dave got a pic of the top of your engine that you can show?

 

That is not my truck or engine, just downloaded the pictures for reference.
I think it is an ATS kit, cost about 1100 dollars.

 

My engine looks like this, and I love to show it off.

 

$1100 for an IC kit...damn!

 

https://www.atsdiesel.com/PDF/7.3_ID...er_Ford_A1.pdf

http://www.atsdiesel.com/ATSWebsite/...ntercooler.asp

1047 dollars, right now I did not see an IDI intercooler price.
Most of the parts are the same though.

 

damn nice engine.

here is a few of my truck and engine








not as nice as yours but i havent had the truck that long

still need to figure out why it has a alt. from a 90 f-350

 

Getting ready to turn over 409,000 miles this week sometime.

 

wow mine only has 159,000 . and there are only 49k on the engine. i want to clean up alot of the wires . do a bit of body work. and eventually take it to work and repaint it .

how did you tie in your intercooler on your truck?

 

I have no intercooler.

The snow plow I have has a steel plate 1/2" thick across the frame horns that goes from the top of the bumper down to about 8" below the bottom of the bumper.

I do pitty the person that pulls out in front of me if I can't get stopped.
That plate is not going to bend.

If I could get an intercooler in there, there would be no way the air flow could get to it.
So I left the money in my wallet.

If I had time, I could rework the radiator shell so the radiator sat back farther.
Then I could move the condenser for the AC back and still have room for the intercooler.

Getting a good air flow to it would still be a hard row to hoe though.

My other option would be trash the AC and remove that condenser, which would then leave me enough room up top for the intercooler.

This is what I use for lower EGT.


That scoop goes right to the turbo air filter box.
With it hooked up my EGT drops 250 degrees on average and the top boost goes up about 5 PSI at highway speeds.

 

still hoping for those pics of the top of daves engine

 

What are you wanting to see?

 

I think junk yards are a good source to find intercoolers. Where you pull your own parts are the cheapest and best to go around with tape and find one that will fit where you want it to go. When you get a intercooler, also snag yourself an electric radiator fan that you can connect to a switch. Then for those times you are pulling hard you can switch it on to keep the temp down. And it gives you options of mounting it where it wont get a lot of direct air flow. Lots of powerstrokes in junk yards with a large intercooler... might be hard to fit though.

I am researching water injection for the cooling and the cleaning effects and there is a power boost component as well. Eventually I will get around to trying it out. I learned that the inline fuel pump on the F150 EFI are stainless steel and 150 psi (all fuel pumps are $20 at the PickNPull around here). Then for the $20 they want for the new ones, I think it is best to get new nozzles direct from a water injection manufacturer, then you know you are getting proper atomization and you can get the proper size nozzle(s) for your engine. But I still haven't heard back from Snow as to what nozzle they recommend for the 6.9L application, nor from ATS. Then you could get a MAP sensor (all sensors $10ea, U Pull It) And set it up to regulate injection by boost pressure. The nozzles are designed to put out half their rated value at 60psi and up to 150% of rated value at 150 psi. I haven't tried this, but couldn't I regulate the pressure output of a pump by controlling the voltage put to it? I could design my own or spend the money on a new complete kit, even then you still have to be sure to get the settings right. I am still researching it so my thoughts may not be complete.

 

I have a Saab and I wonder if the intercooler from it would be of use? although they are hard to find in junk yards (and the Saab wrecker charges way too much, so I always try to find them at the foreign car PickNPull). It is pretty small, guessing 16" by 16". Not sure that you would get enough cooling effect to make it worth the work to install it. But a small electric fan fits right to it and covers the whole surface area.

 

how your intercooler is routed into the top of your truck . and a good pic of the entire top of the engine

 

I do not have an intercooler on my truck, so it would be very hard for me to take a picture of it.

See post #24.