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 was reading on another site and they were saying if you unplug your vgt sensor that your truck will SMOKE. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Is this true? Has anyone tried this? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]
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2006 Ford 250 4x4 crew cab short bed auto
front windows 20% and back factory with 35%
auto meter gauges
4inch exhaust
I think if you unplug the vgt solenoid the vanes will default to open position causing less boost and maybe some smoke i,m no tech but i do read alot on the technical things about the 6.0 just cause i,m curious and i want to know what i,m dealing with
MRKLEEN was correct that there is only an actuator on the VGT. If they had put a position sensor on the VGT it would have prevented a lot of driveability and diagnostic problems in the eyes of many technicians. In any event, it is not advisable to unplug anything on this engine.
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It got censored out. The site I was on showed two viedos. One the truck was braking trying to build boost. The other one was the truck taking off. They said that all you get is smoke and no boost.
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2006 Ford 250 4x4 crew cab short bed auto
front windows 20% and back factory with 35%
auto meter gauges
4inch exhaust
It was said at one time, a Tech told a customer that you could disco the VGT solenoid and drive it carefully (watching EGT's) to let it get good and hot to bake the crud off the VGT. It sounds good, but doesn't sound like a good idea. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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ya, those 2 vids are my truck. if you unconnect the turbo and just rev it in neutral, it wont do anything. you have to power brake and Try to build boost and then itll start smokin. and if you try to take off my stomping it, it will chug out also! ive been thinking puttin a toggle switch on it....LOL!
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2003 cent. black lariat F250. crew cab, short box, 4X4. SCT, air raid cold air intake, zoodad, straight through exhaust, powershot 2000 propane kit, intake elbows.com elbow, fuel regulator shimmy mod, quad commander for gauges...tinted windows, gunmetal tails, clear recon mirror lights, fire & ice lightbar, billet grill, clear lamps, level kit, spray in bedliner...6cd in dash changer, sirius sat. radio, 2 - 10s in custom ported box
future plans: ccv mod, new clutch pack
dyno #s coming soon!
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ya, those 2 vids are my truck. if you unconnect the turbo and just rev it in neutral, it wont do anything. you have to power brake and Try to build boost and then itll start smokin. and if you try to take off my stomping it, it will chug out also! ive been thinking puttin a toggle switch on it....LOL!
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Do you have to clear your codes when you do that? Or do you just plug it back in? Was your truck stock when you made that vid? Let us know if the toggle switch works. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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2006 Ford 250 4x4 crew cab short bed auto
front windows 20% and back factory with 35%
auto meter gauges
4inch exhaust
i never threw a code or cel when i unplugged or plugged it in. i had the xrace file loaded when i did it.....im sure it will smoke a lot with any tuner on becuase of the extra fuel. toggle switch is on and workin good so far.......and man does it blow coal runnin down the road! haha.
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2003 cent. black lariat F250. crew cab, short box, 4X4. SCT, air raid cold air intake, zoodad, straight through exhaust, powershot 2000 propane kit, intake elbows.com elbow, fuel regulator shimmy mod, quad commander for gauges...tinted windows, gunmetal tails, clear recon mirror lights, fire & ice lightbar, billet grill, clear lamps, level kit, spray in bedliner...6cd in dash changer, sirius sat. radio, 2 - 10s in custom ported box
future plans: ccv mod, new clutch pack
dyno #s coming soon!
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i never threw a code or cel when i unplugged or plugged it in. i had the xrace file loaded when i did it.....im sure it will smoke a lot with any tuner on becuase of the extra fuel. toggle switch is on and workin good so far.......and man does it blow coal runnin down the road! haha.
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Have you tried this mod stock? I have heard that it does not smoke on stock trucks. How did you hook up your toggle switch up?
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2006 Ford 250 4x4 crew cab short bed auto
front windows 20% and back factory with 35%
auto meter gauges
4inch exhaust
i doubt it will work well on a stock truck, this is by no means a permanant thing to do, just for fun to show off
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havent tried it stock....but like i said above, i would see why it doesnt work stock, you dont have all that extra fuel being added to the truck. with a tune it will like crazy.
toggle switch is in the cab, just spliced into one of the wires going to the plug.
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2003 cent. black lariat F250. crew cab, short box, 4X4. SCT, air raid cold air intake, zoodad, straight through exhaust, powershot 2000 propane kit, intake elbows.com elbow, fuel regulator shimmy mod, quad commander for gauges...tinted windows, gunmetal tails, clear recon mirror lights, fire & ice lightbar, billet grill, clear lamps, level kit, spray in bedliner...6cd in dash changer, sirius sat. radio, 2 - 10s in custom ported box
future plans: ccv mod, new clutch pack
dyno #s coming soon!
its suppose to putt around, its fooling the turbo into not building boost, smoke doesnt always mean speed
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2003 f-350 suncoast trans, sct w/ extreme race from innovative,Aem filter, 7 inch turn out stacks, Spearco ic and studs from Black Widow misc lights and hootinanies
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