best addons

[dieseladdict69]

hey guys,

i just bought my first deisel and was wondering what the best and safest and most affordable stuff i can put on to help the motor out, its an 05 6.0 auto trans..... please help!!!!

[OMCUSNR]

Originally Posted by dieseladdict69

hey guys,

i just bought my first deisel and was wondering what the best and safest and most affordable stuff i can put on to help the motor out, its an 05 6.0 auto trans..... please help!!!!

Gauges. boost, egt, trans temp, fuel pressure, oil pressure, coolant temp.

4" cat back SS exhaust if you tow heavy or high.

Extra filtration. By-pass oil, CCV, & coolant.

Regulated fuel (Fass or Airdog).

I'd stop there, but others would add a SCT Xcal tuner w/ custom tunes, head bolts, and an AFE intake.

There are alot of posts in this section for goodies, some for some against, just depends on what you want to spend you money on. Me - camping & fishing gear get my money, since my stock truck gets 18 unloaded, 13 towing, and goes & goes & goes

OMC

[dieseladdict69]

thanks man i think im going to start with an intake and the exhaust whats the best one to put on i tow a 24 foot enclosed snowmobile trailer, boat, car hauler and a 28 foot camper.... like i saide im new at this and want the best things i can do for it..... also i would love to soot the **** outa duramax motors and the dumbasses that drive them hahaha .....

[my03psd]

Save your money on the intake.I'm sure others will note on this one.Like OMC said go w/ the exhaust and the gauges.MRBP is a great exhaust system lots of people love, qaulity and ease of installation is great it's what I'll be putting on my truck when I get some extra cash,(just bought a house).The best thing about exhaust is it's better for the truck and you get some performance from it.

[OMCUSNR]

Originally Posted by dieseladdict69

thanks man i think im going to start with an intake and the exhaust whats the best one to put on i tow a 24 foot enclosed snowmobile trailer, boat, car hauler and a 28 foot camper.... like i saide im new at this and want the best things i can do for it..... also i would love to soot the **** outa duramax motors and the dumbasses that drive them hahaha .....

Unless you just want that turbo sound, an aftermarket intake really won't gain you that much. The stock unit is one of the best things the Ford guys got right on the truck, and it flows and protects better than just about anything else. The flow rate increase in minimal. Until you get really froggy with injectors & a different turbo, the stock unit will flow fine. Some guys like the "ease of maint" an aftermarket claims, but you have to keep after them to flow well, and I just don't like the loss of filtration. At the cost of an after market, it'd take me 7 years to pay it off in my driving conditions.

If you're going to do exhaust (good idea), make sure you get an EGT gauge too. My gauge set would be EGT, fuel pressure, boost for the 1st three (cause I have a manual trans w/ the auto, I'd get trans temp instead of boost), then I'd add oil pressure & coolant.

After that, I'd go with the extra filters. As you get close to the end of warranty, I'd seriously consider a by-pass oil filter & running Schaeffer's 9000 5W40 syn year round with extended OCI's. Take OA's every 5k to determine change interval. Schaeffer's has shown itself to be the most shear stable for the 6.0, and I think it'd be likely to get 15 to 20k on an OCI w/ bypass.

Tunes, you're completely on your own with. I know guys like em, but mine runs stock just fine for me.

OMC