Has anyone ever thought about.....

[160k87F250]

It's got me thinking. What should I do with my 77 F250 2wd. I was thinking about a race truck. Built 460, C6, 9'' rear, ETC,ETC. Maybe I should make it a diesel. IDI of course, I hate cross contamination of brands, but that's just me. 6.9 or a 7.3, turbo, C6 w/ gear vendors, I forget what rear is in it. I would hate to put a body lift on a 2wd.
John

 

[greythorn3]

Lot of money to put into spite. I'd put the IDI into somethin' cooler, like my '79...

Adrianspeeder

ADRIANSPEEDER!! your that guy from fullsizebronco! them guys were real jerks to me over there.

Ray

 

[tonkadoctor]

Put an IDI into a Dodge


































Why, so you can finally beat a Dodge at the stop light with your IDIT Ford.......... What happened, you get spanked by a Dodge pulling out of school the other day

 

[FordGuy100]

Put an IDI into a Dodge


































Why, so you can finally beat a Dodge at the stop light with your IDIT Ford.......... What happened, you get spanked by a Dodge pulling out of school the other day

No, I've never raced a dodge. I have no doubt that around the school (short little streets), that I could take on a first and second gen 12valve that was stock. I've driven a 97 Dodge with a stock 12valve, and my truck has more balls from 0-30mph (hence why I said short little streets).

It was this other guy on another website had his avatar saying something like "why do you never see a powerstroke in a Dodge?" Kinda irked me enough to ask if anyone had ever thought about doing it.

 

[rubberfish]

A powerstroke?..........in a Dodge?
What a waste of a perfectly good motor.

 

[tonkadoctor]

"why do you never see a powerstroke in a Dodge?"

The why is prolly..... Why would they pull an engine that is common to see last 500k - 1 million miles before a rebuild and put one in that typically lasts 350k - 500k miles. The dodge trucks wear out before the engine does.

Much less moving parts to break in an Inline 6 vs a V8 too.

 

[fx4wannabe]

I agree, Cummins motor is a much better engine I think. Plus its proven track record. I have always said if they put a Cummins in a Ford chassis that would be the only truck on the road.

 

[-=DeanstuD=-]

...a Cummins in a Ford chassis that would be the only truck on the road.[/QUOTE


Cummins tried to make a deal with Ford before Dodge, and Ford refused it.

 

[BigRigTech]

I beg to differ on the longevity of the Cummins, I've seen several blow up with much less that 500K on them....And I mean blow up - vented the block and "came from together".... IDI's drop valves, ISB's blow up and crack cylinder bores, another common Cummins theme.

 

[tonkadoctor]

I beg to differ on the longevity of the Cummins, I've seen several blow up with much less that 500K on them....And I mean blow up - vented the block and "came from together".... IDI's drop valves, ISB's blow up and crack cylinder bores, another common Cummins theme.

Out of curiosity. How many of those were in Medium duty trucks vs ram pickups, fleet owned with multiple drivers vs 1 owner trucks. That's a fairly small engine to be trashing around in a freightliner chassis with a lead footed company driver that doesn't care because it's not his.

 

[BigRigTech]

I've seen them both ways - company and brokers....Doesn't mean a thing. The most I've seen on one it a 2-5 ton is 500,000KM and it's usually toast at that point. Lets not forget the ISB was put in medium duty trucks before the Dodge ram ever saw one. From what I've seen they really don't last any longer than an IDI or PSD engine - still a parent bore engine intended for one life cycle. I'm not saying the IDI or PSD is better than the ISB, they are all the same.....Except for the HP potential in the ISB - it is a step above in that class thanks to the aftermarket.

 

[87F250]

It's got me thinking. What should I do with my 77 F250 2wd. I was thinking about a race truck. Built 460, C6, 9'' rear, ETC,ETC. Maybe I should make it a diesel. IDI of course, I hate cross contamination of brands, but that's just me. 6.9 or a 7.3, turbo, C6 w/ gear vendors, I forget what rear is in it. I would hate to put a body lift on a 2wd.
John

Oh the irony.