[mitchntx]

I've been shopping for several months, trying to figure out where I'm headed now that racing junky itch is finally gone. It was fun while it lasted, but nothing lasts forever.

After paying $4/gallon for water at a Love's Truck Stop and subsequently $3K for injectors and a lot fuel delivery components, I'm done with diesels.

Tomorrow I trade for a 2013 GMC SLT 1500 CC 6.2L 4x4. Has the trailering package, so its equipped with coolers, HD rear diff and springs and 3.73 gearing. Maybe I'll buy an Airstream and join the good SAM club ...

I was serious about a Hemi Laramie, but just couldn't justify the cost. I found a couple which had wheels, tires, lift and custom leather seats and the price was jacked $16K. Better be some nice damn wheels.

And a 6.2L motor in a F150 was near $60K

So its home ...

12.4L ...

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[trackbird]

He bought a truck that had a turbo that (it turned out) had been misted with dirt. The ends of the impellers were missing/chewed. Then it wasn't running right and he was in Jersey and didn't have shop space. Dropped it at Ford and they got him for about $1800 for some injectors and stuff. They did a compression test and found that one cylinder was down to about 1/2 the normal compression (all cylinders were roughly double what that cylinder was.....200 and 400 psi cranking compression sticks in my head, but it's been a while). Knowing he wanted to fix this thing once and not deal with it again and since his 115,000 mile 7.3 was already dying, he wasn't about to junk yard it. Also, he drove it in from New Jersey and we did the swap in a 3 day weekend and he drove it back home. So we didn't have time to do anything but stuff a crate engine in it and send it on the way. So, it was the path of least resistance....it was just an expensive path.

And I'm not likely to buy a C6 Z06....because engines ARE crazy expensive. While regular stuff is getting reasonably cheap these days. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[Steve91T]

He bought a truck that had a turbo that (it turned out) had been misted with dirt. The ends of the impellers were missing/chewed. Then it wasn't running right and he was in Jersey and didn't have shop space. Dropped it at Ford and they got him for about $1800 for some injectors and stuff. They did a compression test and found that one cylinder was down to about 1/2 the normal compression (all cylinders were roughly double what that cylinder was.....200 and 400 psi cranking compression sticks in my head, but it's been a while). Knowing he wanted to fix this thing once and not deal with it again and since his 115,000 mile 7.3 was already dying, he wasn't about to junk yard it. Also, he drove it in from New Jersey and we did the swap in a 3 day weekend and he drove it back home. So we didn't have time to do anything but stuff a crate engine in it and send it on the way. So, it was the path of least resistance....it was just an expensive path.

And I'm not likely to buy a C6 Z06....because engines ARE crazy expensive. While regular stuff is getting reasonably cheap these days. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

That's the number one reason 7.3's die. The airbox is a terrible design that cracks allowing unfiltered air in. I got very lucky when I bought my truck. It had 137,000 miles and had a broken airbox. I didn't realize it until I got it home. Dusted or not, it wasn't enough to damage the engine. Very lucky.

That's unfortunate about your buddy. In his case, it's definitely very expensive. Good job for changing the engine. I've read it weighs over 1000lbs alone. I will say one thing that sucks is that I can't change the clutch in my truck by myself. The tranny is so big and heavy that I'd probably kill myself. I think it was about $1500 for a clutch job.

Whatever, rowing through 6 gears with a turbo singing makes it all better (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)