Well due to a job position change I’m going to be living in my fifth wheel during the week for a bit until I figure out a more permanent place. So instead of piling the miles on my 2016 I’m thinking of using the 6.0. It’s a 06 with 150k on it. I’m going to have to pull the lift out which I’ve been wanting to do anyway so that’s fine. Currently it’s all stock including the torque to yield head bolts except it has a edge juice , 4 inch axle dump, and AFE air intake on it. I bought it this way and don’t drive it enough to have changed it yet.(I mainly bought it because it’s a Colorado rust free truck I bought ridiculously cheap). Looking for opinions on what all will I need to do to make it pull the 12k well? I know it’ll never pull the fifth wheel like my 6.7, but I’d think it’d be capable of pulling the 12k reasonably well. I won’t head stud it until it would need head gaskets as I just don’t believe in doing it until it’s due. But I’m thinking a SCT tuner and dump the edge, change the exhaust out to a full turbo back with muffler side exit exhaust. Looking like an EGR delete is hard to come by these days so I’m not sure where to go with that. Thought about some of the BPD oil and EGR coolers but they appear to be mighty proud of those. Any input will be appreciated. Thanks in adavance.

 

Dump the Edge Juice. Plan on needing head work.

 

If the truck was stock and well maintained I would say hook up, engage tow/haul, drive professionally, and you should be fine....However with your description of the truck configuration ditto "Plan on needing head work" Sorry, Russ

 

Get rid of the edge, buy an SCT and talk to Gearhead about custom tunes. Matt offers a great unlimited tow tune and it really shifts great plus a few others as part of a package deal if interested.

DO NOT tow with any "performance" tunes installed, and monitor engine parameters closely.

I do not regret any of my BPD additions and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

 

I don’t plan to leave the edge at all, just letting you know it was there. Since you guys are basically saying I have no choice but to do the heads and studs to make the truck reliable to tow 300 miles a week I’ll probably just dump it and use my 99 to haul it around. Maybe use the cash to do some upgrades to it instead.

 

What we are saying is a tuner and towing sometimes creates the need for better sealing of the heads. If you don't get the right tune, then the transmission might not be the most reliable component when towing a lot.

Just stating there are no guarantees, and your truck is far from being stock. Who knows what kind of life it had before you bought it.

 

I know from the several 6.0’s I’ve had the head gaskets are always a ticking time bomb. But I don’t believe in doing them until one blows. So far I’ve never had to do a set. That’s not saying I have not had 6.0’s that the head gaskets were done because I have. So with that my thought is dump the edge go to a sct with custom tunes and keep it very mild to close to stock. Delete the egr or go to an upgraded cooler if there’s something reasonable, go back to a 4 inch turbo back exhaust with side exit, coolant filter, and of coarse drop it back down some. Anything I’m missing? I rebuilt the transmission when I bought it, so it’s got about 5k on the transmission rebuild. I’m assuming the edge is cause if the early transmission failure from what I know about the edge.

 

Keep the fuel pressure up - saves the injectors. In fact, install a fuel pressure gauge.
Keep the heat down, lots of old plastic and wiring (and wiring harnesses are getting hard to find).
Use good oil.

 

Wouldn’t pull without gauges, so they’ll be on the list I do use a scangauge II to monitor FICM voltage and check deltas. Blue spring mod probably a good idea? I run Rotella T6 in everything, so that’ll be what I run unless you guys have a better product you recommend.

 

Scan gauge is good enough for watching engine parameters. It just doesn't pull codes very well.
The Blue Spring mod is good, but there are lots of things that can drop fuel pressure. You need that pressure sensor/gauge.
Rotella T6 will work. Don't go past 5k miles on the OCI. I prefer the Mobil Delvac 1 5W40 or the Mobil TDT 5W40.

 

Would the BPD EGR cooler be worth spending the cash on? My current deltas are in check. I do plan to get a pillar mounted fuel pressure gauge, was just wondering if I should or shouldn’t do that blue spring mod.

 

IMO - yes it is a good upgrade to do.