If I was your neighbor, I'd pay you in beer to help work on that thing.

I had a friend who had a 4-53 in a Ford pickup back in the 90's. He was a fireman in Long Beach CA. Did 25 MPH over the grapevine when he brought it home from Bakersfield empty. Did 25 MPH over the grapevine pulling his trailer and full of stuff. I don't think he kept it very long. Sure it had pulling power, but a 7.3L would out pull it, and was much quieter. Another friend has a 2-53 running a generator in his off grid home in the desert . Very loud engine. But reliable and strong!

Best way ever, away with the tugboat anchor and run old school diesel. Like old mechanics say , diesel is for power and gasoline is for washing parts

I'm sure your neighbors love you guys. Well done!!

What a great father son project! Thanks for posting, have a few Detroits and find them very interesting engines an engineering marvel really. Clever intake with no valves to worry about! They all run clean and do not smoke! No computer = small carbon foot print because you do not have to throw away and build another engine every few years.

Babylon falling : 1977 Ford. Factory installed at Detroit dealer (Mesker) all mods were done there ie: front end beefed up, shocks replaced and other things to make everything fit properly. I’ve driven this truck for the 77k miles that is on it, never a problem. Just to old to have anymore fun with it. Also comes with a brand new short block still in the crate from Detroit.

It’s nice that you have a truck that old and not all rusted out so you can do a great project like that with your son.

Love how you did this the front flipping forward hood rocks. Obviously it was nessasary to put in such a power plant great video thumbs up thanks for sharing this wonderful experience with others.

With all these pictures you have this pretty much a step by step picture guide on how you did the engine swap. Well done!

Love how when it shuts down u hear car alarms goin ape shit in the background... Bet ur neighbors love the screaming demon Detroit !!! Awesome build brother 👍

I put a 6354 perkins in a f100 4x4 once, so I can relate to just how much work goes into that kind of project. Excellent job, makes me want to find DD453T now.

Love the fact you set off a car alarm.

Coolest dad ever award for sure. Unbelievable documentation and fabrication/installation. Serious customizations!

Nicely done and i was great seeing your young fellow getting involved!

Always love the sound of a 2 stroke Detroit! Nice build!

Awesome swap, love the double d motors. Hope you keep it running forever.

Put this same engine model in a 1972 f-250 High Boy in 1983 with a 2 speed aux transmission that was direct and 30% over. Worked great. Wish that I still had it.

Hella of a father son project you got I wish my dad was like that

father son projects are the best! i wish i can do that with my dad but he would start fighting with me about sell my junk!

I work on my cars on my driveway too. If my neighbors don't like, tough shit.

Good job on taking all the pictures so that someone else can use them as a guide to do the same thing !

Sweet swap! Thanks for sharing. I hope it is performing well for you.

Badass! I love watching builds. It feels good to build and create.

Awesome build a lot of hard work went into that truck

Ayy. I'm working on a 6V53 in a (home made) short box, stepside one ton dually. Hoping to be on the road in a year. I'm planing to run a spider 5+4 as it's what I have. Your vids are "inspiration"!

You set off the car alarms I bet you guys are a neighborhood favorite lol cool truck.

Mad skill = Mad Max, Love the build nice work!!

What a nice "Custom" fabrication job you did ! It sure is nice when things turn out great ! Only thing I can add is "Some assembly required" ! "Look Ma, no electronics" !

A very good friend and coworker of mine put a 353 Detriot with a 5 speed spicer behind it. I drove it, it wasn't gutless and topped out around 65mph. He got 26 mpg without a load and 15 mpg over Snoqualmie Pass pulling a 26 ft. travel trailer. And it had that neat Detroit howl too.

Hell of a job. Nicely done truck. Sounds cool too.

It sounds like the big American crawler crane they used to run where i worked. U knew shit was getting done when they fired that thing up

That is so awesome! I would love to be that motor savvy. Building the most kick ass trucks !

Hey, awesome job on the engine swap and tiilt hood conversion! That truck turned out awesome, and it sounds like a pissed off animal. Im planning a swap like this in the near future for my 77F250. If you're still around Id like to pick your brain about what I need to be looking for in an engine.

well done, it's a nice job, Sir! I hope some day get a one like this!

Damn bro your neighbors must love you

Love that long frame and flatbed. Wants to single cab my my crew cab long bed dually and make it like that for a camper. I'll keep the 7.3 idi though.

Great memories, I love the oil slobbering pigs. Nothing else like it, could swallow more dirt and keep going. My dad would put a Detroit in everything.

Coolest pick-up EVER!!! Love the Detroit's sound!

