I'm searching for an intercooler for the 6.0 on ebay, craigslist, etc. I found a few fairly cheap. Which is better. The all aluminum? Or the plastic ends? I was leaning toward the all metal. Thanks.

 

IIRC all the 6.0 units are plastic tanks
from what i understand the all metal is better for high boost but i think its more boost then most run

 

I've only seen all metal I/Cs for the 7.3L. I thought all the 6.0L I/Cs had plastic tanks, too!

 

maybe, maybe this guy/gal doesn't know http://smd.craigslist.org/pts/1266908372.html

i like the idea of the metal ends for clamping force. no way will i ever make enough boost to NEED the all metal one

 

Diesel Power Products makes a good all metal intercooler too.

 

That's a 7.3 I/C. Look at the title of the ad:
"97-03 Ford Intercooler F250 F350 7.3L 6.0L - $100 (Lusby)"

Why he put "6.0L" in there is beyond me...

 

i actually went to look at this one before he put pics with the ad, was hopin i found someone that didn't know what they had and told him that was a stock 7.3 ic but it looked like someone cut the inlet off of it and welded it back on

 

I thought I read somewhere, that after 2001 maybe? it was hit or miss with plastic or metal ends. could be mistaken, it happens, occassionally

 

my e 99 had metal ends,, and as far as clamping force the 6.0 take out i bought had metal stiffeners in the intercooler pipes

 

what is the BEST boot kit available for the 6.0 I/C swap?
I will probably just buy the bottom boots unless I can get all 4 new at a great price

 

i used clay's boots they were simply awesome
all six was ~$110 IIRC
just pm him

 

I used Clay's boots for my 6.0 IC swap too. Easy to do and great service.

 

You only need one -- it's on the hot-side. The 7.3L I/C is 3.25" on both sides, the 6.0L I/C is 3" on the hot side (inlet), 3.25" on the cold side (outlet). The stock boots both taper from 3.25" to 3". You just need a 3" to 3" non-tapered boot. I thought it was the other way, but when I tried to put mine in, I had a the right tapered boot, but not a straight 3" boot. Had to put the 7.3 I/C back in. At least I got 6.0L trans cooler in... That was actually much easier without the I/C in place so it wasn't really a bad thing that I pulled it.

 

There is almost no way besides measuring to tell what inlet/outlet size you have. I have seen early 99's with both 3.25" on both and 3" on both. They are all mixed and matched, why I don't know. So just figure on measuring when you do this you save yourself some headache.

 

I had all the right sized factory boots and no matter how hard I tried they weren't long enough...I fought them for over an hour on each side
Clays boots took me 20 min total to install