Macrobb
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And, these days, it's critical that you check that serial, and look for rebuilder stickers.The "turbo" parts ONLY apply to an engine that originally had a factory Turbo on it. The ones with the serial numbers that start "7.3TU2U". Partswise, everything else is considered N/A.
You can easily find a "N/A" truck with a 7.3TU turbo motor(and turbo... or not) swapped into it, or a "turbo" truck with a non-turbo block(and possibly the turbo still).
That's not counting the countless "turboed" N/A engines out there in N/A applications.
I've also heard that some rebuilders would just throw out the 7.3TU connecting rods & pistons when rebuilding them and just use N/A parts.
You never know what's in yours at this point. Motors are easy to swap and you probably have a 50/50 chance it has been at this point.