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Message: [QUOTE="dmkolb, post: 1088523, member: 12340"] I built my truck with longevity in mind. Doesn't mean I'll get there but here’s hopin. Now when you say internal parts are in good working order are you speaking in terms of stock or have you upgraded these things? If your stock making this kind of power I bent a stock rod making 566 rwhp. So stock parts is a gamble. Some of the stuff we did was billet rods, HD pistons, valve reliefs, de lipped, ceramic coated with total seal rings. Virtually no blow by. After market valve springs I would say is a must. If not valves are gonna float and hit pistons probably. I'd upgrade the pushrods as they have a tendency to flex and bend plus they are cheap. Replace your harmonic balancer. We had everything balanced by our machine shop. It just seemed like extra insurance. For extra cooling we installed a Bullet proof oil cooler and an aluminum oil pan. Oil temps run about 10 degrees cooler than coolant temps. As for filtration we have a spin on oil filter now with more capacity than the stock oil filter due to the oil cooler kit we installed. We also run a bypass oil filter along with it. This is just me and not looking for a debate but I go by oil analysis that I do on the truck every 6 months. I'll be going over a year without oil changes as long as the testing comes back good. So many things can fail and destroy an engine. I had an injector hang open with 117K miles on the engine and destroy my first engine. I'd say buy new injectors and if you have nozzles installed bench test them before installing them. Good fuel filtration is a must. If you’re making that kind of power you probably have installed a lift pump and that going to be a fuel filtration upgrade so you’re good there. I'm rambling as I think about some of the crap we did on my rig. HPFP. You'll be running a dual K16 pump setup. I would not want to use my old HPFP to save money. Buy a new one along with the one that will probably come in the dual setup kit. You don't want it giving up the ghost and sending metal through your fuel system and destroying your $400+ a piece injectors. I'd install a blow off valve as well since you'll be running a lot of boost most likely as well to help take some wear and tear off the engine. We even went as far as buying brand new heads from Ford and then having a bunch of machine shop work done to them. Lots of porting, 45 degree angle valve job, and some other stuff just so we new the heads were perfect. I'm probably leaving a bunch of stuff out. Morgan Primm helped me a butt ton with my build with advice and lots and lots of parts. I'm not an expert but we tried to make my engine as strong as possible and even possibly went overboard so I didn't run into any problems. So far so good. [/QUOTE]