First post here, I heard that ya'll know your stuff in this forum and I was hoping for some of that wisdom! I drive a 95 powerstroke with baby swamps and swamps tunes. Napa 6637 air intake, 3 in downpipe to 5 inch straight. luk clutch and solid flywheel and stock 5 speed manual.

I am LOVING how the truck is running since putting in the new injectors and tunes, but the diesel sickness calls for more! I've been thinking E-fuel should be next but I am all ears for suggestions for what I should do next. Thanks in advance!

Thornton

 

Welcome to FTE!

Do you have an EGT gauge ? You'll want to watch the exhaust temp with the new sticks. Intercooler would be on my list too. Coolant bypass is also a good mod.

 

Welcome to FTE! Like Greg said an intercooler would be a great idea. Also gauges are a must if you don't have them to monitor what those bigger sticks are doing. Scan gauge or e fuel. T500 HPOP. What's your budget? What's the goal for the truck?

 

Man! Thanks for such a quick response! I forgot to mention that when i bought the injectors, made sure I got autometer pyro and boost gauges.

Intercooler huh? what are the best options for those? off of a later (ie 2000) superduty or? E-fuel and new HPOP probably interest me the most and I'll have a budget of about 1500-1700 by the end of the summer. This was my grandpa's last truck (he ordered off the line) before he passed so its a lifetime keeper. My goals are safe power-I dont need to go over-the-top on anything. I loved the difference that the injectors made but i want to keep them running optimally. This is not a hard towing truck (has 3.55s), its an open road cruiser and fun to play around with in all the mountain passes here in washington state.

Thanks again for being welcoming and kind to a newcomer, let alone a young guy!

Thornton

 

You could do e fuel and a t500 hpop with that budget. And you probably have 3:55 gears or 4:10 gears.

 

Ah! Correct you are sir-it does have 3.55s. Idk what made me think it had 3.73 But excellent-how has the irate e-fuel treated you? I was looking at the dieselsite CPR e-fuel kit but that is 1500 rather than a 1000-so, considering constant tuition increases- irate suddenly peaks my interest haha

 

Where are the pics bud! Sounds like a nice truck especially the grandpa part.

Welcome to the forum!

Here are some good threads on electric fuel:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...fuel-bowl.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...nd-e-fuel.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-compelte.html

Good luck!

 

With some time and inginuity, you can do e fuel for cheap. Takes a lot of patience and effort but it can be done. My e fuel was done for just north of 3 bills. Glove posted some good links. Read as much as you can!

 

Forgot to add, if you're not into crazy power, e fuel, T500, intercooler (off of SD 7.3 or 6.0), D66 turbo and you'd have a very fun truck that'll make good power. Then there's the other stuff we can help you with like coolant filters, on board air etc etc. The list really never ends.

 

I like my Irate e fuel. It is a complet well put together kit that uses quility parts and common fuel filters. The instructions are kinda hard to follow, but i have the steps in one of my threads. But there are cheaper kits out there too that are working good. I went with irate cause thats where i got my turbo kit from, and i dont have the time to make a diy system.

 

A little OT but Gabe....what is your "custom tailgate"? Like a 5th wheel tailgate or what lol?

 

Too bad your in college. . I'm 19 and have a powerstroke too. 5 speed crew cab , lifted this n that

 

If it was me I'd do a T500 and e fuel

 

Another cheap one you should consider is the 203° thermostat. The 7.3 loves to be warm.

Also another good cheap mod is the EBPV delete. You can delete it yourself or buy a replacement housing that has it deleted for you. If you combine that with a deleted cat and muffler, you can really make some noise and hear the turbo workin'.

And, lastly alot of people convert their IDM to 140V. I haven't done that one yet.

All the other suggestions are good too.

 

Yeah it like a 5th wheel tail gate. Its aluminum with powerstroke cut out of it. I couldnt find the pic i had of it, il have to get another for you.