7.3 diesel ranger? why not

[straycat]

So you want to burn twice the fuel in a diesel so it's cleaner? Like the EPA has mandated we do?

Yea, that makes since to me. Last week my wife and I watched an idiot in his 2003 or 2005 F350 4x4 highly modified motor and it was blowing out black smoke at an idol. It was a nice looking lifted 4x4 and it was lifted right and had nice rims and tires on it. When he took off in rush hour traffic he did a huge rev up that automatic tranny and took off so fast that he almost rear ended a car in front of him. That diesel smoke just went all over the place. It was just a bad smell of diesel smoke. There is no way that can be a green motor. People got pissed at him due to the black smoke that went all over the place!!!! I would think this putrid smelling black smoke would be against the law......

 

[adsm08]

The downside is that you'll loose all praticality of the bed, which defeats the purpose of a having Ranger in the first place.

Yeah, but the flip side of that is that you can floor the engine bay and use that for cargo space. Kinda like the original Bug.

 

[Hopman]

Yeah, but the flip side of that is that you can floor the engine bay and use that for cargo space. Kinda like the original Bug.

just as long as you leave enough space for the radiator, brake booster, and heater box!

 

[jakefyock88]

but the thought of a 7.3 in a ranger that would be extremly awsome theres no doubt about that id just love to see one and the thought of puttin the cummins in one just sounds like Blasphemy to me....................

 

[jakefyock88]

i beleive its a 6.0 its a ranger running a 10.4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfGFGqFHC5c

 

[nate09]

Oh, it can be done. Yank off the body, build a frame to fit the heavy pos motor and use the 7.3 tranny, and then custom shape the body to fit the frame and then you have how much invested? Way too much. No idiot would go to that much trouble......
Besides...I am sick and tired of seeing the diesel cars and trucks puffing out that black smoke and stinking up my planet. I will never believe that this motor is a clean running motor. If you can see it and smell it it is not healthy for you. Why don't we take some of these pos owners and put them in a closed room for a few minuets and see how they feel when we have to sit in traffic and see the crap smoke and breathe those crap exhaust fumes???

ever stood next to a car with no cats, or a drag car, or a 2 stroke dirtbike, snowmobile, etc? i think you can see where im going with this.

 

[country0001]

but the thought of a 7.3 in a ranger that would be extremly awsome theres no doubt about that id just love to see one and the thought of puttin the cummins in one just sounds like Blasphemy to me....................

Cummins was once owned by Ford. Not as bad as u think

 

[mentalbreakdown00]

Yea, that makes since to me. Last week my wife and I watched an idiot in his 2003 or 2005 F350 4x4 highly modified motor and it was blowing out black smoke at an idol. It was a nice looking lifted 4x4 and it was lifted right and had nice rims and tires on it. When he took off in rush hour traffic he did a huge rev up that automatic tranny and took off so fast that he almost rear ended a car in front of him. That diesel smoke just went all over the place. It was just a bad smell of diesel smoke. There is no way that can be a green motor. People got pissed at him due to the black smoke that went all over the place!!!! I would think this putrid smelling black smoke would be against the law......

Yes he would be stupid, ever see Banks do work on a diesel? It will not belch black smoke, if you have black smoke coming out you can really hurt a diesel that way quick. You can melt pistons, blow up a turbo, dilute the engine oil, and all kinds of other fun stuff. A properly running diesel puts out less pollutants than a comparable sized gasoline engine except in one catagory NOX, this is where diesel have particular trouble inherent in the design. NOX is Nitrogen Oxygen and the X is a math symbol for varying (algebra), so I could be NO1, NO32, NO346789. NOX is formed when combustion temperatures go above 1500 degrees F, IE gas engine run lean, or overheating. Diesels by their nature run hotter combustion temps due to hih compression plus boost, but CO's, HC's are much lower compared to a gas engine. It is an absolute fact when diesel engines went electronic, i.e. 7.3 DI they lost over 50% of their pollution values, then another 50% when the 6.0 generation powerstroke came out. Now with the newer diesels, they get 12 mpg, compared to an electronic 7.3 about 20 mpg, but it's better because it's cleaner?!?!?!?!

 

[zukirider21]

wah wah wah green this and that... black smoke makes my gay sky blue prius dirty

sorry for being blunt, but seriously. dude, shut up.

 

[adsm08]

Yea, that makes since to me. Last week my wife and I watched an idiot in his 2003 or 2005 F350 4x4 highly modified motor and it was blowing out black smoke at an idol. It was a nice looking lifted 4x4 and it was lifted right and had nice rims and tires on it. When he took off in rush hour traffic he did a huge rev up that automatic tranny and took off so fast that he almost rear ended a car in front of him. That diesel smoke just went all over the place. It was just a bad smell of diesel smoke. There is no way that can be a green motor. People got pissed at him due to the black smoke that went all over the place!!!! I would think this putrid smelling black smoke would be against the law......

That one, probably not. A properly tuned, properly working, properly TURBOED diesel, liter for liter and unit for unit of power will out class and beat to death a gasser in both economy and emissions. The reason is that diesel isn't stuck to the 14.7:1 stoich ratio that gas is. You can blow a huge cylinder full of air, put 2 little drops of fuel in, and it runs with almost no emissions. Guess what a gasser does in that situation. It dies.

 

[98RedRanger]

Cummins was once owned by Ford. Not as bad as u think

Cummins wasn't ever 100% owned by ford. Ford owned stock in cummins thats as close as they ever got to ownership.

 

[adsm08]

Cummins wasn't ever 100% owned by ford. Ford owned stock in cummins thats as close as they ever got to ownership.

Well, they need to sell off International and buy back some of that Cummins stock.

 

[98RedRanger]

Yea, that makes since to me. Last week my wife and I watched an idiot in his 2003 or 2005 F350 4x4 highly modified motor and it was blowing out black smoke at an idol. It was a nice looking lifted 4x4 and it was lifted right and had nice rims and tires on it. When he took off in rush hour traffic he did a huge rev up that automatic tranny and took off so fast that he almost rear ended a car in front of him. That diesel smoke just went all over the place. It was just a bad smell of diesel smoke. There is no way that can be a green motor. People got pissed at him due to the black smoke that went all over the place!!!! I would think this putrid smelling black smoke would be against the law......

You can get a citation for smoking out an intersection (called obstruction of view or something like that) It's actually probably more green than your ranger. That black smoke (soot) is heavier than air, it comes back to the ground it doesn't go into the atmosphere.
But anyways, id rather be the one in that truck than the one in the ranger imho.

 

[snake]

So you want to burn twice the fuel in a diesel so it's cleaner? Like the EPA has mandated we do?

You are correct. My 1999 work truck got 8MPG running 80,000 lbs. The 2004 got about 6.5 with the "new" EGR system. My 2009 is the biggest peice of shit ever produced (DD15) but it doesn't smoke- at all, nor does it make any POWER or MPG (about 5.5). I want my smoke and I want my power and I want my fuel mileage back. Diesel smoke smells like perfume. Its the air nectar of the Gods. Besides, if we don't produce a little carbon monixide, what the hell are the trees going to breathe?

 

[exbass94]

Besides, if we don't produce a little carbon monixide, what the hell are the trees going to breathe?

Umm carbon dioxide perhaps?