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 am still running the stock air intake. I have heard allot of GREAT things about the stock system for being the best for filtering out dirt and still flowing 100%...
Are there any actual gains in HP with a K/N or other simular system?
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06 F-250, 6" Rize Lift w/ 13.5" of travel, Dirt logic 14" Travil Shocks, 325/65/18 Xtreme A/T, 4.30 Motorsport Gears, 5" Shop Diesel Turbo Back Exhaust, 55 Gallon Fuel Tank, 4x9inch HID lights on a bumber mount lightbar, Gauges, SCT (Best Mod Yet), CFM BigMouth intercooler pipe and intake, and more to come...
yes,... you will see typical gains of 5 to 15hp and more turbo noise depending on the system that u choose. stock is restrictive and upgrading will improve mileage, turbo response, egt's, and torque.
if u are going to upgrade try to stick with a sealed intake system such as S&B. they work very well with keeping intake temps to a minimum, they flow well and they are iso certified.
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2001 7.3L Stroker..., 4x4, CC, SB, Recon smoked cab lights, Rhino lining, Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ, 4'' TB Magnaflow, Folk Brothers StageII trans, tunes from DPP written by Bill Cohron.
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06 F-250, 6" Rize Lift w/ 13.5" of travel, Dirt logic 14" Travil Shocks, 325/65/18 Xtreme A/T, 4.30 Motorsport Gears, 5" Shop Diesel Turbo Back Exhaust, 55 Gallon Fuel Tank, 4x9inch HID lights on a bumber mount lightbar, Gauges, SCT (Best Mod Yet), CFM BigMouth intercooler pipe and intake, and more to come...
yes,... you will see typical gains of 5 to 15hp and more turbo noise depending on the system that u choose. stock is restrictive and upgrading will improve mileage, turbo response, egt's, and torque.
if u are going to upgrade try to stick with a sealed intake system such as S&B. they work very well with keeping intake temps to a minimum, they flow well and they are iso certified.
That may be true on the 7.3 but the consensus here seems to be that with the system on the 6.0, stock is best. You won't see any significant gain until you are over 500 horsepower. If you still have warranty as well, keep it stock.
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2007 F350 Lariat CC SWB 4X4 SRW Torque Shift. True Blue with Medium Flint. 20 inch wheels, FX4, Moonroof, sliding rear window, Tow Command, dual alt's.
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06 F-250, 6" Rize Lift w/ 13.5" of travel, Dirt logic 14" Travil Shocks, 325/65/18 Xtreme A/T, 4.30 Motorsport Gears, 5" Shop Diesel Turbo Back Exhaust, 55 Gallon Fuel Tank, 4x9inch HID lights on a bumber mount lightbar, Gauges, SCT (Best Mod Yet), CFM BigMouth intercooler pipe and intake, and more to come...
They have standard test for the aftermarket filter companies to compare their filters. All though I am sure each one is bias, I went with the S&B intake partly from their testing and the rest on their guarantee with their product. I am happy with it and its was one of the least expensive. Check out their web site for more info.
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07 F-350 xlt 6.0 PSD LB CC SRW 4x4, black on tan, A/T, 5" exhaust 4" downpipe, S&B CAI, the rest is good from
67 F-250 Project truck, currently in a billion pieces
04 F-250 xlt 6.0 PSD SB extcab 4x4, 6spd, all stock, Sold
97 F-250HD xlt 7.3 PSD extcab LB 4x4, 5spd, Superchips tuner, 4" turbo back exaust, K&N CAI, 02 intercooler installed, Sold
the powe you will see with a intake is in the 3400+ rpm area. the trucks is designed to operate up to 3300 rpm. so basically unless you plan to run high rpms you will see no real gains. with a stock truck runing a tuner and exaust there are alot of better places to spend the money than on the cold air kit.
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2004 f250 4x4
crewcab short bed
lariat 6.0psd
auto, electric tcase
sct x2 with custom tunes
315/75/r16 bfg km
stock suspension and
pretty much everything
else
Trust me, spend your money else where. I have the s&b and I wish I didnt. I didnt notice one gain anywhere (mpgs or power) its pointless, so please believe the schmuck who actually bought all the advertising bs. Save the money for diesel or bed toys.
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2006 CC F250 FX4, SCT X3 with custom tunes, MBRP 4" turbo back, EDGE Insight w/ EGT probe, s&b...
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