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Personally if I owned a 6.0 I'd leave the bitch alone unless I dropped the major coin to put aftermarket studs. Unless you can do it yourself you're looking about atleast $2-3000, maybe more. My father had an 07 6.0 that he added the full Banks kit too. Not the 6 Gun but the other kit that's more tow friendly. Intake, intercooler, exhaust, tuner, all that good stuff. The truck was never dogged, or run hard. Basically just used for hauling cattle trailer, boats, and his huge 5th wheel. About 10,000 miles after the install the truck began burning coolant. A sure sign of stretching head studs. Before it got too bad/fully blew he traded it in for a 6.4. It seems with the 6.0 you either get a good one or a bad one. A good friend of mine's father has a welding truck with a 6.0 and has 230,000 miles with zero issues. Seems to be hit or miss I guess.

I am actually looking at getting a used ford diesel.. in your opinion should i go with the 06-07 years with the 6.0 or go with an 08 with a 6.4... i have heard the fuel mileage is much better on the 6.0s and for some reason the prices are a lot better on the 06-07 models. But i absolutely love the inside of the 08...

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Posted by INFIDEL

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Member since Aug 2006

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Posted on 3/10/11 at 11:28 am to chadg

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cant really do EGR till after warrenty though).

Isn't this the delete pipe? I have an 09 and was really wanting to do this. 10-11 miles/gallon is killing me. Want to do it, but scared of voiding my warranty.

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Posted by The Rodfather

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Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 3/10/11 at 11:29 am to chadg

FWIW, The problems were "fixed" with the 2006 6.0l matter or fact there were less recalls with the 6.0l diesel then any other engine ford has made. they stopped putting them in trucks because of regulations, but their commercial vehicles kept the 6.0l even when the 6.4 came out. I have heard that the 6.4 was garbage and that is why it only lasted 2 years...that is just what i gathered from my research when i was looking for my truck. That being said i have still heard of issues in the 06's but not in 07's which makes me believe the problem was fixed in 06 not for 06...look at the door and see when your truck was actually made, not the model year. hope that helps.

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Posted by YOURADHERE

Member since Dec 2006

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Posted on 3/10/11 at 11:34 am to chadg

If I had to pick one I'd go with the 6.4. The mileage will indeed be worse but a DPF delete and mild tune(like the Spartan 210 tune) will up mileage considerably and the engine/tranny can easily handle the power as long as you don't beat the crap out of it. For mileage considerations my dad's 6.0's(06 and 07) got about 16highway/14city/12-14 towing. His 6.4 does about 15/12/10-12. Although pulling bigger crap(40ft 5th wheel or our enclosed trailer) it'll get as low as 8 or 9mpg. This is running 78-80mph so slowing down would help too