Intercooler installation
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LOL. thanks man. more like good timing. i have psn up right now and that thread was up near the top of the obs section over there. if you do a search over there for the 6.0L IC installs there is a bunch more info i am sure. there are a couple guys on here that did a 60L IC as well.
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Late 7.3's had plastic tanks... There might be an alloy tank here and there through the late 7.3's to deplete the stock ford had, but the later ones had plastic tanks... As long as your not planning to put out more boost than NMB2, or even I... Youll be fine with a 6.0 cooler...
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Late 7.3's had plastic tanks... There might be an alloy tank here and there through the late 7.3's to deplete the stock ford had, but the later ones had plastic tanks... As long as your not planning to put out more boost than NMB2, or even I... Youll be fine with a 6.0 cooler...
Reading the guys who swapped from 7.3 to 6.0 cooler, said it was not worth the labor. Take it for what its worth, but that is why I used a 7.3 cooler.
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Well after a 600mi round trip, I got 16.9mpg...going over 2 major passes (Snoqualmie and vantage) and battling some tough winds in eastern WA. I averaged about 75-80mph 2400ish rpm's, 675egt flat 850egt on passes, 6-9psi of boost average, coolant temps highest I saw was 220* going up that long vantage pass....8miles up it (about 10 total) one of the intake boots popped off...EGTs instantly went to 1050* and I had to down shift just to maintain 65....all in all, it did pretty good in the hot eastern wa weather
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That's awesome man.
Have you had it on the rollers since the IC install? I thought I read mention of a dyno day...
I'll probably pick up that cooler tommorow or the day after hopefully. Thinking of how to connect everything, and how to get a reliable connection to the charge pipes without ruining the turbo's ability to go back to non-intercooled should it (the turbo) ever get sold.
Would going with 2 to 2-1/2" charge pipes be a good idea? The idea in my head says going with a smaller diameter charge pipe would be less volume to fill and make any lag or pressure drop smaller.
The experts might debunk my thinking, however.
Have you had it on the rollers since the IC install? I thought I read mention of a dyno day...
I'll probably pick up that cooler tommorow or the day after hopefully. Thinking of how to connect everything, and how to get a reliable connection to the charge pipes without ruining the turbo's ability to go back to non-intercooled should it (the turbo) ever get sold.
Would going with 2 to 2-1/2" charge pipes be a good idea? The idea in my head says going with a smaller diameter charge pipe would be less volume to fill and make any lag or pressure drop smaller.
The experts might debunk my thinking, however.
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Do you have any pictures of your bead roller set-up? I found pictures of cheap ones made from vise-grips but that looks like it could get old in a hurry. Picked up my IC tonight and in keeping with the cheapo theme, I'd like to use regular aluminized exhaust pipe. I'll have to price all options before pulling the trigger though.
Do you have any pictures of your bead roller set-up? I found pictures of cheap ones made from vise-grips but that looks like it could get old in a hurry. Picked up my IC tonight and in keeping with the cheapo theme, I'd like to use regular aluminized exhaust pipe. I'll have to price all options before pulling the trigger though.
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