uggg.... 6.0 build
#21
04-30-2012, 11:38 PM
#23
06-20-2012, 08:48 PM
Update
so to speak...
my 03 F350 CCLB 6.0 has 169K on it and I was at the decision time of do I want to try to flip it and upgrade to a newer one, or try to do some major preventive/slight performance work and see if I can stretch its lifetime.
I'm having the following done:
Sinister solution kit
-OEM gaskets/ARP studs
-oil cooler
-Sinister EGR cooler
Sinister Coolant Filter Kit
Powermax Turbo
Warren 175cc/stock nozzles(hoping these will add just a bit more fuel but not smoke too much and pass smog on tow tune no problem)
AirdogII
Blue Spring
6.4 Banjo Bolts
SCT with custom tunes(SRL+, and maybe one of them hotter ones, and unlimited tow to hopefully pass smog is the plan I think)
While in there figured might as well do:
power steering pump/hoses(pressure hose from hydraboost leaks like a **** at the pump)
water pump
degass reservoir(leaks fromunda- cracked I think)
coolant hoses
thermostat
oil & coolant temp sensors
EGR valve(its throwing codes)
I found Rock Auto to be a good source for the second set of stuff aboveI'm hoping it puts down 430-450 and feels much less sluggish and laggy(its all pretty much stock now) without smoking too much or breaking the trans too soon
I look forward to following this thread and reading how yours goes, I will post my seat of the pants results once done in the next 3-4weeks
my 03 F350 CCLB 6.0 has 169K on it and I was at the decision time of do I want to try to flip it and upgrade to a newer one, or try to do some major preventive/slight performance work and see if I can stretch its lifetime.
I'm having the following done:
Sinister solution kit
-OEM gaskets/ARP studs
-oil cooler
-Sinister EGR cooler
Sinister Coolant Filter Kit
Powermax Turbo
Warren 175cc/stock nozzles(hoping these will add just a bit more fuel but not smoke too much and pass smog on tow tune no problem)
AirdogII
Blue Spring
6.4 Banjo Bolts
SCT with custom tunes(SRL+, and maybe one of them hotter ones, and unlimited tow to hopefully pass smog is the plan I think)
While in there figured might as well do:
power steering pump/hoses(pressure hose from hydraboost leaks like a **** at the pump)
water pump
degass reservoir(leaks fromunda- cracked I think)
coolant hoses
thermostat
oil & coolant temp sensors
EGR valve(its throwing codes)
I found Rock Auto to be a good source for the second set of stuff aboveI'm hoping it puts down 430-450 and feels much less sluggish and laggy(its all pretty much stock now) without smoking too much or breaking the trans too soon
I look forward to following this thread and reading how yours goes, I will post my seat of the pants results once done in the next 3-4weeks
dang man we just about have the same build idea. Im very interested in what you think of the powermax and 175cc/stock nozzle setup with matts tunes. As he is one of the people im looking at to tune mine. As for my progress, well im hoping to have it done in late june early july. (I have to line it up with a time good for my mech to tie up half his shop with my truck and me be out to sea so i dont need it to get to work)
Sorry to lag, was hoping to have all the loose ends tied up before posting and I've been going fishing and stuff instead ha
Loose ends being:
Airdog2 didn't get installed while mechanic had it because he had to go back into it to troubleshoot injector issue and ran out of time. Oh well I can install that I figured, just haven't gotten to it.
#4 cylinder has a stock injector in there while the other seven are 175/stock nozzle.
He found #4 injector leaking HP Oil after install. No ill feelings toward Warren as they stated they would ship one out expeditiously no questions asked(and sometimes chitt happens during install)while the truck was down but dude needed to get it back together, he couldn't wait.
I have not yet gotten around to getting that injector replaced. I don't think there to be an issue with this with mild tuning that doesn't include much pulse width increase but with SRL+ for powermax it occasionally throws a #4 contribution code and smokes very dense black if I romp on it from a takeoff. More smoke than I expected from 175/stock nozzle.
How do I like it? I love it. I keep telling myself I need to chill before I get a ticket.
I'm mostly careful to save the Ricky Bobby antics for empty roads but it would suck to end my 12 year streak of no speeding tickets.
It rips 34" tires pretty good
Any chance the excessive smoke could be from the injection imbalance?
It goes away once it's roaring and is just a lil puff then a haze accelerating hard from 60...
I suppose I should get me another injector and try my hand at the swap sooner than later Arrrgh
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