subscribing! Ill be starting mine oct 1
She's under the knife, My build thread. Lots' Pics.
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Well guys after months and months of waiting it has finally started. 
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On Friday I started on my 6.0 shopping list of all the parts I was gonna need to stud/play. I have a whole heaping pile'o parts coming in the mail all week this week. Fed-ex and UPS are gonna hate me by the end of the week lol.
So instead of doing a write-up on how to do it I decided to just take some pics here and there just showing the progress of my build. I think the head studs and gasket swap has been thoroughly covered enough.
With my build I decided for now that I'm just going to stud it and finish up the rest of the updated parts. For the go fast goodies I decided to go with a Hybrid from Adrain and have Jesse build me a set of 175's. Eventually I will end up with a ficm tuner. (probably sooner than later, after installing my dashboss I found that my ficm is starting to go. Running at 47-47.5 but sometimes falling to 45v)
So here are the pics so far. This is only about 5 hours total at this point. Anyone who is considering doing this job. DO IT it's not that hard at all. It all comes apart pretty easily. Just stay organized take pics if you have to and TAKE YOUR TIME. The key to success in this is not to get in a big hurry and screw something up. And just for reference all this is being done with only two power tools and no air tools. All I have for power tools is 1 - 3/8" drive cordless impact gun and 1 - 1/2" drive cordless impact. Everything else is all hand tools ratchets sockets wrenches etc.
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That wraps up day one. Hopefully tomorrow weather permitting I can get the passenger side inner wheel well out, pull the a/c evaporator, pull the fan, pull the turbo and get the oil filter stand pipe and housing out so I can pull the intake manifold. I'll keep you updated. Lol wish me luck.
hnoes: On Friday I started on my 6.0 shopping list of all the parts I was gonna need to stud/play. I have a whole heaping pile'o parts coming in the mail all week this week. Fed-ex and UPS are gonna hate me by the end of the week lol.
So instead of doing a write-up on how to do it I decided to just take some pics here and there just showing the progress of my build. I think the head studs and gasket swap has been thoroughly covered enough.
With my build I decided for now that I'm just going to stud it and finish up the rest of the updated parts. For the go fast goodies I decided to go with a Hybrid from Adrain and have Jesse build me a set of 175's. Eventually I will end up with a ficm tuner. (probably sooner than later, after installing my dashboss I found that my ficm is starting to go. Running at 47-47.5 but sometimes falling to 45v)
So here are the pics so far. This is only about 5 hours total at this point. Anyone who is considering doing this job. DO IT it's not that hard at all. It all comes apart pretty easily. Just stay organized take pics if you have to and TAKE YOUR TIME. The key to success in this is not to get in a big hurry and screw something up. And just for reference all this is being done with only two power tools and no air tools. All I have for power tools is 1 - 3/8" drive cordless impact gun and 1 - 1/2" drive cordless impact. Everything else is all hand tools ratchets sockets wrenches etc.
That wraps up day one. Hopefully tomorrow weather permitting I can get the passenger side inner wheel well out, pull the a/c evaporator, pull the fan, pull the turbo and get the oil filter stand pipe and housing out so I can pull the intake manifold. I'll keep you updated. Lol wish me luck.
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Heck yeah man. Awesome write up. I will be following your thread real closely as I am planning the exact same thing in October... (studs, same injectors and turbo)
So I'm interested in your results/ reviews
Keep at it:thumb:
So I'm interested in your results/ reviews
Keep at it:thumb:
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Well guys I'm about 8-9 hours in it total. Not too bad at all. I have been taking my time and plenty of breaks because yesterday and today it was 85 out with around 70-80% humidity and it's got me sweatin like a wh*re in church lol.
I got a lot done in 2 days. I am almost ready to pull the heads. All I have to do is pull the valve covers and remove the rest of the hpo system. But before that I have to get the evaporator core and inner fender well out. Then I can start pullin heads. I ran into a bit of a snag though as I can't get my passenger side inner fender well out because Tuscany Trucks used a #2 square bit to hold the fender flares to the fender well.
So now I have to go get a #2 square bit which is $20 just to pull the darn fender well. Then once I get that out I can pull the evaporator core and pull the valve covers off and be good to go.
All in all it's definitely not to hard for anyone to do. Just get a decent set of tools and take your time and you will be good to go. So far I haven't ran into any problems other than 2 bolts that held me up.
One was the rear turbo bolt. Man what a serious PITA. And the other was the rear passenger side intake manifold bolt. It hits on my 4" down pipe so I had to climb under the truck which was actually nice because it was probably 15* cooler with a nice breeze under there lol I almost fell asleep it was so nice. Anyway I had to loosen the down pipe up so that I could move it just enough to get the manifold to slip past it. No big deal.
I will add pics to this post tonight showing the progress so far.
Edit: Here are the pics from today's progress.
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My Secret Weapon
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Buttoned up for the night.
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I got a lot done in 2 days. I am almost ready to pull the heads. All I have to do is pull the valve covers and remove the rest of the hpo system. But before that I have to get the evaporator core and inner fender well out. Then I can start pullin heads. I ran into a bit of a snag though as I can't get my passenger side inner fender well out because Tuscany Trucks used a #2 square bit to hold the fender flares to the fender well.
So now I have to go get a #2 square bit which is $20 just to pull the darn fender well. Then once I get that out I can pull the evaporator core and pull the valve covers off and be good to go.
All in all it's definitely not to hard for anyone to do. Just get a decent set of tools and take your time and you will be good to go. So far I haven't ran into any problems other than 2 bolts that held me up.
One was the rear turbo bolt. Man what a serious PITA. And the other was the rear passenger side intake manifold bolt. It hits on my 4" down pipe so I had to climb under the truck which was actually nice because it was probably 15* cooler with a nice breeze under there lol I almost fell asleep it was so nice. Anyway I had to loosen the down pipe up so that I could move it just enough to get the manifold to slip past it. No big deal.
I will add pics to this post tonight showing the progress so far.
Edit: Here are the pics from today's progress.
My Secret Weapon
Buttoned up for the night.
I can't blame you for putting in the oem, especially if you aren't afraid to tear it apart the way you are doing. I am watching and learning from you guys for when it's my turn...
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