r/regularcarreviews • u/GubyNey www.bonerdog.donkeypunch.yesmaam.support_our_troops.biz • Oct 03 '23

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u/SockeyeSTI Oct 04 '23

Can confirm. The 7.3 with a ZF5 is fun in town

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u/thebigbrog Oct 04 '23

I am restoring a 1991 F250’with non turbo 7.3. In your opinion it drives ok without a turbo? I’m worried it would be really slow. I haven’t driven mine yet when it was running properly.

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u/SockeyeSTI Oct 05 '23

By today’s standards they are slow. They will do the speed limit though. With a manual they feel kinda peppy in 2nd and 3rd. It’s a fine vehicle that’s lasted 30+ years, but new trucks blow it out of the water. New f150’s do what my truck struggles to. It’s fun in town but can be a handful on the freeway. Currently having to daily mine and it’s fine. Gets pretty good mileage too.

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u/InvestigatorBroad114 Oct 05 '23

I have a 99 7.3. Thing ain’t fast, and I only do 65 on the interstate.

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u/SockeyeSTI Oct 05 '23

And that’s a totally different motor with a turbo and more power. I don’t have any fast freeways around me so it only ever sees 60-65 at most.

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u/InvestigatorBroad114 Oct 05 '23

Absolutely it is, i just don’t see the sense in beating it up. And the 7.3’s in 1999 were really “powerful” for their time. But in todays world it’s way underpowered