YotaAtieToo
Thick skull
Everyone always says that a Cummins swapped ford would be the ultimate truck. Yet everyone I know who has had one, ends up getting rid of it.
I've had my 97 7.3/zf5 CCLB F350 for almost 10 years. It's been a great truck, I've done some upgrades and mods, but always tried to keep it fairly stock for reliability reasons, which has worked out so far. It's got 340k miles and is looking like it might have blown head gaskets or some other internal damage causing oil in the coolant and coolant smoke out the exhaust. I can't see pulling the heads and just doing gaskets considering the mileage. I also am at the point where I was just about to do some upgrades and maintenance to the engine, injectors, turbo, up pipes ect. So long story short, I'm looking at a lot of money to keep the 7.3 going.
So obviously a Cummins swap has to be considered. The problem with that route is that prices on donors have gone bonkers. I don't really like the idea of paying $2500+ for an engine that may need shit replaced also. I do happen to know a buddy who picked up an FL70 to move for cheap($2500). He doesn't plan to keep it, and I may be able to get it off of him for cheap or get a similar truck from the same place. His has a 24v Cummins with some type of allison with an OD behind it. It's tempting to just slap both of those into my truck and run a divorced 205. But I also like the idea of just leavingy current drivetrain alone and just buying the adapter.
I've read a little about the swap, seems that it's been done so many times, everything is pretty well figured out. Different exhaust manifold to move turbo forward, gas truck cruise servo, little adapters here and there, ect.
I'm sure my most realistic option is to try and find a good used donor, but I'd still have to do all the shit I wanted to do to mine and there is always a risk I'm buying another one with issues.
I've had my 97 7.3/zf5 CCLB F350 for almost 10 years. It's been a great truck, I've done some upgrades and mods, but always tried to keep it fairly stock for reliability reasons, which has worked out so far. It's got 340k miles and is looking like it might have blown head gaskets or some other internal damage causing oil in the coolant and coolant smoke out the exhaust. I can't see pulling the heads and just doing gaskets considering the mileage. I also am at the point where I was just about to do some upgrades and maintenance to the engine, injectors, turbo, up pipes ect. So long story short, I'm looking at a lot of money to keep the 7.3 going.
So obviously a Cummins swap has to be considered. The problem with that route is that prices on donors have gone bonkers. I don't really like the idea of paying $2500+ for an engine that may need shit replaced also. I do happen to know a buddy who picked up an FL70 to move for cheap($2500). He doesn't plan to keep it, and I may be able to get it off of him for cheap or get a similar truck from the same place. His has a 24v Cummins with some type of allison with an OD behind it. It's tempting to just slap both of those into my truck and run a divorced 205. But I also like the idea of just leavingy current drivetrain alone and just buying the adapter.
I've read a little about the swap, seems that it's been done so many times, everything is pretty well figured out. Different exhaust manifold to move turbo forward, gas truck cruise servo, little adapters here and there, ect.
I'm sure my most realistic option is to try and find a good used donor, but I'd still have to do all the shit I wanted to do to mine and there is always a risk I'm buying another one with issues.