Great advice mudweiser.

 

I'm trying to get a daily driver with a good amount of Power. I mean I might pull in a few fairs but not make it strictly a pulling truck. And I'll be ordering my egr delete soon! but definitely want some power 400-500hp would be just fine for now but maybe later on down the road I'll try to make more!

 

A custom tune from an SCT should net 420-430 rwhp, and high 700's in rwtq. In the 750-790 range. Dyno sheets everywhere to show this. Depending on cab/bed configuration and if it's 4x4 or 2x4, most tuned 6.0s run about 13.8-14.2 in the 1/4.

 

WARNING

Adding any power above stock on a 6.0 increases the already high risk for headgasket failure.

on a 6.0, its not if u pop the headgaskets, its when and how many times.

everything people have said is spot on for what u should do. if u put a big tune on it, u will pop the HG in no time at all. i dont know ur driving style, but if u drive hard, i would put the programmer of economy or have a custom low hp tune wrote for it and delete the egr. and save for head studs

 

Adding more power to any diesel increases the risk for blown headgaskets...


You should be fine with a street tune. It's still a really fun tune to bomb around it, about 400rwhp, just lower torque than the race and extreme tunes, down in the mid 600's instead of high 700's like the race tunes, timing is decreased quite a bit, which is where most of the cylinder pressures come from. Coming from someone who has popped 3 or 4 sets of headgaskets... I've never had issues with a street tune, just when I get the hot race tunes on and start ******* it hard do they start pushing coolant. At least, that's been my experience.

 

Thanks for the replies and I think it might already have arps but I'll have to check all the paper work.

 

Or, just open the hood and look...

If you look by the valve covers, you'll either see a large 6 point bolt head, or you'll see a stud poking through with an allen key in the middle and a 12pt nut on it.

 

Will do! And now time for some dumb questions (gonna regret this haha) smoke and a louder turbo whistle. Ik smoke comes with power and I don't want something strictly for smoke but will a sct give me any smoke? And I love the sound of the turbo is there anyway I can make it louder? go easy on me I'm new haha

 

Well once you get rid of your muffler and cat it will get a lot louder. And the sct will make it smoke more with the added power and they do have smoke bomb tunes but keep it civil in town .

 

You'll find most tune writers will NOT write smoke tunes any more, it's killing the sport honestly. See my sig?

Smoke is a touchy issue in the diesel performance crowd. Some guys like it, others hate it. However, most will agree there is a time and place for it, so don't go clouding out intersections in town. If you're on a back road and want to roll some coal on your buddy, do what you have to do, but please smoke responsibly.

A hot tune using an SCT will puff a decent cloud out, and once the turbo lights it knocks it down to a very light haze (the sign of good tuning!).

You're not driving a 12V cummins here, we are fortunate enough to have the capabilities of custom tuning to allow us to make good power without all the excess smoke, which as we all know is just unburnt fuel, meaning lost power.

The loudest turbo out there is the early 03 turbo's (which some 04's even have!). The only way to tell is to look at the exhaust side of the turbo (where the down pipe attaches) the turbo's with 10 vanes are the loudest whislters going. Simply straight piping the truck will make that thing SCREAM. Even if you don't have the 03 turbo, you'll still like the sound of it straight piped. Sounds like a jet engine at idle, then as you roll into it and she gets up into the 3k-4k rpm range, it will make ears bleed. The best part is, it's controllable, so at cruising speeds it's still quiet and not obnoxious and drone-y.