Intake system upgrades/maintenance
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Going to attempt at installing a 6.4 intake manifold - Ford Powerstroke Diesel Forum
Lilpooh had some teaser photos in the "What did you do to your 6.0 today" thread
A lot of work involved, no doubt about that.
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Although that would be really nice, I don't think it's probably worth the work to try and make the 6.4 intake manifold work for myself. lol I think at this time I'm gonna get the OEM metal cold side pipe, Riffraff diesel couplers, S&B intake (going to try and push 500WHP). Intercoolers are too expensive for these trucks, not to mention the factory one has been said to work very well. I've thought about getting the aftermarket intercooler pipes and the intake inlet elbow, but they don't seem to be worth the money.
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I hate to say it or point it out, but the 6.0 FTE forum is fairly closed minded to new or out of the box ideas.
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I have an intake elbow but didn't notice any difference and for what you're planning on doing to your truck I really don't think an intercooler or larger pipes would help you with a stock turbo. If you plan on going with a larger turbo and injectors then I'd say you'd probably want that help.
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I have an intake elbow but didn't notice any difference and for what you're planning on doing to your truck I really don't think an intercooler or larger pipes would help you with a stock turbo. If you plan on going with a larger turbo and injectors then I'd say you'd probably want that help.
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A custom sheet metal intake manifold wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate, using the dual alternator brackets to use the lower alternator plus a big, free flowing intercooler elbow.
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So, I finally found my answer to some of these questions. Lilpooh states in a few places that the stock intercooler pipes and elbow are not the restriction. The head ports and intake are the first places that would need work before you'd see gains from bigger intercooler pipes or intake elbow. Since I plan on not doing anything with the intake or heads then I'll pass on those items. Also, the aftermarket intercoolers are kind of the same thing. They're only really recommended if you're pushing past 45 PSI as the stock intercooler will not handle pressures past that for long. Besides that there's very little gain.
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The only reason I can see for the aftermarket elbow is for the
added ports for water/methanol injection and a boost pressure
gauge. Also you could even pass on that with some weld in bungs.
That is if you are a good welder or know one.
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added ports for water/methanol injection and a boost pressure
gauge. Also you could even pass on that with some weld in bungs.
That is if you are a good welder or know one.
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That's the only reason I've seen people buy the elbows. Even still, 200 dollars for one of those is ridiculous. I simply drilled and tapped my factory one without a problem for my boost gauge and will do the same for the water/methanol injection.