EGR & Turbo upgrade for 6.0 diesel
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EGR & Turbo upgrade for 6.0 diesel
I am going to do a EGR delete going with the sinister full delete and am interested in a turbo. Has any one upgraded if so what will work good? I have 4'' turbo backexhaust, SCT livewire and AFE cold air intake I am usually pulling 30 foot travel trailer with truck and the accasional around town running. Thanks for any help
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Hear are a few links to some threads about the powermax.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...n-the-way.html
Powermax GT3788VA turbo Kit anyone? - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums
My review of the new Garrett Powermax Turbo - TheDieselGarage.com
VGT Turbo Discussion: Function, Specifications and Stock vs. Upgraded - TheDieselGarage.com
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...n-the-way.html
Powermax GT3788VA turbo Kit anyone? - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums
My review of the new Garrett Powermax Turbo - TheDieselGarage.com
VGT Turbo Discussion: Function, Specifications and Stock vs. Upgraded - TheDieselGarage.com
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EGR & Turbo Upgrade for 6.0L Diesel
The EGR Cooler delete is the important part of the fix you are looking for. The cooler is there to lower EGTs before the EGR (which has problems with high temps). The EGR delete kit may cause your truck to throw a check engine light. The SCT Livewire can be ordered with the proper software for turning off the light plus you will get 3 tunes to select from. Economy/Tow/Performance.... Always use the Performance setting unless you're pulling something heavier than about 8 to 10K. This will give you the best MPG and reliability. The other upgrades you mentioned are great, but the EGR COOLER delete is the most important. That cooler sends boiling coolant back to your heads, which will give you the head gasket issues. BTW, go ahead and get the MBRP 5" Turbo back exhaust. The truck will drive great and it will sound like a 747 flying down the street.
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The EGR Cooler delete is the important part of the fix you are looking for. The cooler is there to lower EGTs before the EGR (which has problems with high temps)
The EGR delete kit may cause your truck to throw a check engine light. The SCT Livewire can be ordered with the proper software for turning off the light plus you will get 3 tunes to select from. Economy/Tow/Performance.... Always use the Performance setting unless you're pulling something heavier than about 8 to 10K. This will give you the best MPG and reliability. The other upgrades you mentioned are great, but the EGR COOLER delete is the most important. That cooler sends boiling coolant back to your heads, which will give you the head gasket issues. BTW, go ahead and get the MBRP 5" Turbo back exhaust. The truck will drive great and it will sound like a 747 flying down the street.
The EGR delete kit may cause your truck to throw a check engine light. The SCT Livewire can be ordered with the proper software for turning off the light plus you will get 3 tunes to select from. Economy/Tow/Performance.... Always use the Performance setting unless you're pulling something heavier than about 8 to 10K. This will give you the best MPG and reliability. The other upgrades you mentioned are great, but the EGR COOLER delete is the most important. That cooler sends boiling coolant back to your heads, which will give you the head gasket issues. BTW, go ahead and get the MBRP 5" Turbo back exhaust. The truck will drive great and it will sound like a 747 flying down the street.
A/M intakes are also not necessary as they do not improve performance on the 6.0. Most of your a/m intakes do not flow more air until you hit 3700 on the tach. Peak HP/TQ is at 3300 and 2000 respectively. That figure of 3700 was the quickest high flow a/m intake that I could find that had figures for that intake on a 6.0. Most charts, especially now, only show what it does on the 7.3, which gets huge benefits from an a/m intake.
The LiveWire is also a device that I wouldn't do. It has screen and power issues that seem to happen roughly 50% of the time. You may or may not have those issues, but I would actually go with the tried and true X3 or find a used xCal 2.
5" exhaust is also overkill. The OP isn't going to be flowing enough exhaust to spin that turbo and expell those gases quickly. In layman's terms, he will lose low end power unless he overfuels it beyond that of a normal performance tune. That can bring about it's own set of problems as well.
Most of the advice that I see furthes a certain belief that is wrong, but people have it in their head otherwise.
By the way, since my siggy doesn't reflect this and we are in the superduty forum and not in the 6.0 specific forum, I'll throw this out there. This is coming from someone who has a 6.0 that puts down 508 at the rear wheels and only thing left unmodded is one KR tailgate badge. Not much else stock. So I've been through the numbers with the 6.0, not due to problems, but due to my wanting to have a DRW that went over 500HP at the rear wheels. You are also getting this from a person that hasn't had an EGR issue or headbolt issue when his truck was in stock form. Only two issues that I've had are a FICM going out after 5.5 yrs and an A/C "headunit" going out. That's it. Either I'm extremely lucky, or I know something.
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