He is offering advise, better then some.

The biggest restriction on the factory system is the CAT and Muffler so your going good if you want to leave the rest in place. However a Turbo back system can be had for $300 or so...

 

SCT is the only tuner I would put on a 6.0 Power Stroke.

Luke

 

What do you mean by biggest restrictions

 

Like a dam holding back the water flow, that's what the muffler and converter does on the exhaust. It holds back the exhaust flow, choking off the engine. Same with certain style air filters.

 

oh ok I feel you thats what i thought you were talking about yeah i plan to get rid of those asap and for a egr delete what exactly does that do

 

CSI im not tryin to make an argument I just want to explain what im sayin,. Chips are cheaters, they trick you computer to push more fuel to the injectors, and yes you can make a truck gain 400-500 horsepower and only ad studs, but the injectors, fuel rails and pumps are not ment to push the fuel required to create the horsepower over time those parts prematurly fail. New pump wont create more HP it will create the power the injectors need to make the horsepower. Doin all that to properly make your truck run at the 400 hp is how I would do it rather than add studs and chip and tune, you can still do it but you need to prepare the truck for it. For CTPowerstroke ya what wild bill said strait pipe good place to start and an egr deleate kit. EGR stands for Exhaust gas receculation it takes some of the unburned fuel and runs it back through the engine to be burned up again and it creates lose of power you can blame california for that. This is just my two cents of what I would do.

 

ok i like the sound of that and for air intake whats the best one for my powerstroke and do i have to get a stage 2 tube and the stage one device or just the stage 1?

 

Kn air filters, Airraid, are good I dont realy know the diffence of stage one and stage two air filters. They have to do with horspower of the engine. Maybe one of these guys know better.

 

RanchandTCR, not to be rude, but please stop posting in here because I disagree with virtually 100% of everything you've said, and your suggestions on parts are TERRIBLE for a 6.0.

I will reply after lunch with what is wrong with everything you posted, it's too much to type at the moment.

 

Edge and Quadzilla are among the generic tuners for a 6.0 and not really ever recommended. You can't use them on anything other than a stock truck, so if you ever get injectors or a turbo or anything of the sort, they're scrap and you need to get an SCT. SCT with custom tunes is the only thing I would get for a 6.0. ATS, I wouldn't buy a single thing from them EVER. They have one of the worst customer service histories in diesel performance, IMO. A lot of Dodge guys seem to think they're the shiz, but I don't know why. They NEVER stand behind their transmission warranties either, so that 5 yr/500,000 warranty or whatever is bogus. I have no qualms with BD, but they're also not very powerstroke/6.0 oriented.

Well he can't get a chip anyways, since there are NO chips for 6.0's. Programmers ONLY. And YES you need a programmer if you're putting injectors in, otherwise it's more of a waste than anything. "Chips" as you put it, are in no way a way of cheating, you need custom tuning to match the mods you're doing. Doing it the right way, is different for everyone, since we all have different needs/wants. Putting a turbo and larger injectors in without any tuning is stupid, and will destroy your transmission really quick. You will also not be getting the maximum efficiency out of said parts that you just added. Please read and learn a little more before offering advice like this, since you could end up costing someone a LOT of money.

While I don't disagree about Chips tricking computers into adding more fuel, there are no chips for 6.0's, only programmers in which we can actually control a lot of things. A custom tuned SCT is in no way cheating. Your knowledge of the 6.0 fuel systems and other such systems is obviously extremely limited. There are tons of 420-430 rwhp 6.0's out there with nothing more than an SCT with tunes on it. Studs aren't always needed, but more often than not they are. You also clearly don't know how an EGR works. EXHAUST gas recirculation, not fuel recirculation. It doesn't take unburned fuel... it takes BURNT fuel and puts it back into the intake. Again, do more research before offering advice, you can cost someone a lot of money. You can blame Cali if you want, but I'd prefer to blame the guys who go out and blow black smoke at every stop light with their 150 rwhp trucks that smoke like a freight train, but couldn't bust out of the 17's at the drag strip.

K&N are crap. They don't use nearly as many plys as other companies (I prefer AFE), and I am also not a fan of oiled filters on a turbo engine. I use dry filters only. Most use S&B and AFE for these motors. Stage 1 and Stage 2 have nothing to do with the HP of the engine, for the most part. Usually the stage 2 is a full setup and often includes a battery tray for the 6.0. Stage 1 is usually more a drop in style. I would be my paycheck if you dyno'd a stage 1 vs. a stage 2, you'd notce nothing.



Agreed.

Ranchand, please don't take it the wrong way, but you posted a lot of misleading info. I hope you can just take it for what it is.