I am planning to do this mod and from what all I have read, no, you do not need to power the heat circuit in order for the rest to work.
I have the same mirrors on my 2000 as you and I am only planning to wire in the turn signal and marker light when I buy the same mirrors.
I had a 2011 F250...
I have heard replacing the rubber brake lines with SS can help on older trucks. After many heat cycles the rubber lines to the calipers can swell and weaken. THey won't even necessarily leak; they can just balloon.
Good luck!
Is there a chance that this will be made into a kit available to the public or is this gonna be something for dedicated sled pulling trucks?
Probably be a $12K kit I imagine after the engineering has been completed or is my estimate low?
Bet those have some bite!
I really like my EBC Yellowstuff pads and EBC GDP rotors on my 2000 SD. However, these would do nicely after I wear those out!
Still can't wait to hear the dyno numbers for this thing.
I was thinking Bilstein 5100's for mine.
However, I sure would love to save my money and do the Full Traction 4 link set up with King coilovers! :drool:
I've a Cummins get a hot re-torque after sitting overnight with the block heater plugged in.
In this months Diesel Power they are building an awesome 7.3 and planning on doing a HOT re-torque after running it on an engine dyno from what it sounds like.