is internatinal still making the 7.3???
 

ok i saw something very interesting. I saw a newer if not brand new UPS truck and it had a 7.3 and was manual too???

No 03 was the last year for the 7.3 no thanks to emissions, everything went downhill from there. :c:

so why did a newer ups truck have a 7.3 in it???

Unless you know for a fact that it was newer than 03 I'd have to say it didn't. Otherwise IDK unless it's like big trucks where you can buy a glider kit and put your drivetrain in it. :c:

Not sure but I know newer like 05s from Australia and places still had the 7.3

I've seen as new as 07 in Australia. However they wouldn't pass emissions here. It is true that medium duty trucks have it a little easier than our trucks, but a "new" truck wouldn't have a T444E. Perhaps they dropped a new body on the old truck to save costs.


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it was for sure newer than a 03, i would say it was a 08-11 atleast, i was gonna go talk to the guy driving it but he got away, thats the only thing i could think of is they put the motor in a newer body

How do you know it had a T444E?

by how it sounded and iv heard my share of 7.3s

UPS uses a few motors and I have mistaken some for a 7.3 a few times, but I never thought that they were one. Many are IH motors, so they are similar, but if you didnt actually see the motor I doubt it was a 7.3.

i could of been, but it was also a manual and the guy lugged it and it sounded like a 7.3 with a ZF6

Well international still offers manuals, so that doesnt really mean much..

well next time i see that truck im gonna chase it down and talk to the guy and take a peek at the motor

All u have to do is go to the ups place and ask to go to the auto shop and ask the head mechanic it would save u time ....I no that the head mechanic at my old job would put a crate 7.3 in all the trucks that blow there motors that's how much he liked them and how easy to work on them and reliable

so maybe thats what this place did, i have seen plenty of older ups trucks with 7.3s but not a newer one

Its not a 7.3...

At work we do alot of repairs for UPS, SpeeDee, and FedEx, the newest truck with a 444 I've seen is 04, and up to 08 with a 466. After that it's one of the many variations of IH's MaxxForce, which depending on the exhaust it has, will sound like a 444/466.

A powerstroke sounds the way it does because a. its a v8, and b. it's heui injected. ANYTHING v8 and heui would sound similiar.

[QUOTE=OceanDiesel After that it's one of the many variations of IH's MaxxForce,[/QUOTE]

Thats right. And I'm willing to bet he's heard a maxxforce.