SDS97_7.3
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Sucks to hear about you luck Matt. Just getting that truck back on the road and all.
Project: Reliability - Its 6.0 Delete Time
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Cory S
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i hope you are kidding about the hood stack! dang cummins guys!
Yeah I'm just ready to have it back on the road again
Haha yeah we just kinda leave it all on there, and thanks!
Haha yeah that was a joke, no hood stacks for this guy
Worstenemy453
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If youre luck is so bad, then id make sure you didnt get a 53 block on the cummins LOL
Good luck man, this is looking like a great build.
Good luck man, this is looking like a great build.
Haha oh dont worry its a 55 block I made sure it wasn't a 5 3before I bought it, and thanks!
TrailerHauler
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Looking good so far Matt, I was surprised to see that the 6.0 treated you as well as it did as long as you had it!
Any head work getting done while its at the machine shop, like maybe o rings or fire rings so you can confidently outfit the truck with two turbos down the road?
Any head work getting done while its at the machine shop, like maybe o rings or fire rings so you can confidently outfit the truck with two turbos down the road?
Thanks Eric! Yeah it treated me great for a while and then not so much :doh:
I just dropped the block off at the machine shop today and he is thinking its gonna have to .020 over so Im waiting to know for sure before I order my rebuild kit.
As for head work though I just have 110# valve springs and studs planned. The machine shop Im using doesnt have the machine to do fire rings or Id be doing that for sure as well. I have a feeling twins wont be going on for a little while unfortunately
jwlandry
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I thought i had bad luck... Cant wait to see it done. Its gonna be sweet.
Spatel23
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youve got just about as bad of luck as I do with trucks.
I know the feeling, I hope this goes and runs well for you.
I know the feeling, I hope this goes and runs well for you.
forcefed6.4ford
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You shouldnt need o-rings or fire rings unless you plan on being over 60psi regularly. Ive also read about daily driver reliability issue with fire rings. If not installed perfectly, the head cycles of daily driving causes them to fail over time.
Yeah Ive heard that too, my 12v that was in my old 250 had fire rings and did fine but yeah after discussing it with a couple people I agree that I wont be needing fire rings either.
I ordered my 110# valve springs yesterday and then just studs, Im considering a mild street cam as well so its there for when I do compounds down the road but havent made a final decision yet, I got an ATI dampener as well.
Machine is saying they are probably gonna take the block .020 over as well so looks like im not technically deleting a 6.0 from the truck LOL
TheSmokinStroke2002
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This is true
07_powerstroke
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Going to have to change the name of the thread now lol
Haha yeah I think I might have to now!
I have no real big updates unfortunately, right now its just a waiting game with the machine shop. I dropped my 110 springs off there on friday and he said he should have good progress made on the block by monday.
Only thing I did for the truck today was order a new valve cover for it to solve the issue of the old one saying dodge on it and this weekend I got my tranny build all sorted out, which will be happening here very soon!
Quick update:
My block is just about done, had to take it .020 over as suspected, I just need to get my rebuild kit here with the new pistons so my machinist can finish up the boring.
Also got some not so good news today, this head is cracked as well, all are in the seats except for one that goes onto the head surface. So Im gonna go there tomorrow and take a look and discuss going with hardened seats and drilling and tigging the one crack since it needs to be decked bad anyways. The head had .005 warpage in it.
My block is just about done, had to take it .020 over as suspected, I just need to get my rebuild kit here with the new pistons so my machinist can finish up the boring.
Also got some not so good news today, this head is cracked as well, all are in the seats except for one that goes onto the head surface. So Im gonna go there tomorrow and take a look and discuss going with hardened seats and drilling and tigging the one crack since it needs to be decked bad anyways. The head had .005 warpage in it.
genuineford
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Wow sorry to hear that.
Jeremyleggett07
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I was told recently a certain member by the name if Irontx (Jesse) just blew his 3rd 6.0L engine and is now lookin into a Fummins project himself.
