New to me 06 powerstroke, need help choosing mods
 

Hey guys I recently purchased a 2006 F250 Lariat powerstroke. It has 113,XXX miles on it and I love it. The truck seems to be mostly stock. Sometimes I hear a blow off valve but it is inconsistent. Everyone that I talk to says that getting an EGR delete is a must. I was also thinking about getting a turbo back exhaust and new air intake to let the engine breath. I am not looking to increase a ton of horsepower, I want to keep this a solid daily driver. What I want to do is increase the longevity and MPG of the truck. Let me know what you guys recommend.

Thanks, Austin

EGR delete, whatever exhaust you want, leave stock air filter until you start pushing a lot of power. SCT tuner and custom tunes. Gauges wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Put a Cummins in it..........:w2:

If I run the tune with factory head gaskets and studs wont that create more problems? When do the head gaskets start to go on these?

Factory head gaskets with studs seems to be most reliable. I would recommend coolant filter and gauges too.

Really? Factory studs and gaskets? I have heard nothing but bad things about the factory gaskets on the 6.0's..

Factory gaskets are the only gaskets you should use. OEM studs on the other hand are hit or miss once you start running custom tunes like crazy.

OEM isn't studs, it's stretch to yield bolts which fail when more than stock cylinder pressures are encountered. Aftermarket studs such as ARP are a stud with a nut and washer to provide better clamping force on the heads. STUDS with stock gaskets are the most reliable for most situations.

I called a local shop with a good reputation near me. They said they could do motorcraft head gaskets for $2000-$2500 and would not charge to install ARP head studs. I was wondering what you guys thought about this. I would like to run an economy tune and am also looking to get an egr delete/oil cooler kit. You guys know of any specifics good kits? Is the head gaskets/head studs job a necessity? Thanks

Just had my 05 with 136,000 in the shop for a bad egr valve, mechanic pulled the valve and found it wet. Opted to delete the egr with a performance machine mfg. kit which included the solid replacement up pipe. While it was being worked on I decided to go ahead and drop the extra cash on a stud job and get everything done at once.
Arp studs, OEM head gaskets, updated dummy plugs, stc, and stand pipes, new oil cooler, egr delete, new glow plugs, and all of the gaskets, fluids, etc. also had a crack in one of the bellows on the y pipe going into the turbo. Out the door was $4400 plus tax and cost of the arp studs and the egr delete kit. Without studs and head gaskets it was going to be around $2900 plus tax plus the cost of the delete kit.