8th Gen 7.3 IDI C.O.I?

[divemaster5734]

Waiting on rebuilt turbo, injectors and pump to arrive and am looking for a decent aftermarket cold air intake.
Saw one from S&B Filters and was wondering if anyone had experience with those, or has a different recommendation?
I haven't found an intercooler kit for a 7.3 V-belt system, so just need to get the truck on the road for now.

 

[BlindAmbition]

Frozenboost.com for your intercooler setup. Not specific to the truck, but it is what several members have used.

It is a liquid/air intercooler, btw. Common options also include 7.3 and 6.0 Powerstroke intercoolers. I found a Mishimoto one on Amazon warehouse for $140 a while back, but I've got a bullnose and it doesn't fit, hence going liquid/air.

 

[KansasIDI]

Waiting on rebuilt turbo, injectors and pump to arrive and am looking for a decent aftermarket cold air intake.
Saw one from S&B Filters and was wondering if anyone had experience with those, or has a different recommendation?
I haven't found an intercooler kit for a 7.3 V-belt system, so just need to get the truck on the road for now.

Hypermax engineering sells intercooler kits for these trucks.

I put a stock 6.0 PSD air filter system in one of my trucks. The thread is called 6.0 air intake. It has worked very well for me.

 

[Kdo58]

Made my own

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[divemaster5734]

Frozenboost.com for your intercooler setup. Not specific to the truck, but it is what several members have used.

It is a liquid/air intercooler, btw. Common options also include 7.3 and 6.0 Powerstroke intercoolers. I found a Mishimoto one on Amazon warehouse for $140 a while back, but I've got a bullnose and it doesn't fit, hence going liquid/air.

Hypermax engineering sells intercooler kits for these trucks.

I put a stock 6.0 PSD air filter system in one of my trucks. The thread is called 6.0 air intake. It has worked very well for me.

Mine isn't a PSD. Gen 8 are the last IDI non-turbo.
When Centurion did the Bronco conversion they added an ATS 088 turbo to the engine with all the interior mods, but it still has a V belt system.
As I understand it, the only intercooler kits are for serpentine belt, which means finding a 92-97 unmolested in a junk yard for hardware, plus AC and Alternator.
The only ones I've located so far are 1000 miles, so had to put off taking this build to that level for now.

 

[divemaster5734]

Made my own

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That is an awesome mod.
Where did you source the intake from and what model intercooler?

 

[KansasIDI]

Mine isn't a PSD. Gen 8 are the last IDI non-turbo.

Yeah I put the air filter from a 6.0 on my 7.3 IDI

When Centurion did the Bronco conversion they added an ATS 088 turbo to the engine with all the interior mods, but it still has a V belt system.

Hypermax makes an intercooler kit. For these trucks.

As I understand it, the only intercooler kits are for serpentine belt, which means finding a 92-97 unmolested in a junk yard for hardware, plus AC and Alternator.
The only ones I've located so far are 1000 miles, so had to put off taking this build to that level for now.

 

[Kdo58]

That is an awesome mod.
Where did you source the intake from and what model intercooler?

Look up my profile I have a write up on my turbo build.

 

[Nero]

Mine isn't a PSD. Gen 8 are the last IDI non-turbo.
When Centurion did the Bronco conversion they added an ATS 088 turbo to the engine with all the interior mods, but it still has a V belt system.
As I understand it, the only intercooler kits are for serpentine belt, which means finding a 92-97 unmolested in a junk yard for hardware, plus AC and Alternator.
The only ones I've located so far are 1000 miles, so had to put off taking this build to that level for now.

Just to toss it out there, I have a spare serpentine belt kit, all it's missing is the alternator, ac compressor, and the vac pump pulley. Tensioner bracket needs a little repair but if you know someone who can aluminum weld should be a sinch. I'm also not 1000 miles away

 

[THSIM9]

CDD OBS & Bricknose IDI Intercooler Kit

The CDD intercooler kits are designed to fit 87-94 F-Series and Bronco IDIs equipped with factory turbo, CDD or 093 turbo kits. This kit upgrades the factory intake, coolant reservoir and adds a charge air cooler to significantly drop egts, improve performance and especially help with towing...

classicdieseldesigns.com

 

[Nero]

CDD OBS & Bricknose IDI Intercooler Kit

The CDD intercooler kits are designed to fit 87-94 F-Series and Bronco IDIs equipped with factory turbo, CDD or 093 turbo kits. This kit upgrades the factory intake, coolant reservoir and adds a charge air cooler to significantly drop egts, improve performance and especially help with towing...

classicdieseldesigns.com

That kit is for v belt without AC, or serpentine belt only.

 

[THSIM9]

That kit is for v belt without AC, or serpentine belt only.

Where are you seeing that? Or do you know from experience?

Reading the page it mentions it fits 87-94 trucks with diesel core support, and even mentions fitting in front of the A/C condenser which would indicate that it should fit v belt trucks that had A/C.

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Curious because I have a stage 2 kit with intercooler on order with CDD and I have V belts and A/C.

 

[Lumberjackchuck]

I used a universal intercooling kit to save some $$$. This is the one I used.

31x12x4 inch Universal Intercooler + 3" Piping Kit for Camaro F150 Mustang

www.cxracing.com

The intake I used a KN filter. I struggled getting that big Donaldson air filter everyone likes to use to fit in my truck, the K&N was a breeze.

Only other cost was extra silicone boots to adapt the piping to my turbo and the CDD intake hat. Even tho it worked fine, I’d recommend the v-banded intake manifold.

Also gotta think about crank case ventilation. I deleted my CDR and routed 12AN hose from my timing cover plate to a catch can and then into the intake. Works really well and doesn’t suck up any oil from the timing cover plate.

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[Nero]

Where are you seeing that? Or do you know from experience?

Reading the page it mentions it fits 87-94 trucks with diesel core support, and even mentions fitting in front of the A/C condenser which would indicate that it should fit v belt trucks that had A/C.

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Curious because I have a stage 2 kit with intercooler on order with CDD and I have V belts and A/C.

I called them to ask, because when I originally bought my stage 1 turbo, it comes with the same air filter pipe as the intercooler kits, and it interferes with the ac compressor of the v belt system.

 

[THSIM9]

I called them to ask, because when I originally bought my stage 1 turbo, it comes with the same air filter pipe as the intercooler kits, and it interferes with the ac compressor of the v belt system.

Gotcha. Well that’s good info I appreciate it. Guess I will have to get creative with the intake on this truck. I like what @Lumberjackchuck did in the posts above.

Either something like that to avoid the A/C on my V belts or maybe get the stuff and convert to a serpentine setup.