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upgrade questions/suggestions?
I have a F350, 2004 with a bully dog intake and 4" dynamax exhaust from turbo back. Im looking at ARP's with new head gaskets, EGR delete, Oil cooler from Liberator Diesel and possible intake elbow. Is there anything else I should be doing? Im thinking possibly a bigger/better intercooler. I do pull a 12,000 pound gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters about 10 times a year. Any info or suggestions would be great! Thanks for your input!
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I have the head diesel mechanic at one of the Cincy dealers working on the side on my truck. He states the Bully Dog is ok, the K&N filter and such should not be used.
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OK doesn't mean an improvement. Unless you start getting to the 500 h.p. level you are gaining nothing over the stock filter, intake system. It's your money and truck. Not here to debate. Do some homework on this and other sites. You can learn alot.
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I forgot, the gauges are already in also. At what point with the trailer should I be worried about the trans and any ideas????
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The trans is fully capable of towing 12k in stock form.....just be sure you follow a rigid maintenance schedule with the proper fluid & filter.
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I have a F350, 2004 with a bully dog intake and 4" dynamax exhaust from turbo back. Im looking at ARP's with new head gaskets, EGR delete, Oil cooler from Liberator Diesel and possible intake elbow. Is there anything else I should be doing? Im thinking possibly a bigger/better intercooler. I do pull a 12,000 pound gooseneck horse trailer with living quarters about 10 times a year. Any info or suggestions would be great! Thanks for your input!
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I have a 2003 F250 6.0 Turbo diesel. I have a 4 inch Magnaflow exhaust with the cat. It is still really mellow without any deep tones. I would like to keep it legal and keep the cat. So will deleting the muffer cause it to hiss too bad? Anyone hear this muffer delete and can give me advice? I'll still have the cat to keep the turbo noise down a little....I figure.
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I was planning on SCT tuner, which ones are better and who's the best at programing? I read it a while back but I have forgotten. Is the oil cooler, the remote one that Liberator is now selling worth it? Also I live in the cincy area, I know its not the rocky's but everywhere we go, we have hills!! Figured the oil cooler would help keep things more cool with it???
And as for the exhaust question, I have not cat and if you want to call it a muffler, truck has a very deep tone and you can hear the turbo alot more with it.
And as for the exhaust question, I have not cat and if you want to call it a muffler, truck has a very deep tone and you can hear the turbo alot more with it.
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For the sct I would go with innvotative diesel. Eric writes some of the best trans programs on the market. To me I don't think the remote oil cooler is worth the money they wan for it. I would just install a coolant filter and rebuild the oil cooler if it were to go out. I don't think the liberator one is bad I just don't think it is worth spending all that money on it.
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