Well, i figured i would give you guys a little taste of what all i have done to my truck over the past 3 years. Let me know what you guys think, i have attempted to build it to still be a daily driver, and to be able to hook to the 30' gooseneck and yank around whatever i want to.

Truck:
2008 Ford F-250 XL
6.4L Powerstroke Diesel
Manual Transmission
Extended Cab Long Bed
ESOF 4x4

Mods Done Prior to Purchase:
17" offset wheels
(I liked these so i have kept them)




The week after i bought the truck

Mods Done Immediately After Purchase:
H&S Mini Maxx Race Tuner
-I absolutely love this tuner, very easy to install and update really woke the truck up.
-I initially ran it for one day before deleting the DPF and after i saw how high the egt's got during regen the dpf came off that night.

Flo Pro 4" Turbo back race pipe
-Removal of the stock exhaust was a pain, but the Flo Pro system installed like a dream

Afe dry intake
-slightly indifferent about this intake, if i was going to do it again i would probably go with an S&B system

I Ran the truck like this for about three months back and forth to work about 100 miles/ day and was seeing around 17-18 mpg

The rest of my mods have been fairly unscheduled, whenever i could afford things i would work at it little by little.

Sinister Diesel egr delete with intake elbow
-installation was a little tricky to do myself, because i couldnt reach everything (i have short arms haha) one of my buddies ended up helping me get the horizontal egr cooler removed.
-noticed a minor change in the exhaust/turbo note (a good change)




EGR delete and intake elbow installed

Coolant Filter
-i built this myself using a baldwin filter base and a filter without any additives
-i would highly recommend this, after the first filter change i got all kinds of sediment out of the cooling system.
-I also ditched the ford coolant in favor of Fleetguard





Coolant FIlter

Mishimoto Radiator
-It was only a matter of time... the stock rad started leaking one day on my way to work
-Installation wasn't too bad, i needed someone to help me lift it in and out of the truck, but other wise i did it myself.




Radiator install

Southbend Dual Disc street clutch
-i went with the heaviest clutch Southbend sold that i could still trailer with
-Havent been able to make it slip yet, big improvement over being able to break the stock one free in overdrive on the highway at anything more than 1/2 throttle




Southbend clutch Install




Sinister Diesel cold side CAC tube
-I havent really noticed any difference in EGTs or MPGs with this
-Not fun to install

ARP head studs
-I had this done more out of a safety standpoint rather than needing to do it

BD Diesel manifolds and up pipes
-Honestly it seems to have made the truck slightly more sluggish, but i may just need to change my fuel filters and air filter (too early to tell, they have only been on for a week)

Mishimoto Radiator (again)
-I have been extremely pleased with Mishimoto, i noticed that after about a year the rad that i had installed was leaking, one call to Mishimoto later and they were shipping a new (revised) unit to my doorstep.

All in all the truck is a blast to drive, and will pull just about anything. Let me know what you guys think, is there something else you think i should do?

 

Looks good. How do you like your KC lights? I chose to put a 32" led light bar in my grill. Turned out pretty good I think. What kind of mileage are you currently getting after all your mods?

 

Honestly the kc's suck, I got them just as the light bars began to get popular and were still $$$. I have a 22" bar that might replace those in the near future.

As far as mileage goes, i don't do much highway driving anymore, but around town in getting about 16 that's not keeping my foot out of it. If i reset the lie-o-meter when I'm cruising on the highway it'll push up around 22.

 

Nice Job, should last you a good long time.

 

How did you install headstuds?

 

How is the mishimoto radiator?? I just ordered one today.

 

We'll the first one didn't last, but the second one has been doing well so far. I can't say enough good things about Mishimoto, they were a pleasure to deal with when it came to warranty on the original rad. I would recommend them to anyone.

 

@longview1

I had them installed by my local shop, progressive diesel injection.

 

Great Build! Your convincing me to do a lot of this stuff myself! How long di it take you to do the EGR delete? I have herd it can be quite the PITA.

 

Probably around the 4 hour mark, it's Been almost two years but I think that's about how long it took. Biggest issue I had was reaching the horizontal cooler bolts (short arms... Couldn't reach from the creeper or from on top had to bribe my buddy with beer to come help) other than that it was pretty straight forward.