Lookin at puttin one on mine. The hardest part looks like the fittings on the back of the heads. Is there nicer or cheaper kits out there? What are the majority running? If you installed it yourself how long did it take and how difficult was gettin to those back fittings?

thanx

 

IMHO there is definitely not a nicer kit on the market. It took me 4 hours to install mine in the driveway. I did the back fittings from underneath. I took the y-pipe loose at the turbo and at the manifolds to make it easier to get to. If you still have the EGR cooler connected at the y-pipe then you'll have to take that loose also. It's also a good time to do away with that nightmare. The ITP kit comes with a cutoff long handle allen wrench designed specifically for getting to those plugs. Although the kit comes labeled, I took the time to lay everything out before hand and marked everything with a Sharpie to make install bulletproff. You probably won't be able to do it in 4 hours unless you're very experienced and/or your bolts are very easy to get loose. Plan a whole day and TAKE YOUR TIME. The hardest thing is cutting the passenger front fuel line and getting it out, although I personally had a more difficult time with the drivers side line for whatever reason.

 

every thing looks fairly straight forward. I was just alittle worried about gettin to the back of the heads. Havent done anything my self on the 6.0 yet. Guess i gotta just jump in at some point.lol Not sure if the 8in lift is gonna make it easier or harder to get to those fittings?? It would probably void the warrenty on my motor, so im gonna have to wait until the heads lift so i can get studs done under warrenty.lol

 

I'm not sure how the fuel system would void the warranty on your motor unless you have a really really picky dealership of somekind and besides that, your warranty should be very very close to expiration timewise anyway???

 

I got a new motor when i bought the truck in december, so it has a two year unlimited mile. I'll have to talk to my connection at the dealer and see what he says.

 

With your lift you should take the front wheel well liners out and get at the rear fittings from the sides.. At least let some light in and have a better view of things.. Pulling the intake all the way to the turbo will help when it comes time to make the hard to flex connection on the DS..

I went from the bottom and removed the DS exhaust manifold, which allowed the up-pipe to be moved enough for better access to that fitting..



When you install the rear copper crushwashers/hardline/banjo bolt assy's, put a small dab of grease on the cyl head washer to keep it from falling off.. Keeping all that together, while trying to thread the banjo into a blind hole, can get frustrating..

When you TQ them, be careful.. You don't want to break one in half like I did..



There was enough sticking out that I could grab it with a pair of channellocks to remove the broken piece from the cyl head.. The copper washers do the sealing.. I went about an 1/8 turn past snug and have no leaks..

The routing on the front/upper pass side line could be spelled out a little clearer, IMO.. I fished mine around a few times before I found the right spot..



Otherwise, give yourself a day if you've never wrenched on your 6.0... Take your time and it's a straight forward install.. IMO, this is the best kit on the market and i'm very happy with mine.. There are cheaper, but you get what you pay for..

 

is there enough room to get a tq wrench on the back of the head?

 

I didn't even try.. I knew mine wouldn't fit.. It's tight back there.. I cut down an open end wrench to tighten the fittings..

 

I just installed mine this past weekend, but iwas doing alot other stuff at the same time, so i had the down pipe, y pipe and turbo out of the way so it was a lot easier, i can see how those rear fittings would be apita to get to with the pipes stiil installed as the directions say.

 

The other helpful hint that hasn't been mentioned is that it helps to have another person to hold the back lines in place from the top while you're trying to fish the washers and banjo bolts in place. I will say that this is one install that went basically flawlessly for me and I already knew what I was up against when I started.

William is right about the front PS line....it takes a little fishing to get it in the right spot around the injector harness/plug and alternator wiring, but what doesn't take a little fishing on a 6.0, right?

 

Thanx alot for the help guys. Just took at elites kit, and it doesnt look near as nice and costs like 50% more. definatly looks like itp is the way to go.

 

One heads up on this install and this happened to me is that the allen wrench they give you is pretty short on that end and doesn't go into the pllug very far. My plugs were pretty tight and i striped one of them out, talk about a pain to get out after that. I know it's a little more work but if you take the y pipe loose from the turbo and both manifolds you got a lot more room to work and you can get a better (longer) allen wrench in there to get a bite on those plugs. As far a torquing them down, there's only one that got the torque wrench and that was the front passenger side, the back ones i couldn't find a 5 inch torque wrench anywhere.