Thread: upgrade intercooler ? ? ?

Thanks for all the replies.It has made a difference in my thinking. Thanks,again

I think its a pretty involved process to get that thing out of there and clean it up. You have to essentially flush it and then let it sit all day to make sure it gets good and dry. Seems like I remember someone saying you have to use a prybar to get it out? Id be itnerested to see if people have done it and how hard it is

More tubes is good. I would be surprised if it doesn't cool a little better. Towing heavy, I wouldn't install one without having a real coolant temp gauge. I would want to see if it had an effect on the coolant temp. Are you drawing intake air from the engine compartment? If yes, you can lower temps by changing that. After that there is different tuning. And regardless of your combination, you need RPM's to stay cool.

Quote: Originally Posted by up2nogood I have done the install, not a big deal do have to change the tubes. I too tow 13K fifth wheel, had a hard time in the mountains staying away from 1250 the 6.0 did help some. You are not going to get 100 degrees out of it, but you can expect 50. I did it the same time I put the 6.0 tranny cooler in, now IMO thats a must for heavy towing I have no more heating problems with my stock tranny. Anything is an...

Without the CCV mod I have wondered if just cleaning the intercooler would help. Probably a lot of oil in there. How hard would it be to pull it out and clean with a good degrreaser and water?

if your egt's are running consistantly at max temp, then the cooler will help. 50* is about the difference you will see. that can be big deal while pulling trailers in the hills. i personally spent the big money and got an after market. i bought the diesel innovations. why gamble? pulling warped exhaust manifolds is not a fun job, i speak from experience.

I think it made a significant difference in EGTs on mine. I cannot get it over about 1250 on the longest hard mountain pull. Most times it wont get over 1100. It made a noticeable difference in acceleration....

I have done the install, not a big deal do have to change the tubes. I too tow 13K fifth wheel, had a hard time in the mountains staying away from 1250 the 6.0 did help some. You are not going to get 100 degrees out of it, but you can expect 50. I did it the same time I put the 6.0 tranny cooler in, now IMO thats a must for heavy towing I have no more heating problems with my stock tranny. Anything is an improvement if you are towing.