Welding rig/tow rig injector and turbo help

78f100 · Jan 23, 2013

My buddy has a 6.0 welding rig and needs injectors. We are thinking 175/30s or 175/stock nozzles, and he is considering a powermax, I also mentioned to him the mtw turbos. The truck is probably between 12-14k pounds any given time and he towes a 5th wheel all over to jobs. I'm not really up on the 6.0 mods as I should be so any info will help. He needs to be able to tow and keep egt's in check without worring too much about it. He has a edge tuner now but plans on going custome tunes when the injectors are done. What would be a good towing setup for him being so heavy?

here is a pic of his rig

6.0 p-stroke · Jan 23, 2013

I tell people all the time, 155s and a stock turbo is the way to go. Plenty of power, and with a good tow tune you'll never have to worry about EGTs. I loved that setup when I used to run it, I'm actually about to switch back to that in my crew cab.

Pizza pig · Jan 23, 2013

155 with stock nozzles and a stock turbo with good tuning is a fun setup!

78f100 · Jan 23, 2013

Thanks guys, would the 175's with the p max tow good? I put some 175/stock in my brothers truck, they run great with stock turbo but we have never towed with it either.

Stroker04 · Jan 23, 2013

I ran 175/stock nozzles in my truck and it ran awesome!

6.0 p-stroke · Jan 23, 2013

I've never ran a 175, I would think they'd have a tendency to get hot though. For someone that depends on their truck as much as a pipeline welder I wouldn't want to risk melting a piston and being stuck in bfe with a heavy load. The more fuel you throw at it, the more problems seem to pop up, that's been my experience anyways.

Stroker04 · Jan 24, 2013

You can always get fuel pulled back in the tuning if it gets to hot. With stock programming and my 175/stock nozzles I never saw over 1200 degrees.

78f100 · Jan 24, 2013

Stroker04 said:
You can always get fuel pulled back in the tuninf it gets to hot. With stock programming and my 175/stock nozzles I never saw over 1200 degrees.[/QU

Yes but being its a work truck he doesn't want to have to try tunes to figure out what works best. If it were a regular truck I wouldn't be worried about going 175/30 but this thing is heavy and towes heavy. And it brings home the bacon so it needs to be reliable. Thanks for the input guys.