Upgrades and Aftermarket - 6.0L EngineUpgrading or adding OEM or 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.
Looking to get a tuner from ID soon and was wondering if anyone out there has upgraded the stock tranny. I know back in my 7.3 days everyone was talking about sun coast, ats, and BTS. Is there any need to worry about a rebuild on the torque shift? I don't hear as much talk about it in the 6.0 forums. What do you think? And yes, I've read PLENTY about head gaskets!
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2005 F-350 CC PSD auto short bed, Titan 52 gallon fuel tank, MBRP turbo back, isspro boost, trans temp, EGT. aFe stage II, SCT from Innovative running extreme street(WOW!!).
2000 VW JETTA GLS TDI 5spd- MODS: RC3, TT 2.5" exhaust, Air Box Mod, Bilsteins, 17x7.5 RS4's, 51 MPG, 258,000 Miles and counting.....
You have to consider that with the Torqueshift Ford fixed all the weaknesses they had with the E40D/4R100. Essentially this trans is just an outgrowth of those older 4-speed OD autos. However, like anything else if you run too much power through them they will eventually fail. I would say that with a tuner, exhaust, and air intake you are probably never going to have to worry about the trans. Step up to a bigger turbo, injectors, etc and then you probably want to consider having the trans built with better clutches and some vavlebody mods.
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'06 F250 4x4 - 5" Flo Pro exhaust, SB Filter intake, Accufab elbow, Edge Evolution (monitoring only), SCT w/ Innovative Diesel custom tune, FASS 195 pump, 14.2 @ 94MPH on a 1.91 60ft - Eric swears it'll run 13s with the new tune, but haven't made it to the track yet
'02 WRX - Outback rear disc swap, EBC green pads, pillar vane front rotors, TXS UP, TXS TBE, TXS TMIC, Perrin lightweight crank pulley, PPG billet steel shift forks, ACT Streetlite flywheel and clutch kit, K&N filter, STi Group N motor/tranny mounts, TiC/Kartboy rear diff mounts/subframe lock bolts/outrigger stiffeners, Kartboy SS & all shifter bushings, custom PDX tune loaded via Cobb AP - went 14.1 on a terrible 60ft before most of these mods; shooting for 13.50s
'87 K5 Blazer - undergoing major rehab, 383 (Edelbrock heads, Crane roller valvetrain, many tricks), Pro-Built 700R4, 2400 converter, NP208, 10-bolts (4.88s, ARB front, Detroit rear, 4340 shafts, full float rear), 4-wheel discs
Good point..... So you think the only thing to really worry about fixing is the head gaskets and studs?
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2005 F-350 CC PSD auto short bed, Titan 52 gallon fuel tank, MBRP turbo back, isspro boost, trans temp, EGT. aFe stage II, SCT from Innovative running extreme street(WOW!!).
2000 VW JETTA GLS TDI 5spd- MODS: RC3, TT 2.5" exhaust, Air Box Mod, Bilsteins, 17x7.5 RS4's, 51 MPG, 258,000 Miles and counting.....
Yup. Change your fluid and filters religiously. You may want to shorten up the change intervsal too. Go from say the factory reccomendation of 25,000 to 20,000. These things use a lot of fluid and are double filtered. Make sure you use the right Mercon SP fluid, which is not interchangable with Mercon V or other fluid. Ford and their crazy transmission oils. I feel like I'm back in the 70s buying F-Type!
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'06 F250 4x4 - 5" Flo Pro exhaust, SB Filter intake, Accufab elbow, Edge Evolution (monitoring only), SCT w/ Innovative Diesel custom tune, FASS 195 pump, 14.2 @ 94MPH on a 1.91 60ft - Eric swears it'll run 13s with the new tune, but haven't made it to the track yet
'02 WRX - Outback rear disc swap, EBC green pads, pillar vane front rotors, TXS UP, TXS TBE, TXS TMIC, Perrin lightweight crank pulley, PPG billet steel shift forks, ACT Streetlite flywheel and clutch kit, K&N filter, STi Group N motor/tranny mounts, TiC/Kartboy rear diff mounts/subframe lock bolts/outrigger stiffeners, Kartboy SS & all shifter bushings, custom PDX tune loaded via Cobb AP - went 14.1 on a terrible 60ft before most of these mods; shooting for 13.50s
'87 K5 Blazer - undergoing major rehab, 383 (Edelbrock heads, Crane roller valvetrain, many tricks), Pro-Built 700R4, 2400 converter, NP208, 10-bolts (4.88s, ARB front, Detroit rear, 4340 shafts, full float rear), 4-wheel discs
I have 42K on mine and have not been easy on it, all SCT tuned.
