Ford began installing 7.3-liter diesel engines, developed in conjunction with Navistar International, in its trucks in 1988. That first version featured indirect fuel injection, or IDI, and laid the ...

The partnership between Ford and Navistar International was once considered a model collaboration. The celebrated arrangement began in 1982 and saw International Truck and Engine Corporation (later ...

Few oil burners carry as much weight as the 7.3. It was the first Ford engine to bear the now legendary Power Stroke name, and its mechanical ingenuity meant it not only created a buzz but also ...

Ford's history of diesel-powered pickup trucks dates back to 1982 when the automaker partnered with International — which would later become Navistar — to build a new diesel engine. The first Power ...

For gearheads the 445-cube engine is a story of potential because it was designed as a durable, serviceable grunt for consumer and commercial machines like Ford's Super Duty pickups. "The 7.3-liter is ...

Hot-rodders love the Ford 7.3-liter pushrod V8. It’s more compact than the 5.0-liter Coyote despite its bigger displacement, and it’s proven to be capable of making huge power without blowing up.

There’s something to be said about Ford‘s 7.3-liter Godzilla V8 and how engine builders can’t get enough of it. I mean, it makes sense—it’s a big-displacement pushrod lump that’s not an LS and cheaper ...