So compression test came back good...

That leaves the following questions:

1. Stock
2. Stage 1 - what supporting mods will I need? I have 4" with 3" dp, and 6637
3. new
4. remand
5. other?

I do have an email into Jim at Rosewood... Hopefully the prices don't come back to high.

My goal is to pull a camper eventually, but mainly reliability, fuel mileage....

 

What happened to the last poll on this subject?

 

That was a should I replace them....

This is a what should I replace them with!

 

Voted.
Stage 1 remans from Rosewood.
You can run them without a chip or other supporting mods until you get to the point that you are ready to give it more power.

 

Thanks...looks like we are all evened up....I voted stock/new....

Given my compression numbers it almost like this truck is barely broken in at 230,000...although it looks like hell

I am sure some of the lower cylinders were due to loose injectors...some of the bolts seemed less than finger tight.

 

Very happy with the 160cc 30% over sticks from Rosewood Diesel. Added the 4/4 wheel and T500 just recently to help out when towing my camper.

 

send your current injectors to Jim and have him build them into whatever you choose.

 

What kind of fuel mileage do you see with those?

 

Lee that totally depends on your self control of keeping your foot out of it.


I've often wondered how the 30% nozzles would work. The down side is I'm not sure you would want to run them very long with custom tunes.
BTW, as I understand it, there really are no "new" injectors out there.

 

Bottom line: it's not enough of a drop to notice.

Depends on my driving style at the time. I can get close to stock by keeping the boost low, but it is hard not to get on it sometimes. Towing wise I still get right at 10 mpg with my 10,000 lbs 5th wheel. Unloaded I average 15 mpg in mixed suburban/rural driving. I do have a 4.10 rear end, which does not help in that regard.

 

Ok,
I was getting 17-17.5 before I took her down for this rebuild...

I think on my longer drives I can keep out of it...these short trips will kill me I know... heck I only get 14-22 out of my focus during the week but can get 33 on my weekend trips. I also have 4.10's but have been looking to replace it with a 3.73... I have thought about a camper not sure I would go that big though... I was thinking 6-8000lbs

Thank you, I appreciate the insight.