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2003 F-250 CC FX4, RED, Casserly 190 injectors, Beans Turbo, John Wood tranny, Intercooler, NX nitrous kit, Dipricol gauges, SCT, stacked with a TS MP8, and a TS MPD with Heads up display. pictures
Keeping your Tranny cool will also be of great benefit to it's longevity. I once read that for every 20 degrees you can lower a tranny's normal temp, you can double it's life. Heat is a tranny's main enemy. A good quality accurate tranny temp guage is nice to have, easy to plumb and will tell you where the tranny temps are under any given circumstance. Mine runs 5 degrees either side of 150 and hits 160 - 165 when towing uphill in the Mountains... On my Bronco Rockcrawler, I can watch the Tranny Temp climb 30 degrees when the Torque Converter Unlocks, obviously not a good thing but at least I know it's happening...
Temperature means a lot, but shift overlap time means a lot too. The longer the clutches are slipping during a shift the faster they wear out. Tightening up the shifts, especially at WOT will improve the life of the clutches. At some point you get beyond the limits of the stock hardware and need more clutch apply area, larger pistons, valvebody mods, etc., but at a 100+ horse setting with no other major mods I don't think this should be a problem. This is a 31% increase in power, and the trans probably has a 50% safety margin built in. The bottom line is that the new 5R110 trans and the 4R100/E4OD that preceeded it are all very tough, and have only gotten beter with time. These are the C6s of the new age. Tough from the factory, and can be built to be super tough if needed.
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'06 F250 4x4 - 5" Flo Pro exhaust, SB Filter intake, Accufab elbow, Edge Evolution (monitoring only), SCT w/ Innovative Diesel custom tune, FASS 195 pump, 14.2 @ 94MPH on a 1.91 60ft - Eric swears it'll run 13s with the new tune, but haven't made it to the track yet
'02 WRX - Outback rear disc swap, EBC green pads, pillar vane front rotors, TXS UP, TXS TBE, TXS TMIC, Perrin lightweight crank pulley, PPG billet steel shift forks, ACT Streetlite flywheel and clutch kit, K&N filter, STi Group N motor/tranny mounts, TiC/Kartboy rear diff mounts/subframe lock bolts/outrigger stiffeners, Kartboy SS & all shifter bushings, custom PDX tune loaded via Cobb AP - went 14.1 on a terrible 60ft before most of these mods; shooting for 13.50s
'87 K5 Blazer - undergoing major rehab, 383 (Edelbrock heads, Crane roller valvetrain, many tricks), Pro-Built 700R4, 2400 converter, NP208, 10-bolts (4.88s, ARB front, Detroit rear, 4340 shafts, full float rear), 4-wheel discs
I've got a Suncoast tranny in mine. I went through 2 Ford trannies BUT I was running an Edge and a Bullydog. I put in the SCT when I got my Suncoast and haven't looked back since. The tranny with the Shift Pressure's set at 25% in 1-2 and 2-3 and 20% on everything else is nice. I don't know if I'd want to run a stock tranny that high though. It probably more than likely handle it but I'm sure it will defintely decrease it's life. I'd worry about the tranny when it dies. You'll probably kill the gaskets before the tranny. Lol...
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NEW TRUCK.... 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 Black, Magnaflow Exhaust, Volant Cold Air Intake, and a nice system....
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04 Harley Edition Solid Black, 8" Fabtech shocks and hangers and ladder bars, Superlift Springs, 38x15.50x20 Toyo Open Country M/T's, Weld 20x12 Cheyanne 8 rims, Fabtech Ladder Bars, AFE Intake, straight exhaust, SCT with Extreme Street from Eric at Innovative, Full SunCoast setup, SPEARCO INTERCOOLER(Thanks BBunting), Mag Hytec Tranny Pan, GReddy Turbo Timer,Alpine IVAD300 Flip out DVD player, Alpine 5 channel amp, JL 6x8 Seperates, JL Audio 12W7 Sub., JL Audio 500.1 amp., ISSPRO triple guages, sunroof, diff covers powder coated comp. orange, 03 Turbo, and oh yeah... 2005 Harley Edition Headlights.
That is an important fact. The 100HP extra is only half the equation. The other is how it gets applied. Some power adders totally disrespect the transmission and TC by not marshalling the power efficiently through the transmission. In fact, most do not offer truly integrated power and transfer of that power. 50 extra HP without trans control can do damage after enough time. On the other hand, a product that optimizes power through the trans can probably reach in excess of 450RWHP without having to mod the trans to take it.
Ralph
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Black 2003 F350 DRW (almost nothing stock)
Other rides:
Black 2006 SRT8 300C (Mopar exhaust and CAI)
Black 2008 SRT8 Jeep (Mopar exhaust and CAI)
Black 2008 Mercedes E550 4MATIC
20k, Extreme Tune 122+. She pulls 12k with no problems. I don't mash the pedal from a dead stop though. The engine can't take it. Studding mine in a couple weeks. Mine is fine but the offer presented itself to me and I am taking advantage of it.
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2007 F-350 CREW SRW Lariat Outlaw(Bought New By Me)
This Thing Is Going To 200K With Me Behind The Wheel!
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