. The 6.0L already has hoses that can adapt to our cooler without the necessity of lines from us. The inlets and outlets are in different spots here, so we needed to carefully design hoses that would properly fit the 7.3L. The cooler is the exact same, so the hardware is what needed to change in this kit to make it a direct fit.
As most of you Powerstroke-heads know, the factory transmission cooler in these older trucks are swapped out in favor of the 26-row or 31-row 6.0L transmission coolers. We only tested our current cooler design against the bigger 31-row cooler to confirm that we are doing all we can to improve the cooling these transmissions need. Our 37-row, stacked plate cooler achieved a 10–12°F improvement over the 6.0L cooler. Fluid pressure showed an improvement, too, with a maximum drop of 0.5 psi. All of this is due largely in part to the increased fluid volume, which increased by 21% above the factory unit. We have a full write-up on the testing conditions and data for you to look at.
We are excited to announce that this kit will be released later next week! We are skipping the presale and going right to the product release. It will be available for purchase, in stock and ready to ship to your doorstep with an MSRP at $375. It will fit all Ford Superduty trucks equipped with the 7.3L from 1999-2003 including the F250 and F350 pickup trucks as well as the F450 and F550 chassis cabs. There’s no reason to wait any longer than you already have. I’ll be sure to update this blog with the product link once we make it available on our site. Thanks for reading!
-Diamaan
