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Old 03-15-2012, 03:30 PM
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New to the 6.0 stroker world ?????

hey guy im new to the forum and looks like people no what the hell there saying on hear so im posting my first post. I have a 06 f-250 reg cab 4x4 leveling kit 33's 18s mods are afe intake and 5inch cat back.Plus i got a power pup programer but from what im seeing i need to sell it lol. I want to no what are some things i should do to this thing to set it up for good mpg for every day driving and have a tune that makes really good power with out studing the heads to have some fun with. Please let me no
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Old 03-15-2012, 03:36 PM
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First get a monitoring solution like a scangauge2, edge CS/CTS and figure out the health of your motor.

If all is well, then think about deleting the EGR cooler, and get rid of that power puppy and get the SCT for big boys

get custom tunes from any of the major tuners...

Eric @ Innovative
Matt @ Gearhead
Vivian @ Quicktricks

Also,
Do some reading on the 6.0 to learn all about it

Things to consider about owning a 6.0L
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Eli's post will give you a good start.
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So pretty much gauges pull egr out and a sct and change coolant and keep some good oil in it I got 42k what kinda oil u guy using and what kinda power can I pull out of it with out getting my heads studed
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Synthetic oil 5w40

Right at 400-420

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No such thing as just PULLING egr out... need to get a delete kit

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Old 03-16-2012, 05:58 AM
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Thats what i was looking at was the kit to delete. what are some good website to get some gauges can i just get a pod and run what i need there or get a lcd edge to watch whats going on also??
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