Well, you know... he is is "That Dude".
700hp is not a $15k time... Find a good forged motor, have some one like Eddie Ingram, Swamps, or heck just anyone who can manage to get some good flow numbers out of the heads (2500 at the most assembled) add a stage one cam from Gear Head ($525), ARPs, some Smith Bros, ($800), add a some 350/200s ($2k), a Gen 3 system ($1400) and a nice S475 or even an S472, you'll have prolly 9 grand including turbo to get there... Just tune it to make power at high rpm and limit Low RPM pulse width to keep the rods in the block.. It'll run mid 12s all day in a 6800lb obs.. And this includes tuning and full fuel system too.
its 2016, 600hp is easy with a 7.3, and not that expensive. its all bolt ons anyone with a wrench set can do and canned tunes.
I did spit a rod out of my high mileage motor about 6 months after the 350/200 s467 went on it
the manley rod, fire ringed, rebuild cost me a little more then just buying a swamps competition package. I am looking hard at swamps cnc'd heads for next summers upgrade
its also a lot more flexible then a 'built' dodge. pick a milder program on the hydra and its a stock truck.
I dont see any 600hp cheap mech 5.9s around here.
its 2016, 600hp is easy with a 7.3, and not that expensive. its all bolt ons anyone with a wrench set can do and canned tunes.
I did spit a rod out of my high mileage motor about 6 months after the 350/200 s467 went on it
the manley rod, fire ringed, rebuild cost me a little more then just buying a swamps competition package. I am looking hard at swamps cnc'd heads for next summers upgrade
its also a lot more flexible then a 'built' dodge. pick a milder program on the hydra and its a stock truck.
I dont see any 600hp cheap mech 5.9s around here.
This^^^^the look on a Cummins driver face though when a oil burning ford flies by them is well worth the extra coin to build a 7.3......Love seeing Matt Maiers truck run the 7.70 index for this reason
Haha I don't think that expression is local to Cummins drivers when a 7.3 is spotted running a 7.70 in the eighth. The expression changes though when he idles back to the pit with bent rods in his "high mileage" 7.3. Man I hear that excuse a lot when 7.3's blow upthe look on a Cummins driver face though when a oil burning ford flies by them is well worth the extra coin to build a 7.3......Love seeing Matt Maiers truck run the 7.70 index for this reason
Haha I don't think that expression is local to Cummins drivers when a 7.3 is spotted running a 7.70 in the eighth. The expression changes though when he idles back to the pit with bent rods in his "high mileage" 7.3. Man I hear that excuse a lot when 7.3's blow up
Well... Most haven't seen Zach Peirces truck run 6.90s in the eighth on Fuel only at 7500lbs with basically a precision 2.6 charger.... It's on Youtube... Just fricken sick..[/QUOTEi.
I'm pretty sure its ran 6.7's before and it's goin to be even faster when he gets it back goin this time. Drives it to the track on slicks and drives it back home. Races at rudys then changes tires and pulls with it too. It's for sure one hell of a truck and I think a little underestimated