I have been thinking about doing one of these for a while but never had enough modifications to really make it a good read... well... that has changed.
Goal:
650rwhp plus DAILY DRIVER
New plans for the build :
205/75 or 100% Injectors from Holder Diesel ** Edit ** Now upgraded to 225/75%
KC68 Turbo
Block bored over .020
New pistons with the bowl machined
Assembly balanced bottom end
Stage 1 Colt Cam
New Lifters
6.4 push rods
Ported / Polished head
O-ringed head
Valve seats
Bronze valve guides
Sinister up pipes
SilverLine 4" exhaust - Turbo back
S&B cold air intake
BPD FICM - 58v
EGR delete
Driven Diesel Reg Return
1/2" Sump feeding 6.4 high vol pump
Adrenaline HPOP
I know I am overlooking several modifications... but follow the thread.. I am sure everything will be listed eventually..
So it all started back in 2012...
I traded in my SRT8 charger for a bone stock 2006 F250 from a local Ford dealership with just 48,000 miles on it for $28,000
First modification that came was a 4" turbo back silverline exhaust
Then of course came the SCT x3 from Innovative with their three files.
After a short period of time, I gave Chris B. out at TSD a shot with his mild panty dropper.
Fast forward a couple months and I started turning wrenches for Bill ( owner of PHP ) on the weekends. This is where the addition to performance really got heavy. We put my truck on the dyno running the MPD from Chris B. with Bill's ATLAS 40 FICM program. 9.8.12 - 423 hp & 960 ft-lbs
Here is just a couple random photos of the truck as well as the closest thing I have to a child.
And when he was a puppy in my old F150
Back to the truck mods and fast forward a few more months and with the paranoia of driving a 6.0l with stock head bolts, I sent my truck over to Elite Diesel in Duluth, GA to do the studs on my truck.
Next came the four inch lift from the guys over at Pure Performance
As you can see here, I run the load leveling bags.
On the rear suspension on this truck I have pulled one of the rear springs to soften the ride. This caused the axle wrap to become worse so I gave Miles Flight a shout on a set of traction bars.
Somewhere in the mix of things I installed an AIS water meth kit set to flow 14 gph while activated at 18 psi.
A few more 'go fast' goodies came next.
I installed the Stage 3 KC68 along with Holder Diesel's 190/30% injectors.
Then to dyno the combination of 190/30s, KC68, and with w/m 693 rwhp
After a week of running with this stout freaking motor, I had it dyno'd at Darkhorse's dyno day... This is where crap hit the fan. The first pull never got the charger to light for some reason. The second lit but the truck did not sound healthy. It laid down 625 rwhp 'ish' Then the third was even worse at mid 5s. The truck was pulled off the dyno dumping smoke out of the CCV and oil fill tube not to mention the lope at idle. Josh at Darkhorse ran his IDS on the truck which showed a relative contribution test that resulted in cyl 1 being low 8%
I had the truck towed back to the shop by Patrick aka Buckoff and the following week the tear down began.
Cyl 1 piston melt:
Cyl wall:
As the progress sits this morning:
Goal:
650rwhp plus DAILY DRIVER
New plans for the build :
205/75 or 100% Injectors from Holder Diesel ** Edit ** Now upgraded to 225/75%
KC68 Turbo
Block bored over .020
New pistons with the bowl machined
Assembly balanced bottom end
Stage 1 Colt Cam
New Lifters
6.4 push rods
Ported / Polished head
O-ringed head
Valve seats
Bronze valve guides
Sinister up pipes
SilverLine 4" exhaust - Turbo back
S&B cold air intake
BPD FICM - 58v
EGR delete
Driven Diesel Reg Return
1/2" Sump feeding 6.4 high vol pump
Adrenaline HPOP
I know I am overlooking several modifications... but follow the thread.. I am sure everything will be listed eventually..
So it all started back in 2012...
I traded in my SRT8 charger for a bone stock 2006 F250 from a local Ford dealership with just 48,000 miles on it for $28,000
First modification that came was a 4" turbo back silverline exhaust
Then of course came the SCT x3 from Innovative with their three files.
After a short period of time, I gave Chris B. out at TSD a shot with his mild panty dropper.
Fast forward a couple months and I started turning wrenches for Bill ( owner of PHP ) on the weekends. This is where the addition to performance really got heavy. We put my truck on the dyno running the MPD from Chris B. with Bill's ATLAS 40 FICM program. 9.8.12 - 423 hp & 960 ft-lbs
Here is just a couple random photos of the truck as well as the closest thing I have to a child.
And when he was a puppy in my old F150
Back to the truck mods and fast forward a few more months and with the paranoia of driving a 6.0l with stock head bolts, I sent my truck over to Elite Diesel in Duluth, GA to do the studs on my truck.
Next came the four inch lift from the guys over at Pure Performance
As you can see here, I run the load leveling bags.
On the rear suspension on this truck I have pulled one of the rear springs to soften the ride. This caused the axle wrap to become worse so I gave Miles Flight a shout on a set of traction bars.
Somewhere in the mix of things I installed an AIS water meth kit set to flow 14 gph while activated at 18 psi.
A few more 'go fast' goodies came next.
I installed the Stage 3 KC68 along with Holder Diesel's 190/30% injectors.
Then to dyno the combination of 190/30s, KC68, and with w/m 693 rwhp
After a week of running with this stout freaking motor, I had it dyno'd at Darkhorse's dyno day... This is where crap hit the fan. The first pull never got the charger to light for some reason. The second lit but the truck did not sound healthy. It laid down 625 rwhp 'ish' Then the third was even worse at mid 5s. The truck was pulled off the dyno dumping smoke out of the CCV and oil fill tube not to mention the lope at idle. Josh at Darkhorse ran his IDS on the truck which showed a relative contribution test that resulted in cyl 1 being low 8%
I had the truck towed back to the shop by Patrick aka Buckoff and the following week the tear down began.
Cyl 1 piston melt:
Cyl wall:
As the progress sits this morning: