Who will swap for the new 7.3 V8!

[nastang87xx]

Yah it’s not like we couldn’t change things like a tune, intake, headers, heads, injectors, valves, rear gears, exhaust and anything else you could think of that everyone does all the time. How about a supercharger on this motor? I guess these mods are only for “approved engines” as stated by anonymous Mustang members in a Mustang message board. Making an engine is the hard part and Ford has given us a very simple engine to play with. Think of the possibilities instead of discounting it and then lamenting that the V8 is near extinction...

Near extinction? I fully invite you to search through my posts about how I will have a V8 until I fawking die. I'll pay whatever taxes whenever.

And logic for a moment, why would you decide to put the 7.3 in a Mustang when THERE ARE ALREADY OFFERINGS FOR CARS?

https://performanceparts.ford.com/engines/

Read. Read. Read. There are big boy badass pushrod motors already available in the damn Ford Performance catalog ready to go with a hardcore bottom end. You guys harp CONSTANTLY on Camaros and Corvettes about big displacement and how they make no power for the cubes and now look at all of you. I'm not for or against OHV vs OHC. But if someone wanted pushrods with big cubes, there are offerings already available that have high performance in mind.

Why is it all of a sudden a big truck engine with pushrods is getting everyone excited when Ford Performance has had EVEN BIGGER DISPLACEMENT pushrod engines available for a long time now? I'm genuinely confused. Someone explain please, I'm asking a legitimate question...

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[Bluelightning]

Since supercharging is on the table, you know what would be awesome? A supercharged 32-valve dohc engine with direct injection, and 12/1 compression. Great torque at any rpm!

Hmmm..... Seems like some of us may already be running a combo such as this....

 

[Fatguy]

Near extinction? I fully invite you to search through my posts about how I will have a V8 until I fawking die. I'll pay whatever taxes whenever.

And logic for a moment, why would you decide to put the 7.3 in a Mustang when THERE ARE ALREADY OFFERINGS FOR CARS?

https://performanceparts.ford.com/engines/

Read. Read. Read. There are big boy badass pushrod motors already available in the damn Ford Performance catalog ready to go with a hardcore bottom end. You guys harp CONSTANTLY on Camaros and Corvettes about big displacement and how they make no power for the cubes and now look at all of you. I'm not for or against OHV vs OHC. But if someone wanted pushrods with big cubes, there are offerings already available that have high performance in mind.

Why is it all of a sudden a big truck engine with pushrods is getting everyone excited when Ford Performance has had EVEN BIGGER DISPLACEMENT pushrod engines available for a long time now? I'm genuinely confused. Someone explain please, I'm asking a legitimate question...

Because it made it into the news. Probably comes with some form of warantee along with a fleshed out A10 trans attached that fits the Stang. And mostly because - again - it’s in the news and Ford said they expect to see conversions at SEMA. That’s what got me interested.

 

[Fatguy]

AND: Because I’m a truck guy and want a truck motor in my Mustang. Check my avatar. Trucker for 32 years now...


Card carrying Teamster too!!!

 

[engineermike]

...., the aftermarket will get to work in all manner of ways to change the engine for a Mustang friendly application....

You mean like....getting it to breathe better and make some top end power?

 

[Fatguy]

You mean like....getting it to breathe better and make some top end power?

That’s for those who bitch about how it’s set up for a truck application. I like it the way it is. Couldn’t be happier. Keep on trucking!

 

[nastang87xx]

AND: Because I’m a truck guy and want a truck motor in my Mustang. Check my avatar. Trucker for 32 years now...

What makes a truck engine is how the engine is applied. Hell, a Coyote can be and is even a "truck engine."



@6:35.

Look at all that low end and this is at the wheels. Granted this car has been tuned and has some stuff in it but still, who would think that 302 cubic inches using 4 cams could punch that hard that low? 350 lb ft @ 2500 RPM. That is every bit as, if not more, punchy than an LS3 with long tubes and a tune. That is WAY dirtier than my TRUCK APPLIED L83 in my Silverado.

 

[TexasRebel]

AND: Because I’m a truck guy and want a truck motor in my Mustang. Check my avatar. Trucker for 32 years now...


Card carrying Teamster too!!!

So why not swap a Cat?

 

[TexasRebel]

Surely you jest. That was one of the more popular truck engines for decades. It started as a 7.4L but by the end of its product life it had evolved up to 8.1L. For the record, one of my early jobs in GM Product Planning was to take that engine out of production. The end of production plan got delayed at least twice because people kept wanting to buy trucks with that engine. Eventually, inability to clean up the emissions plus introduction of the Duramax Diesel finally took it out. GM also sold that engine to marinizers for installation in outboard motors and stern drives for yachts and speedboats. We actually had a Marine Sales group that had test boats docked at a marina on Lake St. Clair. Driving a boat with two 8.1L outboards can put a really big grin on your face. It can also require you to check your underwear when the boat starts getting airborne.

The 8100 was no 454.
It showed up in what...? 2001? Same year the Duramax came in.
...and was phased out by 2009? I guess an 8 year run isn't bad. That's one year to figure out why each of the coils went out.

 

[Fatguy]

So why not swap a Cat?

I don’t know / like it weighs 1290 pounds? Maybe that?

 

[TexasRebel]

I don’t know / like it weighs 1290 pounds? Maybe that?

But the torque more than makes up for that.

 

[Grimace427]

So why not swap a Cat?

Do some tractor pulls with that sumbitch. Yeehaw

 

[engineermike]

That’s for those who bitch about how it’s set up for a truck application.....

Who would buy a truck motor and go through all the effort and expense to retrofit it into a car then bitch about it being a truck motor?

I like it the way it is. Couldn’t be happier....

They haven’t yet announced power or torque numbers so how can you know if you like it the way it is? What if it has the 6.2-esque torque curve and doesn’t “turn on” until 3500 rpm? Would you still like it the way it is?

 

[Fatguy]

Who would buy a truck motor and go through all the effort and expense to retrofit it into a car then bitch about it being a truck motor?



They haven’t yet announced power or torque numbers so how can you know if you like it the way it is? What if it has the 6.2-esque torque curve and doesn’t “turn on” until 3500 rpm? Would you still like it the way it is?

It also looks sexy. To my eyes. No plumber’s nightmare from where I sit. Still, an aftermarket Mustang conversion for a truck motor that will be in use in trucks, has appeal for those who like trucks - they can have one in their Stang. Or you could have the truck and Mustang with the same motor side by side.


Whoever said it had to make sense. You only live once and that inheritance money ain’t no good in the bank...



As for 3,500 I’ll take what I get cause it’s better than 4500-6500. The way I drive anyway.

 

[Strokerswild]

I think I would choose an old school 460 with a stroker kit and Kaase heads before I'd take the 7.3. You could easily double the power of the 7.3 using a setup like that.

This one's gonna be 521" when it goes together for good. It's big, dumb, and (relatively) cheap too. Not sure I'd want it in my '15 though.

Giggity.

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