Hey everyone

[thenubsterman]

Hey I am new to the site, and just a question, I use to have a 97 F-250 with a 460 in it, and the worst thing i ever did was sell it, well I'm wanting to get a 96-97 with a 7.3L, Can you tune them with a chip, what kind of power do they have fuel economy? or would it be better just to get the super duty 7.3L i just really miss my truck lol, its hard to believe a 97 is already going on 11 years old, they still seem new to me. any other questions that should be asked by me please answer

 

[BamaSixGun]

Welcome nub. there will be some 7.3 fellers chimin' shortly, Im a 6.0 leaker.

 

[thenubsterman]

ya my father has the 6.0, and it has good power, and he has never had a problem with it 120,000 and still running strong

 

[WD40]

Welcome to SSD.com

 

[DaveBen]

Welcome to SuperDutyDiesel, Nub. You can tune those yuears of trucks, but I can't tell you how much power they can produce. Someone will chime in.

Dave

 

[Zookie400]

you can choose from a huge assortment of programmers, or chips for the obs 7.3. for economy you would want a "50hp" tune. my truck with stock programming, a downpipe, and an ats torque converter gets 18highway and about 16-17 city. i have 3.55 gears.

if you are looking for more fun than economy, mega hp is easily attained, just costs some money. injectors, turbo, HPOP, charge air cooler, water meth injection......its all available for these trucks!

do a search, there is a thread on this forum that tells buyers what to look for when looking at used OBS's, and will help you in your search.

the 460 was fun and had a ton of power, but you wont miss it once you get a 7.3!

 

[fordtrucker4life!]

Welcome to the site. I have a couple trucks with 460's and one with a 7.3. Like zookie said you will not miss the 460 with a 7.3. Fuel economy with a 460 that I have seen is 10 max. With the 7.3 10-15 average.

 

[thenubsterman]

i got 14 with my 7.5L but i didn't have cats or anything on mine,

 

[thenubsterman]

oh ya i'd be looking for some decent power, is it possible to have a selectable tuner on one of these trucks?

 

[95_stroker]

oh ya i'd be looking for some decent power, is it possible to have a selectable tuner on one of these trucks?

You can make decent power with the PSD, and there are a number of options for on the fly switchable chips out there as well.