[03stroke]

I wanted to get the opinion of some of the people on here. I am getting ready to do some mods to my truck and i wanted to know what was the best intake and exhaust you can get. I will be getting a sct excalibrator 2 soon and just wanted to see what would be the best exhaust and intake.

 

[PoppaSmurf]

The main question you need to ask yourself, is.... "Can you afford to pay for repairs that Ford denies warranty coverage for?" If you can, then MOD away. Many people are getting turbo-back and CAT-back exhausts. Its about 50/50 between the two. Most are getting 4" exhausts. In many places, vehicle inspections are now testing for emissions so you'll need to leave the CAT in place. (weld back into the new exhaust system)

For the intake, make sure you get a GOOD aftermarket filter. There are several members here that have found out the hard way that some aftermarket filters are not worth the paper box that they came in. Some have suffered torn up turbos and other damage. The latest, is a member with a $3500 repair bill that Ford is denying warranty work on. So be prepared to pay, if you wanna play.

I believe the aftermarket air filter with the highest regard is the AFE Pro Guard 7, or something along those lines. (Don't quote me, I'm going from memory on that one) Others will chime in with their take on this topic.

Regardless of what you do or what you buy, don't cut corners. Make sure that what you get is top quality, not just cheap. The key to long life on diesels is CLEAN air and CLEAN fuel.

Good luck,
Brian.

 

[Mark Craig]

Wareperformance,

Brian has some good suggestions, we would ONLY reccomend an exhaust that has the ability to bolt in the factory cat as designed by Ford, All the cat and trubo back MBRP systems we sell have that ability. This keeps you away form the warranty issues Brian mentioned.If you race we have a cat test pipe too.

The AFE Pro Guard 7 is the only filter to flow the air and still stop the dirt, in independent tests is filterd down to 1/2 of 1% as well as a OEM paper filter.
This is the reason we ONLY sell the PG7 systems.

Call us if you have any questions we have them all in stock and will be glad to help you.

Mark @ DPPI

 

[PreservedSwine]

Does Ford make an AIS-severe duty kit for the 6.0?

 

[BanksHoss05]

Do you have a muffler delete pipe and a cat "test pipe" for the MBRP cool Duals? thanks

 

[RockPSD]

Most say you don't really need in intake on a 6.0 Donaldson designed the intake on it and it flows great stock.

 

[DarthSurplus]

Wareperformance,

Don't be afraid to keep your cat in place. Today's cats aren't nearly as restrictive as they used to be.

I put a 4" exit on my cat. See pics, below.

 

[Mark Craig]

BanksHoss05,

For the cat yes, but not for the muffler, only for the single mufflers.

Mark @ DPPI

 

[Mark Craig]

RockPSD,

There are a lot of proven EGT reductions with a AFE PG7 intake system, even before they released the Stage II which flows even more. Remember the stock system was desinged for stock fueling amounts, if you add more fuel you need to add more flow in and out.

Mark @ DPPI

 

[Mark Craig]

PreservedSwine,

Yes sort of the stock system is the same design filter and such as it comes from the factory.

Mark @ DPPI