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: convert 97 5.8 to 6.0 or 7.3 diesel


theredbeast2003
01-27-2004, 01:43 AM
Hi have a 1997 F350 Super Duty with a 5.8l gas engine any have any idea whats involved in swapping this out to a diesel engine ...


Thanks Chris

EMSi
01-29-2004, 12:08 PM
I think a 6.0 transplant would be very difficult and expen$ive. Wiring harness - electronics, current dash probably wouldn't support inputs and have all the readouts. A 7.3 would be much less difficult but some of the same issues would probably arise in a lesser degree of difficulty

aerosmithpink
02-09-2004, 03:06 PM
I hate to say it but your best bet is to sell yours and buy a different truck. It will cost you way more to transplant and buying all the parts to make it work. Unless you can buy a wrecked truck cheap and make one truck out of 2.

wideopen
02-10-2004, 10:36 AM
There is a company out there that will swap a Cummins into your truck thats what they specilize in...