É muito bom ouvir esse ronco do Detroit diesel, aqui pelo Brazil já não se encontra mais, infelizmente. Parabéns ficou muito bom!

Residential area? Your neighbors must love you, LOL

thats quite a project in the driveway. sounds great.

What a gorgeous truck! Well done!

That angled manifold for the intake is something I’ve been looking for for a while.

Now That is A Clean Run Diesel!! VW WtF?? Nice Build!!! Nice Burn!!

Man I love the sound of a Detroit!

That was a great idea making a front clip out of it

That diesel's song is the best song in this video! :D

Awesome the thing set off the car alarms!

Love it nice welding you built that right

Concerned about possible runaway at 10:20 (it wasn't). But with an old Detroit you should keep a 2x4 handy to block the intake if needed.

I applaud you sir for the -23 shits you give for your neighbors.. this is an awesome video

@10:30. 🤣😂🤣😂he set off that 90’s car alarm. Lol! I use to hate those as a kid

Awesome Swap, Thanks for sharing !

Looks like a clean install, I like the tilt front end. I've got a 453 in my 1950 Chevy. Great little motor.

I think I saw that crane on one of those "diesel runaway" videos here on youtube! ;-)

Need to back out the buffer screw, turn the low idle screen out. Start engine. If it doesn't idle in it's own turn in a quarter of a turn at a time until it runs on it's on. It will be hunting (revving up and down) when u find the point where it 650 rpms at the top of the hunt (highest rev while idling) set the jam nut on the low idle screw. Turn buffer screw in until there is no more the a 50 rpm difference in the hunt. Wamo bamo. Low idle set. Hold wide open Throttle and check high idle 2200 rpm is fine but dont be afraid to go to 2400

Detroit diesels sound awesome so I want one

hey good work friend congratulations!

very good work amigo

I bet the neighbors love ya ha ha but awesome job

Sounds like the governor gap need to be checked and set the injector to the governor and then set the rack. Should idle just fine, long as you don’t have any air leaks in the fuel line.

That thing sounds awesome 👌

No diesel sounds better than a screemin demon

Neighbors have to love you! 😂

Looks like this is somewhere in the pnw? really diggin the sound of this, plus the customization was incredible.

nice, and the shaker cabover

This wasn't just a project, this is sweet revenge. Lol

By the way, beautiful truck build!!!!

Agreed, nothing sounds like a Detroit. Drive like you stole it and hate it,if it ain't screaming it ain't happy

I've seen this video half-a-dozen times and never dawned on me to make a tilt hood on my Dodge Dart I have a 5.9 12 valve twin turbo in my 66 Dart with the front end altered to make a Gasser aka Dieseler

nice install sounds good

Shit like this is exactly why my neighbors hate me. Until their junk is broke, and they dont want to pay for it to get fixed at a shop. Then I'm their best friend. Funny how that works, huh?

30 years and it will still run. Unlike post EPA garbage.

I love you detroit diesel 453t

DUDE NEED AN UPDATE

Oh one other thing if you aren't already aware, you want to be running some kind of fuel lubricity adder to your fuel. EPA's low sulphur fuel was designed to have lower lubricating qualities to kill motors like these so you'd HAVE to buy a new piece of shit. Simplest solution? 100:1 walmart supertech 2 cycle oil additive.

Like the flip front

So loud it set off a car alarm 😂 ive only done that with an open headers 350

Very cool. I'd be curious what this combo has for torque and power as you have setup. But even more curious is the mpg and what kind of payload you figure it can haul. I don't know what the operating RPM range you're running so I'm curious if you're making more than 20 mpg with no load. DD are just so cool sounding. Nice conversion!

Nice truck

Good work

É Sinfonia esse Motor!

Nice tilt hood

Wish I could see this at the truck pulls

She's cold blooded!

Felicidades....muy bueno....me gustó

We swapped 3 cylinder detroits in chevy trucks we had to put higher gear rear ends for highway speeds .

Neibors must love ya?LOL

Dream truck!

Finish it... I wanna go for a ride and hear it running through the gears.

Nice job

Remember the first rule of owning a Detroit if there's no oil under em there's no oil in em

love the engine song.........

Where did you get the intake manifold from? I have found a turbo for my engine but the only problem is that it’s a 453 natural, I’m not so sure what I’d have to do to make the turbo mounted and the right angle,

There went the neighborhood!

A GM powered Ford!

Not a fan of Detroit diesels!!! But a job well done!!! I'm thinking of putting a 3208 CAT in a F250 with a flip frt. end.

Great Job ...

Yup! It sounds like a Detroit diesel out of a crane in a Ford truck! LOL

Sounds good!!