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Old 07-08-2008, 04:46 PM
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Ok this might be a stupid question but i was just curious is it possible too put a 7.3lt power stroke into a 65 mustang or any classic mustang, not that i would do it or have the funds to do it or themechanicle skill? But is it possible??
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Old 07-08-2008, 04:58 PM
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anything is possible with a cut off tool and a welder.

but there is no point. that motor was built to pull heavy loads. it has a lot of torque but not a whole lot of hp, plus it weighs a ton. youd have to modify pretty much every aspect of the front half, from the inner fender wells, to the floor boards.


but really this is kinda a dumb question.
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Old 07-08-2008, 05:23 PM
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ok wait. i have a question.

is it possible to saw off your fingers and attach them to your feet, and put your toes on your hands? not that i want to or am going to but im just wondering if it is possible.
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Old 07-08-2008, 05:31 PM
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so i guess it is possible but not praticle
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Old 07-08-2008, 06:22 PM
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ya know its not the first time some one has asked this very same question....I think they wanted to use the large (8L or something like that) powerjoke instead, however.

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ps. he got about the same responses too
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Old 07-08-2008, 06:30 PM
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i'd say with that amount of torque you can pull your car in half when you attach the back to a tree.
otherwise I can't see any other reason for this
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Old 07-08-2008, 07:14 PM
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you could put all teh dumb a$$ in teh world on a flat bed and tow the truck to Asia and dump them off a tall mountain in the Himalayas.
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Old 07-08-2008, 07:49 PM
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I think a better candidate would be a 460ci, instead of the powerstrokeI know that has been done a good many time...

With enough practice, but mostly money, you can do anything to anything. I've seen picture on here a long time ago where someone put a tank engine in a Mustang. It was pretty beastly, I must say...
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Old 07-08-2008, 07:58 PM
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i wouldnt say that the engines dont have a lot of hp, the diesel aftermarket is insane these days and they are throwing down hp and tq #'s way higher than most gas engines

but it would be impractical to put a 7.3 in a mustang, it would be so front heavy that the back wheels would barely stay on the ground, much less hook up

now a 7.3 in a 69 f-100 with some fat slicks would be nasty
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well i know its not a mustang but i retro-fitted a 12-71 detriot into a 78 ford 1-ton flatbed, hard to do but it was a hell of a lot of fun pulling a lowboy trailer with a 8520 john deere tractor,we did retro-fit a lowboy hitch into the bed also
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