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    Your thoughts and experience with bio diesel blends.

    If you’re in SoCal look up Propel Fuels to find a station with their pumps and try their Diesel HPR. It’s usually at least .20 cheaper than D#2. You’ll notice a significant difference once your truck is burning it. My engine runs smoother, notably quieter, and smokes a little less when I get on it.
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Thanks man. It looks even better now with the new wheels and tires I just put on it. I also have a Lund visor that needs to go on. Once I get that done I’ll post a couple pictures.
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Those are the Cottonwood Charcoal Kilns off Hwy 395 in the Sierra Nevadas. Look them up. Pretty interesting history. With my setup, turbo lag is virtually non existent. Right off the line it’s already getting up and going, and after every up shift the boost is right there where you left off...
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Honestly almost everything about the turbo setup was a complete shot in the dark. I’m still in disbelief that it worked out so perfectly. It’s mounted on an unmodified ATS 088 pedestal. Clears the firewall. Straight from turbo to intercooler and just one 90° elbow off the intercooler to the...
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    And here is what led to the demise of the old engine. All lifter rollers had flat spots, one spilled its guts into the rotating assembly.
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Haven’t had much for spare time lately, but once I find the chance I will post a full update. Til then, here are a couple photos of the current state of the engine bay. Hood stack is temporary, I was just anxious to drive it.
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    Trust machine shop and buy new heads or hold out for a second opinion??

    I see you are in Southern California, as am I. I recently had a set of 6.9 heads completely done up by Southwest Engines in San Bernardino, and they are second to none in my opinion on their attention to detail on the specs and making sure the process is done right. Look them up and give them a...
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Back to the new engine: I cleaned and degreased and pressure washed and Jack hammered all that filth off and started to tear it down. This is where it gets weird.... The block casting number has been ground off and a number that apparently refers to nothing has been stamped in. I’ve searched...
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    6.9 Grenaded! New 6.9 Build Underway

    Hey y’all! Haven’t been on for quite some time, but I’m making my comeback. A couple years ago some engine internals decided to exit through the oil pan while I was cruising on the freeway. I don’t know how many cylinders were taken out, but she still started right up and ran, still had great...
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    088 Turbo

    The ATS 088 (which I have as well) has the EGT probe bung on the up side of the exhaust housing, but a lot of heat is lost in the crossover pipe from the driver side bank. I want to say that the ATS instructions state 1050° is the max safe temp. Get some exhaust wrap and wrap as much of the hot...
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    Dodge D60?

    Here you go: https://www.oilburners.net/threads/not-your-average-dana-60-swap.72385/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Dodge D60?

    I recall seeing somebody doing an axle swap using 08 Superduty axles on a crew cab bullnose. Coils, 4 wheel disc brakes, still Ford parts... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    What's your favorite method for degreasing an IDI?

    I use Super Clean. The stuff works wonders. It’s pretty hardcore when used undiluted, it’s caustic, so you’ve gotta be sure to use it properly, because it’ll wreak havoc on aluminum if left on it for too long, as well as your skin. Great for the first time cleaning years of buildup off the...
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    Radiator advice?

    My champion 3 row is currently in the scrap pile. Same issue as the majority of people have with them: header cracked off the tank, on all 4 corners. Leaked like a sieve. I’m back with the original radiator after a nice acid flush. Like brand new now. And no leaks. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    6.9 decked .05 bored .40 over want to run boost!!

    Also read what he wrote it was punched out: .40. Makes me guess he just forgot an extra zero in his measurements. .005” deck and .040” on the bore is probably what he meant. Hopefully... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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