whether it's 700hp or not, the fact remains that the 7.3 is probably the most reliable diesel engine to ever be put in a pickup truck. My dad has a 97 that's had a really tough life towing. It finally bent a push rod at 444,500 miles. It was the first time we took the valve covers off. I wish I could say the same for my 12 valve Cummins. I'd rather tow with my Cummins because it's a beast compared to the old 7.3. If I had to count on any diesel in any pickup truck to save my life, it would be the 7.3 Power Stroke.
700hp still has the stock turbo with warm up valve? more like bad injectors and a home made air filter. put bigger stacks on youll be at least 1000hp. lol
Love that you’re doing the body work, have it leveled in the front, and are running oversized tired with the Alcoa’s. That’s how I’m doing my 97 f350 single cab 7.3. I’ll post a video soon to my page
I'm at around 450-500 HP in my 96 quad cab dually, 7.3 psd. good glow plugs don't help a great amount, if he's running 700 HP then he's got an electric fuel pump conversion as well like I do. those not familiar, that means no fuel bowl in the valley, the original fuel bowl has a heating element in it to pre heat the fuel when cold, the electric pump set up does not, and these 7.3 psds don't like cold fuel for start up.
493 if you want me to be exact, but that was close to 100,000 miles ago , so I'm assuming I've probably lost etleast a few HP from wear.So, just to be safe, I say 450-500. Leaves room for error since I haven't had it on a dyno in a few years.
Wisconsin Dronez lthe truck is old im guessing he had it for a long time probably bought new. But they dont make glow plugs cheap especially for that year.
+Chersey .357 you spelled dyno wrong for about the second time. not positive this rusty pile's frame could even handle 700hp without snapping in two. sounds stock asf.
we had an old 7.3 on the farm that started like this we added a in-line heater to the lower radiator hose and kept it plugged in with the block heater, that helped a lot plus we put the red top optima batteries in the old girl for more cranking power
ok this should be titled, "dual 700cca batteries start my 260hp straight piped diesel after 5 and a half minutes of cranking it". if this thing made 700hp on the dyno than that would explain it not starting it left everything it had on that dyno run. this makes a better battery video than truck video. let's see those batteries!!
The truck is awesome... damn hard start though without the block heater plugged in. I'm defiantly not a fan of the ending though... revving your diesel like that when it's cold.... *cringe moment for sure. Anyways, love them ol' faithful 7.3's keep it running strong :)
damn you got some good healthy batteries and a damn good starter ,,, by the time you got to 2 min in the video I was wondering if it was gonna start or not reminds me of my 1977 chevy that's had a detroit diesel conversion , it's got a 6V-71 turbo and when starting in under 32F weather it needs either a cord plug in for about 15 mins or a 3 sec shot of Ether , and then crank it till it lights , keep on grinding till it lights cause they have no Glo Plugs
My dad had one when I was growing up went through 3 starters but the best damn pickup we ever had you give it time it will always start eventually and even when the starter goes go get your hammer and she will still start
On my truck even with a decent amount of oil in the fuel of my 7.3/wmo fuel addative. It still starts way faster & smokes way less. Starts almost immediately most of the time, her & I are good friends. I love her & she loves me.
There is a small metal screen beside your fuel pressure sensor thats right beside your Fuel Filter housing..... Clean it and i know that will help.... I Own a 1997 F250 HD...with the 7.3 liter Turbo International Diesel .....P.s...run a bottle of Diesel Kleen in the tank every month.... My truck runs like NEW.... i bought it NEW in 1997 ....
Hahaha well aware of that !! I work on em all day long . C 15 an C 16 s that run 7 plus ! The cat sticker in the window is what I was talking about , behind your headache rack hahah nice !!!
good job man. you just put 20k miles of engine wear in 7 minutes. also GREAT idea flooring it when the oil hasnt even circled the engine yet. the scores on the walls must be 10 thou deep at least
Lol well if he could somehow have less fuel at the initial start only and a hotter glow plug it would start up just fine . There is pros and cons to both slow and fast rev starts. To slow n the crankshaft can become stressed along with less heat to expand fast rev starts heat the engine up faster due to more friction from pistons and circulate more fluids to places they need to get to with more pressure but metal dosent like to run cold.. So go fuck off and find the sweet spot of starting .
amped something must be wrong with that truck cous my 7.3 starts up like a match as long as I cycle the glow plugs twice on a cold day. 4 years and go in strong thanks to The Lord
I've got one of these,with stupid high mileage..they are not a conventional diesel...mine starts with 6 dead glow plugs and my heater bowl element fell apart b4 I bought it..this is not a glow plug issue,nor a relay problem,nor a bowl heater fault,they all help but none of it is necessary to start,not on these motors..if you haven't changed the 3/O cable from the starter to solenoid do that first,and clean the connections..they need alot of juice to turn over,both batteries should be 850cca with nice clean grounds,yours sounds slow to turn over compared to mine..also drain your hpop reservoir and fill it with proper rotella 15/40..oil pump is high pressure(3000psi) and needs good clean oil to start nice...and as far as 700hp goes,that sounds a bit far fetched to me,it sounds like mine minus the smoke and hard start once it was running..how and where is the 700hp?
Had a 93 7.3 seen many a cold 10 to 20 below zero mornings up in Montana never had no problems extension cords don't cost that much don't look that cold where he is
test glow plugs and glow plug relay, stop cycling the key because the glow plugs run for 90 seconds even aftet the wait to start light. check icp psi and ipr % when cranking. all that blue smoke is either oil burning from injector o rings leaking oil into the fuel, turbo seals, or injector issues. This is NOT normal. Also, i know youre not making 700hp because you still have the exhaust backpressure valve on the stock turbo. Plenty of trucks out there with 400/400 injectors and start in 2 seconds. this truck has been neglected obviously.
