1997 7.3 powerstroke mods
 

hey i am new to diesels and diesel bombers so excuse my ignorance please, i was just wondering if there were any mods that i can do to my 97 7.3 that are easily done/cheaper? my buddy has a 6.0 and he did a blue spring mod and banjo screw, egr delete and i was just wondering if there was anything like that i can do to mine, i know the basics like an exhaust, intake those kind of things but if there is anything could you tell me and please explain what you are saying to do because i most likely wont have a very good idea on what it is.:c:

Not much you can do with a 7.3.. They run fine stock and upgrading costs money. If you don't wanna spend anything, do an intake and exhaust and be done with it. Maybe a chip down the road...

Those are my next steps for sure, after those things is their anything I could do from the 500-1000 dollar limit? I'm still a student so there is a limit for me. Thanks for the reply!

Gauges...3-500 bucks depending on the quality of gauge...

Chip...4-500 bucks with some custom tunes...

I've heard tony wildman is good ad ts chips, what do you think of them?

I love my Tony Wildman chip... Great product... Sometimes hard to get a hold of and might have to wait a bit longer to receive the products from him but he does great work...

How much of a gain did you notice from it? Is it worth buying one? I don't care much for fuel economy and if it raises the egt's I have an intercooler off of a 6.0 that I'm a little hesitant on putting on because I can't really afford anymore turbo lag haha what would the gains be for putting on the intercooler? Any performance increase?

I threw the chip in at the same time as the injectors so I don't actually know what the chip does by itself... The intercooler will drop egts, you won't notice added lag. No perf increase though. The chip will net you about 60hp give or take in the highest setting...

Oh okk, I have one more question, when I do a cold start in my truck it starts great but will puff white/blue smoke. It seems to smoke less when turn the glow plus on 3-5 times before starting what would that be?

Could be a mix of things... Blue smoke is usually oil. White smoke is raw fuel... Could be glow plugs, relay, injector orings...

Here's a tidbit for you though. Just turn the key and leave it for 30 seconds. Then start the truck. See what happens... The WTS light means nothing. Your glow plugs stay on much longer than the light does. THe light is a dummy light. Just turn the key and wait.