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Really I have a 6.0 and I wanna figure out how to put a multifuel in my P/U. My deuce doesnt break down but my ford sure does.
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I'll be back to address ya guys I'm out if town right now going this on my phone. I'll write you all tomorrow night. Done great points have been brought up. But some of you are sissies...OP might not be coming back.
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It sounds like you have a nice truck, I didnt know you could run the 6.4 heads on the 6.0, I knew you could switch the 6.0 manifolds to the 6.4 thoGo for it. It's your truck. I have a 92 F350 with a Cummins in it, there wasn't anything wrong with the 7.3 I pulled but I wanted a Cummins. I have an 03 F250 with the 6.0 in it. It's got 08 heads with factory head bolts with the adapter bushings to make them fit the 03 block, a rebuilt 03 turbo, EGR delete, and a 4 inch down pipe with a 5 inch exhaust. I've got 124,000 miles on the truck and did have the typical EGR crack and leak causing the head gasket to blow. I replaced the heads because the newer heads are better than the 03 heads. The turbo because I had it off so why not. I am not running a programmer so I didn't feel the need to put in head studs. I would love for my Deuce to pull like my Fords. So myare to go for it. Good Luck.
I dont think I'd be sacrificing any torque...... with this (or any engine swap) I'd still be keeping the T-case so still have super low gears if I wanted them.I can totally understand being able to do whatever you want to do with your own stuff, but for the life of me, I can't understand why someone would throw away a major advantage to the deuce, being that it's Multifuel capable for a less-powerful engine. Sacrificing torque for higher RPM speed is fine for a passenger car, but for a 13,030-pound (wo/w) to 13,530-pound (w/w) truck that was built to go anywhere slowly is rediculous to me. To take these trucks over 60+ MPH is dangerous and foolish due to the single circuit brakes, and can result in killing yourself, someone else, or at the verry least destroy your truck. That being said, an engine that didn't come stock in the truck certainly will hurt the resale value if you ever have to sell it.
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You sir have just stated EXACTLY what the other side of my head has been saying since I found the 6.0. DONT DOOO ITT!!!!!!!!! DT466 or 8.3 !!!!!!!Oh I see a good idea lets take a simple truck and add a bunch of Crap to it. 6.0 is JUnk everyone knows this we are getting rich of them and their owners. My family owns a diesel shop and we never have to look for work always a 6.0 tore up, if you think you can fix the motor thats cool but I would still say WHY? All mechanical truck and you want to add computers and wires and fuses WHY? Say $500 for engine $500 for trans $5000 for upgrades and i think that is cheap and another $2000 for computer stuff cause I think you will need a liar box to control the engine in this setup. Then add a bunch of work now find you a 8.3 cummins $4000 and trans bout a 10 speed $2000 now you would have a bad arse very reliable stout truck. for less $
I did consult my friend who is a ford tech, He said I had his support. But he doesnt know anything about our trucks so that's why I thought I'd come here. But really a mechanical engine would be better. It's silly to throw computers into a truck like this.I'm not sure so much sissies, just that most of us don't like to add more headaches to life. Most of the wisdom that was dispensed above comes from guys who work on trucks, including the 6.0 daily. Also you better have access to an IDS and Ford installer support or some other Ford tech site.
BUT, having said that I still agree if thats what you want to do, have at it. Post pics and let us know how it goes.opcorn:
To be honest, if someone sold a dual-circuit master/airpack bracket kit (sans second master/airpacks) for $250, I'd be all over that. I'd go so far as to call it a must-have upgrade, but I've never even seen such brackets except from a A3 part-out.And in reference to your dangerous speed thing... single circuit brakes at 55 arent all that safe either... should we all just stop driving our deuces?
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