1997 F350 7.3L Stroker
 

Hey guys, I got a 1997 F350 7.3L Stroker and I was wondering what some easy mods to do to it would be, I got plenty of tools to do mechanical mods and not much money to buy shit, so ya... just see'in the community's opini:U:on.

First things I would do are an intake, you can do a DIY with a 6637 filter. then get rid of the stock downpipe with a 3" and either buy and exhaust or straightpipe your stock one

Thanx for the info.... what ur quarter mile time?

yeah i would do intake first then down pipe and straight pipe your truck.
it would make it sound great:U:

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Matt knows what he is talking about so i would take his advice:U:

Not sure on my time yet, I havent got to the track yet, Once I get my dana 60 in Im gonna try to get some times, right now thanks to my POS TTB front end I can even use 4x4 and I dont think it would be worth going to the track if I cant launch it in 4x4

Thanks I appreciate that, I do my best to help out where I can

hey Matt how are you liking your new tunes from beans?
im changing to swamps just wondering what you like better?

dan lets do a do it yourself intake. i already got a 40$ air filter :c:

I love my tunes from beans, much happier with them, they know what they are doing especially with their new breakthroughs in tuning, they are confident Ill put down about 420hp, and the truck moves pretty well, surprised the hell out my buddy when I raced his cummins and beat him and his truck has 150hp injectors, fass 150, 62/71/13 turbo, edge comp, built trans, intake, exhaust

nice dude nice, yeah i race mine about 1 time a year at the local drag strip when
we have the NHRDA event here, im hoping to beet some cummins this year,
just so maybe they wont run thier mouth so much this year like last year

but im always racing the local ricer club around here, they are getting bad,
they think thier cars are like lightning but thier not so quick

i would do the ccv, over boost anroide, diy intake, straight pipe the exhaust and maybe the zoodad mod as well

CCV would be helpful but you cant do a zoodad mod on a OBS

how do i get the bitch to smoke? do i have to invest in a chip? im pretty poor at the moment

HAHA, well yes, if you want it to smoke a good amount your gunna need injectors,
if your really good with tools its possible you may do your own injectors, this will requier alot of work and you will need to cut down your intensifier pistions on your own. if your truck has alot of miles you may also have to replace your own O-rings. the truck wont smoke with just stage one injectors though, you will need a chip to compliment them. if you want some smoke then you will need a chip. a cheap chip would be a edge evoution or something genaric but if you want good performence go with swamps custome tuning or TW tunes or even DP tunes. hope that was helpfull to you.:U:

So you just want smoke? put a bag over the filter, just wanting smoke is pointless

Now if you want performance get a custom tuned chip, but with stock injectors the truck aint gonna smoke much, these injectors are tiny stock, after that you can start to think of doing some stage 1 injectors or something along that line

Nah, i dont "just" want smoke... but its a diesel and diesel dust is B.A... I am very good with tools and am a part time mechanic, but what are some cheep tricks to do to these trucks mechanically without investing a shitload in money that can get me better times at the track?

not much you can do to get them runnin significantly faster times without money, you can do a resistor mod and stuff but it wont compare to a custom tuned chip

hey guys working on building my 97 stroker. I want to play every now and again but i also need it to pull my Bass Boat and or my 32ft 4 horse trailer with 12ft living quarters. I have a aftermarket intake. and guages i took the edge out after replacing my damn tranny so it has a new stock tranny in it. I need to know what aftermarket injectors to get like stage ones and can i put a 4inch exhaust on it. also whats a good custom chip going for and how much i am seeing alot of swamp tunes and i think it was beans tunes.

if your wanting bigger injectors plan on doing more work to your tranny

i was thinking that after i posted. Does anyone know what a DDT tranny is going for these days? Also I am looking for double shock mounts for this truck any ideas????