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Nice looking truck! What have you done to it? I'm hearing with an egr delete and head studs the 6.0's are great motors.
Thanks! I had it apart a few months ago to "bulletproof" it. At 104k miles I took the engine down to the shortblock, replaced all updated Ford/International parts, replaced the oil cooler (notorius for clogging), new headgaskets, studs, egr delete, regulated return fuel system, 155/30 injectors, Durastroke turbo (stock powerstroke turbo with a lly duramax compressor housing machined to fit) S&B intake, PI converter, SCT custom tunes and tuned FICM. It's really fast, produces very little smoke. Haven't dynoed yet but hoping to be right around 500. My buddy who is hard core Duramax, is very impressed by it and he never says anything good about Fords. I'm not biased to any brand, I've had Powerstrokes and Duramaxes. I just like trying different things. I know my 6.0 isn't as fast or powerful as a Duramax can be, but I'm happy with it.:happy2:
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Sounds like it will be plenty reliable for ya and fun:thumb:. All that matters is that you are happy with it not a brand feud.
Yep, the factory powerstroke compressor is 58mm whereas the lly is 63.5mm. This really woke the truck up even on stock tuning
I know I paid $400. I sent them my stock turbo and the lly compressor side that my buddy gave to me. I also have a Batmowheel which was an additional $400. I heard that he doesn't use duramax housings anymore, that he machines the stock powerstroke one to make it bigger. Check out their website madturbowerks.com. He's making alot of replacement turbos for the 6.0 and they are really impressive.
I think my issue was with the HP oil pump, ford kept putting new injectors in it (and not messing with the pump) until 5 years and 84,000 miles and then said good luck.
They had to put a new turbo on also. No other issues with the rest of the truck, just the engine and dealing with fords antiwarrantee department
They had to put a new turbo on also. No other issues with the rest of the truck, just the engine and dealing with fords antiwarrantee department
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But with all that he's done to it that is a damn fine diesel, and those king ranch packages are super nice on the inside, almost makes me jelly inside, almost...