its a love, hate relationship.

SEABEE08FX4 · Jan 20, 2012

AllanB said:
You might be right. But with the EGR deleted, I wonder how much HP the stock head bolts and gaskets would take.

AllanB said:
Not arguing, just curious.

Yeah no problem, I'd say about 450 is probably the safe max for a 6.0 with stock head bolts.

Matt_P · Jan 20, 2012

I loved my 6.0 for the first 6 months I owned it...

PowerStrokeEnginuities · Jan 20, 2012

Matt_P said:
I loved my 6.0 for the first 6 months I owned it...

Hahaha nice!

Sprman · Jan 20, 2012

SEABEE08FX4 said:
Yeah no problem, I'd say about 450 is probably the safe max for a 6.0 with stock head bolts.

mine didn't hold that much......

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imelmo · Jan 20, 2012

PTSUPERD said:
I love my 6.0. far and away more refined truck than my 7.3 ever thought about being in all areas...

This right here. ^^^ I love mine, and now that I've taken a full tour of 'em LOL I like them even more since I would no longer be overly nervous about working on one. Plus you can pick 'em up pretty cheap from people that have issues with 'em and don't know how to deal with 'em.

On the puking issues, I always had mine in XTreme Race and sprayed the crap out of it with the stock headbolts. It'd puke a little and I'd just add a little more water after the track and I was good to go. Couldn't even tell you how long I did that for. Never had an issue with it. And it was making enough power to run 12.5's with just a tuner, intake, exhaust, and nitrous.

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Hotrodtractor · Jan 20, 2012

I like 6.0 trucks - they make great chassis for engine transplants to make even better trucks.

AllanB · Jan 20, 2012

imelmo said:
This right here. ^^^ I love mine, and now that I've taken a full tour of 'em LOL I like them even more since I would no longer be overly nervous about working on one. Plus you can pick 'em up pretty cheap from people that have issues with 'em and don't know how to deal with 'em.

On the puking issues, I always had mine in XTreme Race and sprayed the crap out of it with the stock headbolts. It'd puke a little and I'd just add a little more water after the track and I was good to go. Couldn't even tell you how long I did that for. Never had an issue with it. And it was making enough power to run 12.5's with just a tuner, intake, exhaust, and nitrous.

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LMAO, Now do those 2 sentences go together :doh:

Mike's Diesel Performance · Jan 20, 2012

Hotrodtractor said:
I like 6.0 trucks - they make great chassis for engine transplants to make even better trucks.

LOL yes they do

89xj · Jan 20, 2012

I have a soft spot for a 6.0. Never had one. Just like them. Can buy them cheap. If you understand how to "bulletproof" them your laughing. I've had a 7-3 sd an now have a 6-4. Kinda pissed I skipped the 6.0 stage just cause they are the best sounding diesel I've heard personally

03 tx pwr stroke · Feb 28, 2013

Even after dropping almost 12 grand into mine in less than 6 months, I still love it. It ran great for nearly 185k before problems arose, and the last 50k or so was tuned and beat on pretty hard. Never blew a hg, but killed a trans and hpop. The rest was preventative.

Franchi · Mar 1, 2013

Can't beat the sound of a 6.0 with a good 4 inch downpipe and catback!

PowerStrokeEnginuities · Mar 1, 2013

You know it!!

78f100 · Mar 1, 2013

I like them, I had a old guy the other day ask what year my truck was at the fuel pump. I said 04, he goes on and on about his 7.3 and how bad 6.0's are. I told him they are both good motors, then I roasted the tires as I pulled onto the road so he could hear my pos 6.0...LOL.