Working on buying my first 6.0 after a disappointing string of 7.3s. After looking at a dozen trucks I believe that I've found one that is workable and will be picking it up later this week. Paid more than I wanted to, but finding something without rust has proved... difficult, and I get fancy cowhide seats so that makes it worth the 15k, or at least that's what I'm telling myself.
Truck is a 2006 CCSB King Ranch. 159K miles. I'll throw the guy's list of motor work down here. Seller gave me no reason to disbelieve anything he said and I know enough about diesel motors to be able to verify most of it. He had receipts for everything, down to treating the leather seats when he bought it 19K miles and 2 years ago.
1. 205 warren injectors
2. Sct x4 tuner with custom tunes
3. 4” turbo back mbrp exhaust
4. Cold and hot side piping
5. Rudy’s diesel CAI
6. Sinister coolant filter system
7. EGR delete
8. Law dog high output alternator
9. Trans has been replaced
10. FICM replaced.
11. All seals and headgaskets replaced by Ford. They apparently wouldn't warranty work with aftermarket parts (studs)
He was going in a different direction than I want to go. He was looking for a daily driver that doubled as a show truck. Most of the stuff he did was leaning towards performance, now he has a kid and wants something newer and closer to stock. Or at least that's the story.
I want to focus on reliability and towing capacity, with a minor emphasis on fuel economy. It will be driven up to 1000 miles a week, and will tow 8000 pounds on a fairly regular basis. Here's my thoughts on what I should do, but since I'm new to the 6.0 I definitely want suggestions. Just remember what my goals are. My plan is to drive it on the street tune it currently has for a couple of weeks and keep monitoring for signs of HG failure or other issues and then do all of the work at once.
1. I know it needs turbo seals.
2. I also know it needs two glow plugs. Probably replace them all.
3. Replace all fluids and filters, don't think a coolant flush is necessary with the coolant filter.
Here's where I need advice:
4. Lose the 205 injectors in favor of stock or 155s. 205s on a stock turbo seems pointless and just drinks fuel. I'd love to get more air in there and keep the power, but again - reliability and fuel economy
5. Do head studs one at a time motor in. Since the gaskets are new-ish I think this is reasonable unless I see signs of failure.
6. Maybe rebuild oil cooler?
7. New tunes to reflect smaller injectors
I need you guys to help me fill in the blanks for point 8 and on. Thanks in advance for the advice, and hopefully this won't be a repeat of the "5 engine pull" 7.3 that I named Paine.
Truck is a 2006 CCSB King Ranch. 159K miles. I'll throw the guy's list of motor work down here. Seller gave me no reason to disbelieve anything he said and I know enough about diesel motors to be able to verify most of it. He had receipts for everything, down to treating the leather seats when he bought it 19K miles and 2 years ago.
1. 205 warren injectors
2. Sct x4 tuner with custom tunes
3. 4” turbo back mbrp exhaust
4. Cold and hot side piping
5. Rudy’s diesel CAI
6. Sinister coolant filter system
7. EGR delete
8. Law dog high output alternator
9. Trans has been replaced
10. FICM replaced.
11. All seals and headgaskets replaced by Ford. They apparently wouldn't warranty work with aftermarket parts (studs)
He was going in a different direction than I want to go. He was looking for a daily driver that doubled as a show truck. Most of the stuff he did was leaning towards performance, now he has a kid and wants something newer and closer to stock. Or at least that's the story.
I want to focus on reliability and towing capacity, with a minor emphasis on fuel economy. It will be driven up to 1000 miles a week, and will tow 8000 pounds on a fairly regular basis. Here's my thoughts on what I should do, but since I'm new to the 6.0 I definitely want suggestions. Just remember what my goals are. My plan is to drive it on the street tune it currently has for a couple of weeks and keep monitoring for signs of HG failure or other issues and then do all of the work at once.
1. I know it needs turbo seals.
2. I also know it needs two glow plugs. Probably replace them all.
3. Replace all fluids and filters, don't think a coolant flush is necessary with the coolant filter.
Here's where I need advice:
4. Lose the 205 injectors in favor of stock or 155s. 205s on a stock turbo seems pointless and just drinks fuel. I'd love to get more air in there and keep the power, but again - reliability and fuel economy
5. Do head studs one at a time motor in. Since the gaskets are new-ish I think this is reasonable unless I see signs of failure.
6. Maybe rebuild oil cooler?
7. New tunes to reflect smaller injectors
I need you guys to help me fill in the blanks for point 8 and on. Thanks in advance for the advice, and hopefully this won't be a repeat of the "5 engine pull" 7.3 that I named Paine.