just bought a 2007 f250 4x4 crew cab 6.0l short bed, loaded with all but leather. 62,237 miles. prestine oasis report for $20k out the door. the 12v is now a toy not a DD. i am going to delete the egr and straight pipe the exhaust... add a cai and a idp sct and it is gonna be my camper hauler for camping trips. Also i bought the extended warrenty so it is covered for 3 years or 36k more miles. anything else i should do?

 

Coolant flush and a coolant filter ASAP. Welcome to the 6.0 crowd, you will fall in love with it.

 

Should I put factory coolant back in? And who makes a good coolant filter kit?

 

Sinister makes a pretty good one... Coolant is up to you, as long as its a elc. I prefer cat elc ec1. And when you do it do a flush with fleetgaurd restore and restore +

 

with a good tune, exhaust and cai what rwhp is the stroker good for? sorry for the questions...always owned cummins

 

For what you're doing, leave the stock air filter, they're the best for filtration and still support decent power. You'd be wasting money.

With a good 4" turbo back and a race tune expect 420-430rwhp./750-790rwtq

A daily driver street tune will be like 400rwhp/625-650tq

Don't bother with an economy tune, waste of time.

A cc/sb should be good for low 14's or so in the 1/4 with a race tune. They say a tuned only 6.0 will run between 13.8 and 14.2, I'd expect the bigger truck you have to be on the slower end of that, but still quick.

 

Monster12valve,

I highly suggest getting a monitor solution!!!! When ECT/EOT delta exceed 15*, a new oil cooler should be considered. FICM volts should never drop below 46v, you run a big risk of destroying the injectors. Fuel pressure should never drop below 45psi at anytime, when below 45psi the injectors can be damaged.

 

Yeah a fuel pressure gauge, an engine oil temp gauge, and a engine coolant temp gauge would all be wise gauges to get, or a monitor that has the capability to watch this stuff...

 

Cool. Thanks guys! I gonna flush the coolant this weekend and order the sinister coolant filter kit. Also is there a way to tell if there has been studs installed by just looking at the motor? I know with my other truck you can.

 

You can see the lower head bolts/studs on these trucks, just look just below valve cover and see if you see a 18mm 12point nut with stud coming throug it or if you just see the top of a 6 point bolt head.