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used to start clicking up wards on percents if left idling for a while.
I wonder if the tangential EGR inlet on the Pusher is helping to keep the soot load down versus the 90 degree inlet on the stock intake. It's all anecdotal at this point - long term usage will bear this out.
getting better boost…don’t know if I had loose tubing before and the new tubing fixed it due to proper tightening
the dpf % soot started creeping…so at least that is t broken
temps in the engine bay dropped big time…so if the truck is rolling…it’s probally fine.
What's up with the pics of the temps? So you're saying when you pop the hood now when it's hot, they are less now than when the factory upper intake was still on?
What's up with the pics of the temps? So you're saying when you pop the hood now when it's hot, they are less now than when the factory upper intake was still on?
yesterday after the install I was checking things out and was idling for quite a while…when I checked the heat at various places along the tubes…I was surprised how hot the pipes were.
but today driving around town I checked the pipes when I got back and the tube temps were 50 to 75 degrees less than yesterdays idle temps.
i don’t know what oem temps are so I have nothing to go by.
my heat proof tape will arrive today. Plan on heat proofing the wires and hoses in the area of the pusher tubes.
i am also thinking about removing the sound proof blanket so that heat can more easily transfer to the hood. That sound proof blanket sits pretty low and I don’t think it helps cool things off.
yesterday after the install I was checking things out and was idling for quite a while…when I checked the heat at various places along the tubes…I was surprised how hot the pipes were.
but today driving around town I checked the pipes when I got back and the tube temps were 50 to 75 degrees less than yesterdays idle temps.
i don’t know what oem temps are so I have nothing to go by.
my heat proof tape will arrive today. Plan on heat proofing the wires and hoses in the area of the pusher tubes.
i am also thinking about removing the sound proof blanket so that heat can more easily transfer to the hood. That sound proof blanket sits pretty low and I don’t think it helps cool things off.
Gotcha... check these guys out.. I found them when I first bought my truck and emailed with the guy back and forth... I may still install a set at one point.
Gotcha... check these guys out.. I found them when I first bought my truck and emailed with the guy back and forth... I may still install a set at one point.
i have a black truck so it may be more forgiving on cut hack install on a set of these.
When I found them, I was thinking about the big one for the middle of the hood, but they no longer offer it... to me, this just makes sense, to allow the heat to escape from underneath the hood. But consideration has to be taken for where the alternator and electrical fuse boxes are when putting these in...
Make sure you peruse the site. Lots of stuff to read.
They make one for F150s, the 2015 to 2020s, specifically... if someone where to install the big center one, you'd have to make to fabricate a "gutter" so to speak, out of the sheet metal cut out, to keep rain and melted snow off the alternator and drive belt if the hole was over those.
The one I was considering for the center of the hood was called
WideFlow™ Hood Louvers Hi-Flow™ (32" X 17")
but they no longer offer it. It says that mounted closer to the front, it increases air flow through the radiator and mounted closer to the rear of the hood, heat from engine bay is extracted.
Hey guys, I certainly don’t want to step on speakerfritz thread here but I thought I could add my experience with pusher as I have this installed also.
I got the “full package” from Pusher which included hot and cold side charge tubes along with the coolant re-route. This truck already has the cai when I bought it so I decided to leave that the same for now. I installed this by myself in my barn in approx 6.5hrs. The worse part for me was the bolts on the back side of intake near the firewall.
I’ve been running it for a few weeks and I definitely noticed lower egts, probably 200* lower on a good pull I’d say. Also a tiny bit more sound, but in a good way. Could also be little quicker spool up, but maybe it’s the “justification” affect 🤣
Yes it’s expensive, but I was going to do hot and cold side anyway. Love how it cleans the engine bay up and peace of mind.
Hey guys, I certainly don’t want to step on speakerfritz thread here but I thought I could add my experience with pusher as I have this installed also.
I got the “full package” from Pusher which included hot and cold side charge tubes along with the coolant re-route. This truck already has the cai when I bought it so I decided to leave that the same for now. I installed this by myself in my barn in approx 6.5hrs. The worse part for me was the bolts on the back side of intake near the firewall.
I’ve been running it for a few weeks and I definitely noticed lower egts, probably 200* lower on a good pull I’d say. Also a tiny bit more sound, but in a good way. Could also be little quicker spool up, but maybe it’s the “justification” affect 🤣
Yes it’s expensive, but I was going to do hot and cold side anyway. Love how it cleans the engine bay up and peace of mind.
Hey guys, I certainly don’t want to step on speakerfritz thread here but I thought I could add my experience with pusher as I have this installed also.
I got the “full package” from Pusher which included hot and cold side charge tubes along with the coolant re-route. This truck already has the cai when I bought it so I decided to leave that the same for now. I installed this by myself in my barn in approx 6.5hrs. The worse part for me was the bolts on the back side of intake near the firewall.
I’ve been running it for a few weeks and I definitely noticed lower egts, probably 200* lower on a good pull I’d say. Also a tiny bit more sound, but in a good way. Could also be little quicker spool up, but maybe it’s the “justification” affect 🤣
Yes it’s expensive, but I was going to do hot and cold side anyway. Love how it cleans the engine bay up and peace of mind.
You must have an older version of the S&B because it has the port for the factory restriction gauge... I love how clean it looks without the extra hoses there without the EGR cooler... looks good. You running an oiled filter or dry?
And yeah on the back bolts, especially the inside one on the passenger side. I recently installed the S&S DPK gen 2...
Last edited by Overkill2; Aug 1, 2023 at 02:05 AM.
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Spec'd out with raw finish, plus an upcharge of $200 for 2020+ models, and including the hot-side plumbing, ended up being $1,650. This one also comes with an extra bung for tapping into.
You must have an older version of the S&B because it has the port for the factory restriction gauge... I love how clean it looks without the extra hoses there without the EGR cooler... looks good. You running an oiled filter or dry?
And yeah on the back bolts, especially the inside one on the passenger side. I recently installed the S&S DPK gen 2...
Im running dry filter, I could never get comfortable with oiled.
