All, I just bought a 2005 Limited 6.0. It is bone stock with 29K miles. It will be used as a daily driver with towing duty once a month (7000#). What, if any, upgrades make sense? I want to optimize MPG, torque and fun w/o messing up the warrantee or truck. Thank you in advance. Ken

 

Congrats on joining the club. Here's an answer to your question:

Excursion must do's

Have fun!!

 

kc,

welcome to the group!

Bob's list is a good one...the only thing I'll throw out there is I disagree with #5 on it.

The radius rods address a SPECIFIC item that plagues the Ex's...that is true...but it is my opinion that there are other means that are both cheaper and address multiple issues with our Ex...so it is my strong opinion to substitute #5 with either V/B spring pack replacement (do a seach on that) or the RoadMaster Active suspension (RAS).

I'm not bashing the radius rods...but you mention towing a trailer...as I do...the radius rods WILL resolve one aspect of the woeful handling of our Ex's...

But when towing...we need another item resolved...and that is rear spring capacity.

So that's why I suggest either the V/B code spring swap or the RAS...as they fix TWO aspects with ONE mod (axle wrapping AND added rear spring capacity).

The other items are what I would consider needed items...I just disagree with #5 for those of us that tow...because you will need ANOTHER item to resolve the rear end sagging in addition to the radius rods...that's all...

Again...WELCOME to the Ex club!

joe.

 

Welcome to FTE. Do u have any pics?

 

All, Good information. I will post picture soon. Is it worth going down the Exhaust, Intake and programmer road?

 

Ya it is. But before u buy a turner, exhaust, intake, buy gauges.

 

If you ARE going to buy gauges...here's ONE gauge that displays ALL parameters on your OBD2 bus.






You can read all about the capabilities here https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ight=aeroforce

By the time you buy individual gauges...you'll have way more in that setup that this...and personally I like the look of this mounting option on the Ex...

joe.

 

Those diesels EGTs like to run hot with a tuner. Thats why id perfer gauges so u wont mess anything up

 

I'd just look at the tuners that have gauge/monitoring capacity built right in. That's what I've got on my Super Duty PSD and it works quite well.

 

I dont kno what kind of tuner is good for a 6.0. What kind do u have?

Everyone who has a 7.3 says u HAVE to get the DP tuner. But they dont make a dp tuner for the 6.0

 

I like what I read on SCT. Anyone have experience on the Ex 6.0?

 

I've got an Edge. I really like it.

 

Can u really tell a diff with it on the 6.0?

 

Uh... YES. HUGE difference. Any time you can make a 7500lb truck go 0-60 in 7 seconds (3 seconds faster than stock), thats what you call a difference.

At 65mph I get 22-23mpg compared to 16-17 stock. 12.5mpg towing my trailer, vs. 9-10 stock.

 

Thts not bad