Is a banks bigg hoss system worth it?

1ATony · Nov 19, 2014

Thanks for joining, it's great to have you here

Kingranch06 · Nov 20, 2014

1ATony said:
Thanks for joining, it's great to have you here

It's great to be here

johnp115 · Nov 21, 2014

Kingranch06 said:
You're running a powermax and tunes on stock head bolts? Have you got some kind of death wish?

Powerstroke214 said:
Holding great so far, almost 4k miles of drifting around turns, no puking &#55357;&#56833;

*knocks on wood*

I also don't race people, just drive fast lol

I don't find the head studs as big as a crap show everyone makes them out to be... I ran a billet compessor wheel turbo and 190cc injectors and it didn't live a necessarily easy life...never had a problem.. Its all in the tune (which is why we suggest custom tunes so much) and how you drive it.

Powerstroke214 · Nov 21, 2014

johnp115 said:
I don't find the head studs as big as a crap show everyone makes them out to be... I ran a billet compessor wheel turbo and 190cc injectors and it didn't live a necessarily easy life...never had a problem.. Its all in the tune (which is why we suggest custom tunes so much) and how you drive it.

Shhh, don't let Jared hear you…lol. Whose tunes did you have?

johnp115 · Nov 21, 2014

Powerstroke214 said:
Shhh, don't let Jared hear you…lol. Whose tunes did you have?

hahah yeah..
Innovative extreme street tuned for stock bolts.

248superduty · Nov 22, 2014

Shoot I've driven 4th miles custom tuned and 20k have been on tunes recommended only for studded trucks. Mines not and is just fine. Like others said be smart, let Temps warm up in the engine then drive like it's a race car.

swinky · Nov 22, 2014

Powerstroke214 said:
Shhh, don't let Jared hear you…lol. Whose tunes did you have?

I really hope yours keeps holding for you but I still think you're over reacting. What kills these things is long pulls. You drive your truck in the city and get on it for a couple seconds at a time. One pull from 0-110 would probably kill that thing. Some trucks are just stronger than others.

swinky · Nov 22, 2014

248superduty said:
Shoot I've driven 4th miles custom tuned and 20k have been on tunes recommended only for studded trucks. Mines not and is just fine. Like others said be smart, let Temps warm up in the engine then drive like it's a race car.

I'm sure we have different definitions of a race car.

Kingranch06 · Nov 22, 2014

I don't drive it like I stole it. Mostly long trips because I work on the road. I'm just looking for a little more power for now until I put head studs in. So I should be ok with custom tunes, cai, and exhaust right?

sootie · Nov 22, 2014

Kingranch06 said:
I don't drive it like I stole it. Mostly long trips because I work on the road. I'm just looking for a little more power for now until I put head studs in. So I should be ok with custom tunes, cai, and exhaust right?

you will be fine. no limit cai, gearhead SRL tune and the exhaust of your choice.

Jomax · Nov 22, 2014

sootie said:
you will be fine. no limit cai, gearhead SRL tune and the exhaust of your choice.

Is a CAI needed for a 6oh?

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swinky · Nov 23, 2014

Jomax said:
Is a CAI needed for a 6oh?

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Hell no. All these middle of the road intakes (s&b, afe, volant....) Are a total waste of money. My truck with a brand new s&b filter makes 3 more psi with the filter off vs on. It's restrictive at 600~ hp.

Leave the stocker until it's insufficient then step up to the plate and buy the best one available (no limit, cutting edge)

Powerstroke214 · Nov 23, 2014

swinky said:
Hell no. All these middle of the road intakes (s&b, afe, volant....) Are a total waste of money. My truck with a brand new s&b filter makes 3 more psi with the filter off vs on. It's restrictive at 600~ hp.

Leave the stocker until it's insufficient then step up to the plate and buy the best one available (no limit, cutting edge)

:whs: I'm eventually getting a no limit. Stocker til then.

Kingranch06 · Nov 23, 2014

Ok, so how much power will the stock headbolts handle and still be reliable? Can I get an extra 200 to 300 lb/ft or is that asking too much?

Josh@DirtyDiesels · Nov 23, 2014

Kingranch06 said:
Ok, so how much power will the stock headbolts handle and still be reliable? Can I get an extra 200 to 300 lb/ft or is that asking too much?

There is no set number. Just do an egr delete, custom tune, exhaust, and something for gauges/monitoring and be happy with the added power over stock. Feel free to contact myself, or any of the other vendors on this site. We are all more than willing to help you get the truck performing better.

Kingranch06 · Nov 23, 2014

Josh@DirtyDiesels said:
There is no set number. Just do an egr delete, custom tune, exhaust, and something for gauges/monitoring and be happy with the added power over stock. Feel free to contact myself, or any of the other vendors on this site. We are all more than willing to help you get the truck performing better.

Ok, thanks Josh

Josh@DirtyDiesels · Nov 23, 2014

Kingranch06 said:
Ok, thanks Josh

No problem. Feel free to give me a call tomorrow, I can answer your questions and get you set up right.

Kingranch06 · Feb 17, 2015

Ok, I haven't been on for a while, but I found a shop in my state that says they will stud my truck for $4,300 including a hpop, new oil cooler, dummy plugs, ford head gaskets, and egr delete. Just wondering if that is a good price. Any input is welcome. Thanks.

Luke@MillerPerformance · Feb 17, 2015

Kingranch06 said:
Ok, I haven't been on for a while, but I found a shop in my state that says they will stud my truck for $4,300 including a hpop, new oil cooler, dummy plugs, ford head gaskets, and egr delete. Just wondering if that is a good price. Any input is welcome. Thanks.

That's on the low side. Like way low for pulling heads. Sounds like they're doing studs one at a time and telling you their doing gaskets.

Using all Ford parts, pulling the heads, machine work, o rings, and studs, should be closer to 6 or 7,000.

I made 527 on my '03 on the stock bolts, never killed the gaskets. I finally cracked the heads from getting it hot doing back to back pulls on a 100+ degree day. 190/100 injectors, stage 3 turbo from Barder, full kill innovative tune.

If you're going to keep the stock injectors and turbo, get an egr delete, new Ford Oil Cooler (lots of shops using Dorman China junk now so be careful), stand pipes, dummy plugs, STC fitting, and Blue spring. And SCT X4 will turn off the egr codes and wake it up some, and there's plenty of tuners doing head bolt safe tunes if you want a little more.

sootie · Feb 17, 2015

Kingranch06 said:
Ok, I haven't been on for a while, but I found a shop in my state that says they will stud my truck for $4,300 including a hpop, new oil cooler, dummy plugs, ford head gaskets, and egr delete. Just wondering if that is a good price. Any input is welcome. Thanks.

that price seems fair. why do you need an hpop?