Ford 7.3L Gas Engine
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goeduck
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Yikes! That is enough to give a guy whiplash! :thumbsup:
BrokeFarmerJohn
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Anyone on here with a 7.3 truck having any issues?
The Fred
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Yup.......can't keep gas in the thing other than that no problems.
4570Man
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What kind of mileage does it get?
The Fred
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Haven't been too far but 7-8 around town.
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Holy Cow Fred!
You know that gas pedal is not just a binary switch, right?
How many back tires have you been through already?
:laughing:
You know that gas pedal is not just a binary switch, right?
How many back tires have you been through already?
:laughing:
The Fred
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So the thing only has 1000 miles on it, never on the interstate only around town. The dash says 9.8 mpg since new, never been reset; so I lied.
It's near impossible to burn out with it unless you use the sand and snow mode as torque management prevails over all the other shift modes.
A tune would help with torque management for burnouts. I did get it to light up fairly well once I got it rolling a little bit. Big tires, 4:30 gear ratio helps I guess.
It has some nice features, started it with the APP this morning and it automatically defrosted the windows, mirrors. It has some crap options like lack of a rain sensor for auto wipers which most cars I work on have had for 10 years now.
No remote garage door opener, the cruise control doesn't apply the brakes to control speed downhill like (again) many cars have had for years.
The cellphone charge pad is useless because every bump in the road jars the phone (and my teeth) that dislodges it and sends a message across the dash that shows the phone is not charging, Ford can shove all these unwanted messages where the sun never shines.
It's a Lariat, Tremor, $65k of wasted coin that most of us could have used on new chainsaws or a woodmizer mill or more beer better tractor yadayada.
It is a nice machine and pulls a 6000 lb. trailer like it's not there.
It's near impossible to burn out with it unless you use the sand and snow mode as torque management prevails over all the other shift modes.
A tune would help with torque management for burnouts. I did get it to light up fairly well once I got it rolling a little bit. Big tires, 4:30 gear ratio helps I guess.
It has some nice features, started it with the APP this morning and it automatically defrosted the windows, mirrors. It has some crap options like lack of a rain sensor for auto wipers which most cars I work on have had for 10 years now.
No remote garage door opener, the cruise control doesn't apply the brakes to control speed downhill like (again) many cars have had for years.
The cellphone charge pad is useless because every bump in the road jars the phone (and my teeth) that dislodges it and sends a message across the dash that shows the phone is not charging, Ford can shove all these unwanted messages where the sun never shines.
It's a Lariat, Tremor, $65k of wasted coin that most of us could have used on new chainsaws or a woodmizer mill or more beer better tractor yadayada.
It is a nice machine and pulls a 6000 lb. trailer like it's not there.
Motorboatin
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I'm getting 14.4 around town with my 7.3 and I have over 20k miles on it. I reset it every time I fuel up or when towing
My 2016 F350 diesel was getting 15.5 around town and diesel is more expensive so it's a wash in my book
My 2016 F350 diesel was getting 15.5 around town and diesel is more expensive so it's a wash in my book
