UPDATE :: Return of the Pushrod | Ford's New 7.3L Engine is Actually an OHV V8

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That PDF is from 2016, could be outdated information? It is interesting they specifically say "multiple premium vehicle nameplates" though.
 

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Got another small update. The 7.3L V8 is going to be backed by the new 10R140 transmission. If it can get ~18MPG empty and ~12 MPG towing with a 4.30 rear gear in a CC/SB/4x4 F-350 I can see it being an insanely popular choice. I could possibly be convinced to give up my PSD.
 

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Got another small update. The 7.3L V8 is going to be backed by the new 10R140 transmission. If it can get ~18MPG empty and ~12 MPG towing with a 4.30 rear gear in a CC/SB/4x4 F-350 I can see it being an insanely popular choice. I could possibly be convinced to give up my PSD.
Did your source seem to think that this is an attainable goal?
 

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Got another small update. The 7.3L V8 is going to be backed by the new 10R140 transmission. If it can get ~18MPG empty and ~12 MPG towing with a 4.30 rear gear in a CC/SB/4x4 F-350 I can see it being an insanely popular choice. I could possibly be convinced to give up my PSD.
That would be sweet. It would be a great toy hauler in that trim.
 

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Have to ask because I just saw a report that the 2020 Raptor was going to have a 7.0 L SOHC engine option, built at the Essex plant. (the report was dated Sept 29.) I remember reading when the 6.2 V8 came out that reported the bore spacing on the 6.2 would allow for 7L displacement (brings to mind the short lived Roush 777 project). So it seems that Ford could be developing two new large displacement engines. Anybody else pick up on this?

It doesn't make sense unless the 7.3 is being developed for the F-450 and higher rated trucks. It also doesn't make sense that the Essex plant would get an engine the Windsor plant is already tooled for but Ford built variants of the 4.6 at Windsor and Romeo...

And my-oh-my, what if you had to chose between those two for your next F-250?
 

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Have to ask because I just saw a report that the 2020 Raptor was going to have a 7.0 L SOHC engine option, built at the Essex plant. (the report was dated Sept 29.) I remember reading when the 6.2 V8 came out that reported the bore spacing on the 6.2 would allow for 7L displacement (brings to mind the short lived Roush 777 project). So it seems that Ford could be developing two new large displacement engines. Anybody else pick up on this?

It doesn't make sense unless the 7.3 is being developed for the F-450 and higher rated trucks. It also doesn't make sense that the Essex plant would get an engine the Windsor plant is already tooled for but Ford built variants of the 4.6 at Windsor and Romeo...

And my-oh-my, what if you had to chose between those two for your next F-250?

That's all a pipe dream.
 

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i predict that boosted versions of these large displacement, ohv engines will soon become Ford's performance engines of the future, and that their 25-year "experiment" with ohc V-8's will ultimately be looked at as sort of a failure.
 

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i predict that boosted versions of these large displacement, ohv engines will soon become Ford's performance engines of the future, and that their 25-year "experiment" with ohc V-8's will ultimately be looked at as sort of a failure.

I doubt it.
 

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i predict that boosted versions of these large displacement, ohv engines will soon become Ford's performance engines of the future, and that their 25-year "experiment" with ohc V-8's will ultimately be looked at as sort of a failure.

Lol. No.
 

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I don't doubt for a minute that the guys at Rousch and Shelby are already drooling all over the keyboards of their CAD programs for this one. It didn't take Rousch long to produce a blower for the 6.2, if you remember. And it won't take long for Banks Engineering to put out a high quality, high performance headers and high flow exhaust, at least for the trucks, which should cross easily between the F-150's, Raptors and F-250/350 lines because of the similarities of the chassis/body design.
 

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