My new ride

 

Hey, That's one of those big EXcursions! I know this online forum that is all about them, you can go there and let those folks spend all of your money making it even cooler!


Welcome to the EX forum and family! And Merry Christmas!
Nice looking EX you have there, tall us more about it.

 

Has 4" exhaust and gear head programer 131,000 6"lift trying to learn more about 7.3. going to put air intake next week.. my first diesel engine.

 

Have you visited the 7.3 forum here at FTE? Those guys there will learn you everything you ever wanted to know (and more!) about that awesome oil burner. Do you have a set of gauges to monitor the vitals?

 

Welcome to the EX forum! And Merry Christmas!

 

Yes it does

 

Nice EX

I like the tire/rim combo. Looks sharp!

Get ready to hear all the awesome suggestions of how to spend your money on mods!!

 

Thanks can't wait to make it better...

 

Welcome to FTE - Excursion madness!

 

GREAT lookin EX.

And the folks are correct, there are all sorts of things to spend money on the Excursion.

Welcome to the forum. Love your Ex. Have any pix of the inside?

 

Yeees, another twin

For the intake, stay away from K&N, or any oil based filter. They tend not to work so well on a turbo application as the higher boost and airflow can de-oil the filter onto your compressor wheel and such. 6637 or a Ford AIS are good choices. Gearhead is by far, IMO, on of the best tuners out there for the 7.3. Matt and Lars know their stuff and are great to work with, I'm on revision 8 or 9 on some of my tunes, 12 and 14 on others - all free.

Look into throwing a 6.0 trans cooler on it too, bolts in and some 1/2 to 3/& line adapters and you're done. WAY better cooling capabilities over the piddly little 7-row 7.3 cooler, which, coincidentally, is also the smallest cooler out of all engine options for the Excursion.

Finally, does it have gauges or any monitor program? In stock configuration the tune doesn't really require anything to be monitored outside of trans temp if you're towing. With a tuner, you generally have some things you want to keep an eye on. Gearhead is good about EGT management via tuning, however the hot tune can bring the EGTs into the high side of you rail on it hard and long enough. More of a precaution than a necessity, but still a good thing to have.

 

Hey you got the best color combo!! Nicely done and congrats on the sweet ride!

 

Location? I want to come steal... errrr borrow those wheels!!!