what's up everybody welcome back to the BTR garage my name is Justin today we
added a new vehicle to our fleet we added some turbocharged power in the
form of a 2002 Ford F250 Powerstroke diesel pickup truck that's right this
thing is going to be replacing our old f-150 tow vehicle we needed more power
for the new trailer that we got I don't even know if I showed you guys the new
trailer that we got but it's a large 22 foot enclosed trailer no more open
trailer so this thing is a lot larger a lot heavier a lot more wind resistance
and the f-150 just quite couldn't handle it so we got the F250 Powerstroke we're
gonna go check it out here start it up take it for a little spin let you know
what I think and what we have in store for the future for this guy
alright guys we're gonna take a quick Drive in this thing who doesn't love the
sound of earth crushing diesel power on the start up if you don't like it well
you're wrong I guess but we're going to take this thing for a quick spin it's
freaking hot as heck out here in Denver so we're gonna make this quick but
thought I'd give you guys a little insight to what this truck is all about
and what it sounds like etc so again this is a 2002 Ford f250 it
has a 7.3 liter Powerstroke diesel engine so that is huge
when we put that into perspective for you my BRZ my 2017 brz and all of the
BRZ s and FRS is for that matter have a 2.0 liter engine so this engine in this
truck is nearly four times as big as the BRZ engine so 7.3 liter v8 engine I
think it makes about 275 horsepower stock and 525 pound feet of torque stock
it is turbocharged of course as our most all of the diesels in these categories
and huge amounts of torque huge amounts of power and makes for a great tow
vehicle because of that not only the power but the size of the truck it's a
lot heavier a lot more solid a lot more rigid than my old f-150 and you know the
diesel engines I've always been known for a good economy and gas mileage when
I was towing my new enclosed trailer with the f-150 I was getting five miles
to the gallon with that truck which is awful he can only go about 150 miles on
a tank of gas before I had to refill and hit the station so the diesel engine
with the better economy will help him out we're using less gas and all that
good stuff and being able to tow better and safer
so we'll go ahead and make our right-hand turn here and get on it a
little bit hopefully the audio can catch the sound
glorious turbo sounds I am so happy to have another turbocharged car in my
fleet of vehicles I haven't had a turbocharged car in quite some time
there are a lot of fun and I think I actually opened a huge can of worms with
this truck because the after market for these things is enormous you can buy so
many upgrades just like a turbocharged gas car or performance car or whatever
it might be with these diesel trucks intakes exhaust
tuners engine reflashing or computer reflashing for more power more torque
better economy better efficiency it is endless just like with gasoline
turbocharged cars it's huge and I really didn't know that when I first got into
the diesel trucks this is my first diesel I have owned and while I have
driven many of them I've never really been into one personally so I'm kind of
looking forward to the future of this truck and I hope I don't get in too deep
and start buying all kinds of upgrades and modifications for it because that's
just the way I am but the power is already addicting the torque in this
thing is crazy and it's a lot of fun and kind of already eyeing the tuner the
intake the exhaust to step up the power even more and make it more fun and not
only that it makes it better at towing better efficiency again gas mileage so
not only can you add tons of power to these trucks very easily with the tuners
and the upgrades you can make them more efficient as well more efficient than
they already are
aside from power stuff that I am thinking about I do have a number of
just cosmetic and kind of functional upgrades for the truck that I'll have
videos coming out here real soon for it I've got new tow mirrors the stock truck
has telescoping tow mirrors with my big trailer I need mirrors that stick out
really far so I can see what's going on behind me and that kind of thing but the
stock ones are kind of small and I got some bigger aftermarket ones that should
bolt right up that should help got a new trailer brake controller to replace the
old one that is in here and a few other little old knick-knack items as well I
did get a new multimedia stereo system for the car as Sony's have a x100 I
think it is so that will give me Bluetooth and all of those kinds of nice
modern features that I want to have in a car or a truck this truck being a 2002
and it's kind of one of the lower models the XLT Ford it doesn't have a lot of
amenities on the inside it's pretty basic
nothing power-related it's got power windows and door locks but that's about
it the seats and the rest of the interior stuff is all manual cloth seats
but there's something nostalgic about an old truck or an old vehicle like this
and this one is in super awesome shape I actually can't believe I found this
truck in the shape that it is in if you guys know anything about decent trucks
and the after markets and the diesel engines out there this truck the 7.3
liter turbocharged v8 is actually highly sought after this is like the unicorn of
four diesel truck engines in fact a lot of people say in the diesel world that
the 7.3 is the best engine that Ford ever put in one of their diesel trucks
so pretty stoked to have found one in such great shape with relatively low
mileage as one hundred and fifty three thousand miles on it for a two thousand
two that's not bad at all bone stock never been modified so pretty lucky find
and I'm pretty excited
so thanks everybody for tuning in I hope you enjoyed the video giving you a
little overview of our new Ford f250 tow vehicle with that badass 7.3 power sort
of diesel engine so stick around for more videos modifications and upgrades
for the truck as always I'll share them with you guys let you know what I'm
using what I like and what works good and it should be a pretty fun project in
addition to just being my tow vehicle it is gonna be a bit of a project truck so
stick around for more guys stay fast out there I'm checking out talk to you all
next time