Thread: The old IDI's
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Old Wed, February 4th, 2009, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kokopellimotorsports View Post

My cousin has a 7.3 IDI and likes it. It pulls really well, he just wants some more power. It already has an ATS turbo kit on it, even though it still doesn't sound like a modern powerstroke.

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Believe it or not, the ATS and Banks "Sidewinder" turbo'd IDI trucks would outpull a stock 1st gen. Powerstroke in the lower RPM ranges due to the higher compression ratio. It certainly is surprising how much difference it makes 'downgrading' to 17.5:1 compression ratio of the PSD vs. 21:1 of the IDI when there isn't any boost involved.
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