
1997 FORD F-250
Owner/Builder
Specs
ODOMETER
- 252,000 miles
ENGINE
- 7.3L Power Stroke
SHORT BLOCK
- Irate Diesel Performance girdle
- ARP main studs
- Carrillo rods
- de-lipped Mahle pistons coated by High Rev Technology
- Precision Industries billet flex plate
- Fluidampr harmonic balancer
HEADS
- Irate Diesel Performance competition valve spring kit
- Smith Brothers chromoly pushrods
- 6-angle valve job
- ARP head studs
FUEL
- Full Force Diesel 350/200 hybrid injectors
- Irate Diesel Performance competition fuel supply system with Fuelab Prodigy pump and regulated return
- Beans Diesel Performance fuel tank sump
OIL
- Full Force Diesel dual HPOP system
- Melling low-pressure oil pump
AIR
- Irate Diesel Performance T4 turbo mounting system
- BorgWarner S467.7 with 1.10 A/R turbine housing and 360-degree thrust bearing upgrade
- early ’99 aluminum Super Duty intercooler
- Irate Diesel Performance 3-inch aluminum intake plenums
EXHAUST
- 3-inch Irate Diesel Performance downpipe
- 4-inch MBRP system
INJECTABLES
- Nitrous Express-based nitrous system with two .125 solenoids for the track and additional .157 solenoid for the dyno
- water injection (towing only)
ELECTRONICS
- Power Hungry Performance Hydra Chip with custom tunes from Gearhead Automotive Performance
- Isspro pyrometer
- fuel pressure
- boost
- transmission temp gauges
- Edge CS monitor
TRANSMISSION
- Dorsey Diesel Stage 4 E4OD with DPC triple-disc stock stall converter
- billet input
- intermediate and output shafts
- billet overdrive planet set and forward drum
- hardened sun shell
- Raybestos GPZ clutches
- Derale Performance remote-mount 40-row transmission cooler
- homemade shift box
HORSEPOWER
- 655 hp (fuel, track and dyno); 900 hp (nitrous, track); 1,226 hp (ghetto fog, dyno)
TORQUE
- 1,280 lb-ft (fuel, dyno); 2,107 lb-ft (ghetto fog, dyno)
TIRES
- 305/70R16 BFGoodrich All Terrain
WHEELS
- 16×7-inch factory Alcoa
AXLES/SUSPENSION/STEERING
- Solid axle conversion with ’79 F-350 King Pin Dana 60 (front)
- ’95 F-350 front leaf springs
- Warn premium hubs
- 3.55 gears (front and rear)
- homemade 2×2-inch 0.25-inch wall traction bars with RuffStuff Specialties heim joints
- Firestone air springs
- Bilstein 4600 shocks (front and rear)