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Mar 9, 2007 | 02:11 PM

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symonds86

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questions on adding a turbo

i recently bought an 87 f25o w/ a 6.9 NA, and as soon as i sell my ford Ranger i would like to get a banks sidewinder turbo kit for it. My question is will i have to stud the heads when i add the turbo, i have read that if ya increase boost you should, but if i am running stock amounts of boost on a NA motor will i be ok ?

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Mar 9, 2007 | 02:18 PM

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sampatton

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how many miles are one the truck? with stock boost levels you should be fine with head bolts.

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Mar 9, 2007 | 06:08 PM

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about 200,000

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Mar 9, 2007 | 08:29 PM

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Spectramac

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You'll be fine. 87's had the most updated headgaskets of all the 6.9s.

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Mar 9, 2007 | 09:23 PM

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ok thanks guys, as soon as i sell the ranger and get the kit i'll do a right up of putting it all togather and take plenty of pics

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