Upgrades and Aftermarket - 6.0L EngineUpgrading and adding aftermarket equipment to your 2003-Up Super Duty or Excursion with 6.0L Power Stroke diesel engine. Please confine discussion of topics in this forum to those items that are specific to the 6.0L Power Stroke engine.
i got some questions on 6.0's. i dont have one but a guy i just bought a 7.3 from was askin me about upgrades on his 6 liter and i had no answers for him at all. so i to my question for u guys- what are the big upgrades for 'em and wheres the best places to get 'em? i told him that the main ones where prolly exhaust/intake and chip...about like the 7.3...duh, yea i know but i wanna know more specifics. thanks for the help in advance
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Joey
97 F-350,XLT, 4-dr, auto, 270xxx mi, Geolander A/T's, 4"exhaust, no ebpv, 203* t-stat, electric fans, lunar gauges, amsoil nose to tail, custom weight bracket and hitch for pullin, diy intake/air filter, hpx hose, LED cab lights, extra fuse panels, kenwood stereo system, pedestal from Rick, 4r100 out of an '01, trans mods from Jon, custom big fuel system, arb's front and rear, and 6.0 i/c, custom big oil
what kind and size of exhaust? what's a xcal2??? is it a chip, a programmer or what? where from?
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Joey
97 F-350,XLT, 4-dr, auto, 270xxx mi, Geolander A/T's, 4"exhaust, no ebpv, 203* t-stat, electric fans, lunar gauges, amsoil nose to tail, custom weight bracket and hitch for pullin, diy intake/air filter, hpx hose, LED cab lights, extra fuse panels, kenwood stereo system, pedestal from Rick, 4r100 out of an '01, trans mods from Jon, custom big fuel system, arb's front and rear, and 6.0 i/c, custom big oil
xcal2 is the SCT that youll read a lot about if you do some research here. its a programmer that is capable of controlling nearly every parameter on your truck. not only does it make more and safer horsepower than a piggyback, but its also cheaper. there are a number of vendors selling SCTs, all of which can make good safe HP while controlling the trans. i sent you a PM regarding my suggestion of vendors. ive run "race" files from 3 different vendors, and the one im running now is NIGHT and DAY. you really cant go wrong with any of the vendors though.
as for exhaust, it depends what you want. youll want turbo back stainless regardless to get the full benefits of the exhaust. it looks better, withstands abuse better, and keeps heat inside the pipe to increase exhaust gas velocity. if you want a quiet single exhaust, id recommend magnaflow. a louder single exhaust, an MBRP system is good. if you want the loudest single, buy a magnaflow kit and replace with muffler with straight pipe. you can convert any kit to straight, but magnaflow is the cheapest and easiest since the cat is already gone. if you want duals, magnaflow will be quieter than the MBRP systems, and MBRP will be quieter than straight pipe.
heres a clip of my straight pipe to give you an idea of sound:
that was with a stock tune. with stock tune, you can barely hear the truck. with an extra 250-300rwhp, its quite a bit louder and noticeable in the cab...
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2004 F250 fx4 cc sb lariat 6.0, gray/black, everything, 6" edge & 3" hangers, rear 5" deavers & 3" blocks, 5150s front, 5100s rear 39.5" irok radials, 16x10 black helo maxx, 4.88s, warn premium hubs, fabtech adj. trac bar, rancho stabilizer, SCT "bustin that ass" tune by PDP, powershot propane kit, 4" stainless turbo back straight pipe w/ 6" HOG tip, airaid intake, APC projectors, APC corners, rebased philips 4300k HIDs with denso ballasts, donahoe lightbar, 3 hella 4000s, 2 pairs of KC backup lights, train horn, 200psi vaiar 380c & 6 gallon tank, kenwood 915dvd head unit with 4100 nav, sirius satelite radio, kenwood music keg, rockford 1051x, rockford bd1000.1, mb quart qsd216 in front doors, mb quart qsd213 in rear panels, 2 10" kicker L7s , RG gun rack, husky floormats, rhino liner, uws toolbox, UWS 100g aux. L tank, 14" solid stock drop hitch, more comin... MY TRUCK
1985 nissan on 33" boggers, the real mud monster...
sweet! truck sounds cool! and thanks for the information next time i get a question on them i can give them a semi-educated answer [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif[/img]
thanks again
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Joey
97 F-350,XLT, 4-dr, auto, 270xxx mi, Geolander A/T's, 4"exhaust, no ebpv, 203* t-stat, electric fans, lunar gauges, amsoil nose to tail, custom weight bracket and hitch for pullin, diy intake/air filter, hpx hose, LED cab lights, extra fuse panels, kenwood stereo system, pedestal from Rick, 4r100 out of an '01, trans mods from Jon, custom big fuel system, arb's front and rear, and 6.0 i/c, custom big oil
I second what Mikey said.... MBRP Straight Pipe and XCal2 for me. I have ran a couple of different tunes and believe I am running a step or two behind Mikey but you will be happy with any of the major players...
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