sallyman1

will the international 7.3 powerstroke kill our 5.9 cummins on the track? i keep hearing how good the 7.3 engine was and how it could outpull our trucks up any hill offtrack? a buddy used to have 1 and I hear about it everyday

JDiepstra

Your buddy needs to get his head checked. It is possible for a heavily modded 7.3 to beat a lightly modded 5.9 or something like that but in general, there are far more fast 5.9's than 7.3's.

isb07

the 7.3's are pigs, i have a 97 5 speed, i think my dodge is faster pulling A 10,000 trailer than the ford empty.

PRO-NRA

You buddy been smoking far too many of that skinny funny cigarettes. Although the International is 1.4L larger displacement, all else being equal the Cummins generally will outperform the International.

sallyman1

lol thats what i thought. he says over and over every day that nothing lugs like the 7.3. the thing is you dont wanna lug, you wanna be in the optimal powerband/rpm for that engine. he thinks lugging is everything.

randallp84

That's possibly one of the most ignorant statements I have ever heard. The Cummins has worlds more low-end torque than the 7.3. That's just the nature of a I6 vs a V8. The Cummins develops its max torque somewhere around 1400 RPM and holds that max torque for almost 1000 RPM above that. The 7.3 develops its max torque at like 1800 I think and drops off quick. Your buddy is bass-ackwards. NOTHING lugs like a Cummins, if lugging is important to you. I own a 7.3 and it doesn't really come alive until 2200 RPM.

sallyman1

the 7.3 specs are this: peak torque 525 ft lbs at 1600 rpm and 275 HP at 2800 rpm

TAS05CTD610

Inlines are generaly torquier low down, v-8's have the revs and are normally quicker (I'm thinking like for like HP) That's why the fords and chevy's are fast trucks but stock to stock the cummins has the torque low and will most likely last the longest (again stock to stock)

cmac

stock for stock my 96 will walk all over my buddies 00 7.3 all stinkin day.... mine is a stick and his an auto. and his with a 6 postion chip barley beats mine.... now he has a lift and all that and it is SLOW!!!

bigwheels94

I loved my 7.3 back in the day, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Cummins. I once beat a stock 7.3 with my camper loaded, & he waws empty. That was when alll I had was a Quad XZT.

sallyman1

wow. i believe all of yous and my cummins rocks also. but he has a 2005 dodge cummins and says its nothing compared to his old 7.3 ford.

randallp84

Must be something wrong with his Cummins. Or he's just a die-hard Ford guy. You know how those guys are

rip 112

Maybe he likes trucks that can't get out of their own way. It cost alot more to get a 7.3 to act tougher than a CTD, and even more to get the mileage.

I d think the 7.3 was the last best thing Ford ever did with diesel engines, but thats about it

pullin hard

i don't even think a 7.3 would beat a tank in a race up hill!!!

puffsmokeonya

thats great