Another disappointment in this 7.3
#1
Another disappointment in this 7.3
so i overall like this truck for the ride,comfort and suspension, but towing with it sucks. I need ideas on what to do to make it pull a little better please. i put a 4" tb exhaust on it and a napa filter but as far as towing its damn gutless compared to my cummins. Yesterday i was towing my 16' enclosed spray trailer which maybe weighs a total of 7,000 and the damn truck struggled to keep it at 70 mph????? I had to have it out of od because it wouldnt hold od on flat roads??? and my rpms were at a constant 2700-2900 which i think is ungodly high. Any other truck ive driven even my 1/2 ton hemi could pull it easier and my mileage was 8.5mpg. So what else could i do??? The truck doesnt smoke one bit and runs awesome empty but is this just how these 7.3 are or what. any help is appreciated cause im starting to think maybe i should sell it and go back to dodge already and its only been about a month. thanks in advance
#4
egts are normal highest i have seen is 1100 and boost im not sure but it spools up fine and sounds normal. I even jumped into a buddys 7.3 and it was the same way it just feels gutless to me
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maybe im just so used to the torque of my other cummins that its normal for these trucks to tow like this
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maybe im just so used to the torque of my other cummins that its normal for these trucks to tow like this
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#6
I would go for a chip then. You are comparing your 7.3 to a vehicle that was 7 years newer. Compare it to a 99 24v and well, I dont know about any of your friends with 24v cummins, but I have 4 friends with them and they got no *****. They are just loud and sound like they are spitting the crank out
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