Definitely get gauges. Studs are up to you. It might hold, it might not. Some blow stock. Obviously a programmer will certainly increase the chances of blowing gaskets etc. What other mods are on the truck now? Coolant filter? EGR delete?
If you have the money to throw at it to do studs, run whatever you want. You can wait til it starts pushing coolant to do the studs if you want, and you may find you don't need to do it. A lot will depend on what tune you're running, and how your driving habits are. Don't tow stuff on an extreme tune, wait til she's up to temp to beat on her, just use your head.:c: |
The only thing the truck has is a turbo back exhaust system ... And so I can put the programmer on and be able to watch before the gasket blows? Like there will be a warning before it goes
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No. The warning will be white smoke coming out the exhaust, except it's not a warning, it's too late. The gauges are to prevent other failures.
fuel pressure is a good gauge, it will tell you if you have adequate fuel to your injectors. Without it, injectors starve and it is HARD on them. A tune will just drain fuel faster so that's why that would be important. EOT and ECT (oil and coolant temp gauges) will tell you when the oil cooler is becoming clogged, which IS a big leading cause in blowing EGR coolers and headgaskets. Even if you had the EGR cooler deleted, and you were watching these gauges, it still doesn't mean you'll be able to prevent headgasket failure. That will just happen and then it's too late. Unfortunately not any really good way to "know" ahead of time if they'll pop. Myself, I'd just plan on them popping if you have a heavy right foot and a hot tune loaded. It seems to work for me all the time. :w2: |
Originally Posted by CTPOWERSTROKE
(Post 873525)
Ok I appreciate it and should I get head studs first I mean it's an 03 and the head bolts are still stock I just want to to do the safest thing for the truck and also should I get gauges or not worry about it
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So just take it easy for the most part I guess ha
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Use your head. I've blown gaskets on almost every tune I've got minus my tow tune lol. I actually intentionally run an "easier" tune to prevent this, since I do not have the self control to NOT romp on it. :c:
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Yeah I mean I'm not gonna be running any hardcore tunes just a little extra boost and a tow tune but I might get the studs first gonna ask my professional what he thinks first
---AutoMerged DoublePost--- How much is a new head like 4,000? |
A single head is $1000 new from Ford, comes with valves/springs etc. FWIW, even with new heads, I'd get them milled anyways. I've heard of the new heads being out of flatness spec too.
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Is taking the silencing ring off of my 2003 6.0 turbo worth it ? Once removed can it be put back in ?
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If you haven't gotten one yet I would recommend what I got,
I bought an SF-3015 from innovative diesel, it came with there tow60 hp, street around 120 hp , extreme street 160 hp , and anarchy 180 hp ( all rear wheel hp) as the canned tunes, now I have them plus I got lope high hp tune on it too as one of my custom three Think I paid like 520 ship to Canada I programmed the truck with extreme street like a year ago and have never changed it since. ( night and day compared to my old edge kit) lol I have put over 100000 km on it since I installed the program , and I am still running on stock bolts, new arp s are sitting here I just haven't had time to put in. ( when I order mine sf3 I told him I still have stock bolts , not sure if its the way he programmed my unit but the highest boost psi I have ever seen is 30-32 psi which was on hwy with converter locked but it will get hot if I hold it and ask for power -- idle 400* hwy 600-830* hammer one it I have seen 1200-1400* truck pull 1600* |
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