FORD 7.3L GODZILLA V8 TEARDOWN! Why Can't Auto Manufacturers Get This Right!? ~ I Do Cars

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FORD 7.3L GODZILLA V8 TEARDOWN! Why Can't Auto Manufacturers Get This Right!?

I Do Cars

289,265 views  Sep 13, 2025  SAINT CHARLES
Today we have the FIRST Ford 7.3L Gas "Godzilla" V8 on the channel. This is the engine out of a 2023 E350 Cab & Chassis and it has UNDER 70K miles! How does a 2 year old engine with under 70K fail? This is a pushrod V8, understressed, simple pushrod design, it should be bulletproof but are they? It seems ALL manufacturers suffer from this same fate, but WHY?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNUXIzHz3fk

[Kamaji]

Is that the old 460 block with smaller heads?

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   Yes, I believe it is or some variation of it.  He won't have any problem selling it, probably some guy who wants to put it in his Focus.

[Kamaji]

   Yes, I believe it is or some variation of it.  He won't have any problem selling it, probably some guy who wants to put it in his Focus.

I had a friend in high school who managed to shoe horn a 350 into the front end of an AMC Gremlin.