I want to keep my stroker and buy a F350 or 1 ton chevy for a 12 valve swap, with a ford, would it be easier to swap the engine into a gas truck or idi diesel instead of powerstroke due to lack of electronics (throttle, PCM, etc.)?? I can get a gas truck cheaper too. I've always loved the 12v for its simplicity and potential and we already have two 7.3L fords.

 

Gasser or IDI, the p/s has no throttle cable so you would need a gas or IDI pedal anyway, and a gas cruise servo. So I would say anything but a p/s, which like you said, will be much cheaper

 

i would say an idi, that way u got both fuel lines needed, wiring will be close to the same.

 

I would not bother to pay extra for a diesel truck and then immediately pull the diesel out.

I ran into this with my Powerstroke. It was worth more as-is (to most people), than after a cummins swap. So I sold it and bought my w250.

 

I agree, even a blown powerstroke is worth replacing with another p/s, that's why I used a gas truck that was on it's last leg, especially when you need gasser truck parts to begin with

 

Yea I wouldnt have bought yet another powerstroke to transplant a cummins into, powerstrokes are great, I was just wondering if there was anything major I would've needed off of a diesel that a gas truck might not have, this is not something I plan on getting to anytime soon due to unemployment but I would love to build 1 ton ford or chev with a homebrew fed 12v.

 

Mine was a v10 and I needed nothing from a diesel. The only thing I changed are the fuel lines. I ran 3/8 rubber fuel line for the feed and 5/16 for the return. I had to pull the fuel tank, remove the pump and made a siphon and return tube from hydraulic tubing, that's it for changes

 

I'm not familiar with the V10, does it have hydro-boost brakes? Most gassers don't so that's one thig you'll have to change unless you're lucky enough to get an engine with a vacuum pump like the OM617.

 

No hydro-boost. 1st gens have a vac. pump. My brakes work better with the cummins than the v10

 

That's good to know. If I was doing a swap I would start with a cheaper gasser.