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Old 02-01-2009, 02:44 PM
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Cheap mods?

Ok so i have a friend who has a 99' 3500 x-cab dually and we were trying to find some cheap mods we can do to his truck to make it preform a little better than stock but without spending the cash. The reason this got brought up is because i have two ford 7.3's (and i will probably get bashed for this) but there are a lot of little stuff that you can do to them to make them quicker and i was wondering if there was anything like this for the early 24v's?
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mods aint cheap....but you could get a bhaf and cut the muffler off the truck. here is a link to increase boost on the truck, you will want to invest in a boost gauge its a lot better than buyin a new turbo. http://www.geocities.com/chmwatson/FAQs/mbc.html
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Originally Posted by psd tuner
mods aint cheap....but you could get a bhaf and cut the muffler off the truck. here is a link to increase boost on the truck, you will want to invest in a boost gauge its a lot better than buyin a new turbo. http://www.geocities.com/chmwatson/FAQs/mbc.html
i think you would have to get a boost fooler of some kind as well, whether it is incorporated in a box or not.
with j-hooks, turnbuckles, or mechanical boost controllers you will throw overboost codes without a boost fooler of some sort.
not 100% sure on this - so please correct me if i am wrong anybody. . .

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i haave a boost fooler im looking to get rid of..pm me if youre interested
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Just be careful of the tranny. To many "cheap" mods can result in an expensive tranny. The stockers just don't hold up well with any additional horses!
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Forgot to add, it is a 5spd with an aftermarket clutch (not sure what kind) S we arent really worried there. Thanks for the concern tho.
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Best mod for your friend's 3500 - should be done before anything else:

A fuel pressure gauge.
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I'll second that fuel psi guage. I hooked up my Edge box before researching and cooked my VP....didn't know at the time suckin it down to 1-2 PSI could hurt it. Learned my lesson, now I have to save up for one and deal with a dead pedal till then.
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