Hello everyone! just wanna start off by saying that while I am a new member, I am NOT new to 7.3s and I have been stalking this forum for quite a long time lol since there doesn't seem to be too many build threads on the forums lately (everyone seems to have moved on the facebook and Instagram these days) I want to treat everyone to my build. This is going to be a build thread for my 1996 f250 that I have been pulling, dirt dragging, street racing and street driving for quite some time now. first lets start with where the truck is at currently:
Full force 160/30s
Adrenaline 20* hpop
Super duty gtp 38 with riffraff wheel, ats ported housing, 360 thrust, .84 wastegated hotside with wastegate welded shut
truck is hoodstacked
stock superduty intercooler with 3" charge pipes, cfm spider and 3" plenums
STOCK mechanical fuel pump/fuel system (yes you read that right)
hydra with dan k's top notch tuning
Stock zf5 with south bend street dual disc clutch\
Truck made 424hp/869tq on fuel and 474/929 on a very conservative nitrous pull. its the only 7.3, and the only manual truck that ever comes to the local dirt drags and it has never lost a race (both on the street and the dirt). truck is a top5 contender at all of the local pulls. I pull in the hot street and rwyb classes and hang a weight box. I want to step my game up this coming year so a build is in order. I'm going to the 7.3 jamboree in may at Beans diesel if anyone wants to hang out PM me and we will meet up. the build sheet for this year is a very simple one but I believe it will be effective. the plans are:
238/100 rosewoods
retain the adrenaline 20*
turbo lab 67mm compressor kit with 1.0 housing (dead set on using stock frame turbo. just a personal goal of mine to break 550whp with a home built stock frame turbo)
bosch 044 pump with aeromotive regulator
headstuds, pushrods and valve springs
have to rebuild my spare zf5 the dirt drags have killed my third gear synchro
headlight intake (underhood temps are atrocious)
bucket racing seats (factory bench is rough) with nitrous bottle in bewtween
handbrake tied to rear brakes to aid with drifting at starting line
fire extinguisher just in case crap hits the fan haha
the goals for all of this are: 550rwhp on fuel 600 on nitrous
wanna go low 13s/high 12s in 1/4 and wanna consistently pull 300'. I think this is all doable with my build sheet. I will do the best I can to keep pics and build progress update as much as I can!
Hey folks! just an update. Pulled the turbo and wiring harness out of the truck (the harness was covered in oil from an hpop line bursting, gonna clean it up). received my 238/100 rosewoods, 1.0 housing and the 67mm turbo lab kit last week. I got the turbo put together and ready to go in the truck. Waiting on injector orings, pushrods, valve spring and head studs. once all of that comes in ill be able to actually get started on installing things changed my mind on the 044 pump. I think I am just going to purchase the 444fab budget kit which uses a gls392 pump. I'm aware that walbro qc has went down hill recently but that's ok if it fails ill replace it with a better pump but the truck doesn't see much street use so when it fails its not like I will be stranded.
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Sure thing my dudes! I mean if you don't post pics of your build, did you even do anything? lmao is there a way to post videos on this forum or do I have to link everything to youtube? I have 100s of videos pf this truck getting beat to death to tide everyone over for a few days lmao
Alright so plans have changed just a little bit. I don't believe that I am going to do studs just yet. time is flying by and funds are tighter than anticipated (damn medical bills for the birth of our first child just started rolling in) so I'm going without studs to free up my budget for the fuel system. I will be ordering the 444fab budget kit in 2 weeks when I get paid again. I don't believe going studless will hurt me too much, I know of several people running 250/200s making 600+ without studs so I'm willing to risk it for the biscuit. Have a spare engine that I am going to be building with all of the supporting mods so if this one lifts the heads at Bean's in May I'm totally ok with that haha
So on my current .84 exhaust housing the wastegate is welded shut because there isnt enough room to fit the actuator when using a super duty turbo on an obs without a body lift (atleast in this case). well I upgraded to a 1.0 housing and I don't wanna ruin it in case I swap it out and want to run it on my super duty, so I machined this simple solution. I think if I added a spring I could make it function as a backpressure relief when I am spraying it but idk if I'm even gonna explore that idea just yet. simple yet effect I do believe!
Well looks like I may just go ahead and make one then. need to get a drive pressure gauge installed and tune based off of that instead of boost pressure. I could not care less how much boost it is making when my bottle of Senor Giggle is being forced down its throat.
ok so I got one bank of injectors swapped out tonight. ran out of time to do the other side. Once I get my fuel system I can finish the build on the engine and move on to the rest of the truck finally
Does anyone have any recommendations on a coating for the valve covers? I love anodized blue and have used the duplicolor metalcast on valve covers before but with my hoodstack running right over top of the passenger side VC idk if it will take the heat.
also when I was doing the injectors last night I moved the MAP sensor line to the side and noticed that one whole side was blown out of the darn thing! I had a suspicion that I had a boost leak somewhere because the truck would only make ~35psi of boost. with a .84 exhaust housing and 160/30s it should have been well north of 40psi. also the torque app would only show ~1psi of boost (at the MAP) and I assumed it was a malfunction lmao. so I def left some power on the table last year!
Finally ordered the fuel system from 444fab today, hoping it will be here before next weekend to get it all buttoned up! anybody have any experience with their obs budget kit?
Well the fuel system arrived today:smile: I'm so happy I could scream....ok lets not lie I did in fact scream :grin: but anyway I have a couple of questions.
first, once the fuel leaves the filter bases are you guys splicing back into the factory feed line up to the stock pump location or running the rubber hose instead?
second, where is a good key on 12v+ wire to tap to trigger the relay?
hoping to install this next weekend if I am off! hoping to hear this baby run next weekend if possible!
no just hose even thought I planned new stainless line when I installed my 444fab kit . it says in the instructions on wiring it . Fixing to order another 444fab kit for another truck there nice kits .
I would run new lines the stock line are not big enough dor high Hp applications. And since u are building a sled puller I would think you are going to want some power. Mine is just a step above stock so I reused the factory lines for my kit I built.
Give it to Mikey. He won't eat it he hates everything. Hey Mikey!! He Likes It.
well u are removing the stock fuel bowl a good source would be the old feed for the fuel heater just trace the wire back to the drivers side and tap in there.
Give it to Mikey. He won't eat it he hates everything. Hey Mikey!! He Likes It.
Hey guys sorry for the long delay! but I got the injectors swapped in, the fuel system plumbed, and got the turbo mounted up. still need to mount the fuel pump under the truck, plumb it to the valley and wire it up. I ordered new intercooler piping and need to tackle that job. But everything has almost come together, very close to hearing this baby fire up! attached are some pics for your viewing pleasure!
I haven't, only used PRPs, Beards, Mastercrafts, and Sparcos. All very comfortable.
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