7.3 idi pulling 10k lbs for the first time!

[prepowerstroke]

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this camper is 37 feet all together, pulled it 50 miles Tuesday up and down through hills and the ol' girl didnt like it too much the steepest hill we pulled was prob like 8% grade and i had it massed to the floor doing 20 mph up the hill, which kinda inspired my other thread "7.3 idi build" because my dad (who is a powerstroke guy) was laughing at me all most over headed twice..... but this is a all stock truck

 

[Hydro-idi]

Hey the idi will take it's sweet old time but like stated before, it will always be the one that gets you to the destination

 

[towcat]

if you looking on winning land speed record races, you are owning the wrong truck.
if you want to get to where you want to go slowly with the minimum amount of grief, you own the right truck.
no turbo and intercooler will keep you in the slow lane.

 

[hesutton]

What were the EGT's on that long pull? My guess is SCARY!


I can tell you what helped my camper hauler (the F350 crew cab) was the turbo, Moose fuel, typ4 cam, and intercooler. It's still not going to when any races, but it certainly is more capable of hauling that fifth wheel up and down the hills of Kentucky now. The addition of the Rodney Red Radiator has eliminated my coolant temp concerns as well.


Heath

 

[icanfixall]

What towcat anf Heath posted is facts from real life experiances. Not something they rad on the internet. They do the work like many others here and post results. I still find it funny when someone doughts the findings of facts. I don't feel someone is calling a poster a liar either. I guess its like this. Walk a miles in my shoes and then you have the right to complain or critisize.

 

[prepowerstroke]

im not sure what the egts were because i dont have a pyrometer yet... thats why my pump isnt turned up yet , any one know a good place to get a pyrometer?

 

[LSOSGT1109]

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[FORDF250HDXLT]

she was in 2nd gear and screaming no doubt.as long as you make her talk uphill,the egt's should do ok.
you need to find a turbo kit.unless you only take that out a couple times a year,then oh well.let the old man laugh at ya lol.enjoy the scenery and let the n/a scream.you wont hurt it.

 

[prepowerstroke]

that will prob be the only time that camper moves all year so its all good but i would like a turbo, what is the best place for the pyrometer?

 

[67-7THREE]

im not sure what the egts were because i dont have a pyrometer yet... thats why my pump isnt turned up yet , any one know a good place to get a pyrometer?

I have a nice Isspro pyro gauge with brand new k type probe forsale, PM me.

 

[92F350CC]

if you looking on winning land speed record races, you are owning the wrong truck.
if you want to get to where you want to go slowly with the minimum amount of grief, you own the right truck.
no turbo and intercooler will keep you in the slow lane.

Just out of curiosity, since I never seem to hear anybody really quantify the performance, but what would be your usual cruising speed on 6% grades or more with a 10k load. My IDI was an N/A without overdrive. Didn't tow very fast.

 

[kc0stp]

Definatly time to turbo/intercool that rig, having never driven an NA truck I knew they were lacking in the power department but geez didn't think it was that bad.

Just out of curiosity, since I never seem to hear anybody really quantify the performance, but what would be your usual cruising speed on 6% grades or more with a 10k load. My IDI was an N/A without overdrive. Didn't tow very fast.

Havnt taken mine over any real hills yet (just Monument) but with 7-8k in tow Ive yet to drop below 60 and I normally just set the cruise at 65 and roll, and that's at roughly 1mile above sea level

 

[towcat]

Just out of curiosity, since I never seem to hear anybody really quantify the performance, but what would be your usual cruising speed on 6% grades or more with a 10k load. My IDI was an N/A without overdrive. Didn't tow very fast.

with a 10k+ load climbing the grade from Sacto to Truckee, I can do a comfortable 4th gear at 50-55mph. with the IC, there was no reason to keep an eyeball on the pyro. a glance or two every few minutes was more than sufficient. pulled the NB grade of the grapevine(Int5) in 5th gear loaded with a MBZ 300D riding on a U-haul trailer and didn't even bother looking at the pyro.

 

[92F350CC]

That makes me drool....hell, it's all my 351 can do to maintain 55 up a grade unloaded

 

[bike-maker]

I tow a 5er on a fairly regular basis. I'm at about 17,500 gcvw. Before the turbo it wouldn't pull 3rd gear up a 6% grade, which meant 2nd gear at about 25 mph. I put on a turbo, and switched to bigger tires (from 33" to 35") at the same time, and now it will pull 3rd gear at about 50-55mph up the big hills. BIG difference.