10ft bed > 8ft bed

"atfsgeoff" (atfsgeoff) 12/08/2019 at 20:42 • Filed to: None

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Necessary? No. Fast? Hell no. Super cool? If the Cool Wall was still a thing this would be in the freezer along with the DB9.

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jimz > atfsgeoff 12/08/2019 at 20:56

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yeah, the IDI 7.3 isn’t guaranteed to go “500k” miles.  at 150k it’s about another 25-50k from guzzling a quart of engine oil every 300 miles or so. 

atfsgeoff > jimz 12/08/2019 at 20:59

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probably why it’s so cheap

Kiltedpadre > atfsgeoff 12/08/2019 at 21:05

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Damn, here I was scrolling through planning to post about the International 9.5’ bed.

jimz > atfsgeoff 12/08/2019 at 21:19

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or there’s more wrong with it.  the IDI (non-Powerstroke) 7.3 will run a long time, but bulletproof it ain’t.  much above 150k miles, cylinder taper sets in causing blow-by and the rapid increase in oil consumption; the head gaskets aren’t that great and you’ll get leakage out of the oil drainback passages from the heads running down the sides of the engine block, and injection pumps only last about 80,000 miles. Oh, and you’d better hope to hell the previous owners kept up on the supplemental coolant additives or you could be in for pinholed cylinder walls.

atfsgeoff > jimz 12/08/2019 at 21:20

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makes me glad my OBS truck has a 351W in it

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > atfsgeoff 12/09/2019 at 01:12

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Great... until you have to park it in a normal sized parking spot or you get high centered going into an underground parking garage.

atfsgeoff > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 12/09/2019 at 01:29

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It’s no worse than a long bed crew cab dually of the same year. I bet the chassis and wheelbase is the same, it just has the extra-long bed instead of the crew cab.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > atfsgeoff 12/09/2019 at 06:19

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Imagine how much better it would be with a flatbed!