What exactly is the inner cooler and how does it work? on the new 6.0 or course.

 

hi. Anytime you supercharge (or turbocharge) an engine the air that is moved by the turbo/ blower creates heat. SO an Intercooler is used to keep the intake air temps down and pro-long engine life.

 

And cooler air builds more HP.......to a point!

 

Ahha thanks guys!
another dumb one.
I only drive my truck on the weekends, now here in Denver now it dips to low 20's. Should I plug the truck in the night before I drive it or should I plug it in everynight and unplug it in the morning even though I will not be driving it? ( make sence ? )

 

Leave it unpluged if you are not going to drive it.
Seems some do not "plug" until it really gets cold.........hum


Plugging ...........has a price$$$$

 

Even if it gets really cold? and I dont drive it.

 

The guys up in Alaska could answer that.
There are a number of them hanging around in FTE.
They will show up here

 

I don't know very many up here in Alaska who leave their trucks plugged in for days at a time - too expensive. Even at temps in Fairbanks of -40 to -50 below we don't. Many will leave their trucks plugged in overnight if its real cold as it takes a little longer to warm up.

Also might note that in Fairbanks and further North we have plug-ins at most work places and the airport (mainly for Air Quality reasons - they want us starting warm cars which put out less emmisions). Most of those plugs cycle off and on every thirty minutes hence even in those cases your truck really isn't plugged in and the heater on all the time. On the North Slope and along the Northern sections of the Transalaska pipeline we leave the trucks plugged in overnight and I think the outlets are hot all night but those trucks are treated like (you know what) and are in many cases driven in very extremene conditions (to -70F with blowing snow) and are either driven for very short trips (accross the compound - and then left to idle all day) or on Hours long drives.

As for when to plug the truck in. Mine is new hence I've been kind of babying it. Been plugging it in whenever its likely to be below 20F at night. If temps are in the teens or above, I turn the heater on about an hour before I leave. (I have a switch in the house for the outlet). If its below zero I might leave the heater on for a few hours. Once I stop babying it, I probably won't be plugging it in until temps are likely to be below 0-10F. I hardly ever plugged my 7.3L in before then - ocassionally got the romps but that was running Dino 15W-40. On the other hand the 6.0L seems to be a little more sensitive to cold then the 7.3L hence I may tend to plug it in more often. As for the conditions you describe, most of the time I'd probably not even plug it in and if I did it would only be for a couple hours before I was ready to drive off.

 

 

Thanks guys!