Motorweek: Turbobanks Turbochargers For 6.2 Detroot Diesel Suburbans

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Those 7.3L engines are significantly more powerful than the 6.5L diesel is. I love those old 6.5Ls though, they have such a unique sound and truly did perform fairly well considering their power ratings and the vehicles they were installed into. Definitely can't hold a candle to the modern Duramax engines, but as compared to the carburated rigs they used to compete with they were pretty solid engines with an unfounded poor reputation.

Agree 100% with everything you said , I used to buy into the anti 6.2/6.5 until I actually owned one and at that point I realized the people talking the most shit never had one , or it was poorly maintained.

 

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Those 7.3L engines are significantly more powerful than the 6.5L diesel is. I love those old 6.5Ls though, they have such a unique sound and truly did perform fairly well considering their power ratings and the vehicles they were installed into. Definitely can't hold a candle to the modern Duramax engines, but as compared to the carburated rigs they used to compete with they were pretty solid engines with an unfounded poor reputation.

I guess it depends on what models you are talking about. The early IDI 7.3 Ford engine, originally introduced non-turbo and than offered from the factory with a turbo, were lower power than the 6.5 turbos ever were. I do agree that the 7.3 Powerstrokes were much stronger than the 6.5, but that is a completely different engine than the early IDI 7.3's.