tow truck dailly driver parts advice

[why165]

I've got an 08 king ranch, crew cab, 4 wheel drive, long wheel base, with the diesel. By no means my first diesel, just the latest. So far I have an s&b intake, 4 inch dp, 5 inch exhaust with muffler, dpf delete, live wire of road version, gear head 75 tow, 150 tow, 150 race, and kem 75 tow, 150 tow, 250 race tunes. The truck is great but I miss the down low torque of my old Cummins.
Here are my questions. I'm towing about 24k total including trailer behind me daily. Job site to site runs normally backroads. I know the egr has to come off. Mine is leaking internally, but whose? Way to many damn options. And with or without the elbow?
But more importantly to this post is how to get more power way down low? I mean once I get it going I can go as fast as traffic or pass them if I want and I love that. never could get the Dodge to do that. But off the line this thing needs a little extra get up. So how do I get it. the truck has 3.73 gears. I'm not looking to blow the bank on this and if its one of those 6 grand fixes I'll just enjoy the truck as is for a while. But what I'd give if I could get the load moving just a little easier.
Thanks
Matt

 

[jdgleason]

Sounds like you're well on your way already. For egr deletes, I have elites and I think it's a really nice kit. Really can't go wrong with a kit from any vendor here.

As for more torque - I would do a drop in atmosphere turbo from Elite. The 71mm atmosphere made towing night and day better in mine when I had it.

If I can get you pricing on either of those, let me know.

 

[madman1234509]

Pretty much any egr delete that actually deletes the coolers. Youll probably want to get one with an elbow, kits are so similar its hard to go wrong with any of them. As far a more torque.... Maybe more updated tunes? I know ive talked to people who have towed with tunes that are equivelant to gearheads hot street/spartans 275 tune. Id call up gear head, ditch the kem stuff. Theres no reason with what you have done that your truck shouldnt feel way superior to a basic upgraded cummins. Also when i put an rcd torque converter with 1600 rpm stall, 200 lower than stock, it make the truck way more responsive for street use.

 

[RedRice589]

Not to be a smart as lol but 4.10's did wonders for my 6.4 towing but it's probably more than changing a lot of other things unless you have a 2wd

 

[why165]

thanks for the replies. I was wondering about the turbos. is a 71 that much better? and its not that it doesn't out pull my old dodge, its just that to get moveing the old goat and 5 speed were tuff to beat. but once moving its not even close, the pretty ford beats everything I have driven so far.
thanks
matt

 

[B585Ford]

thanks for the replies. I was wondering about the turbos. is a 71 that much better? and its not that it doesn't out pull my old dodge, its just that to get moveing the old goat and 5 speed were tuff to beat. but once moving its not even close, the pretty ford beats everything I have driven so far.
thanks
matt

I gross up to 32k when I am hot shotting in the mountains of WV, western VA, eastern TN. I definitely vote for the 71. Mine has kept EGTs down, gives extra power when needed, and has held up to some serious abuse. I know what you mean about a Cummins...in the real low RPM, they definitely are better. If down low is all you are after you might try 15 or 30% injectors. You will lose some top end and you will probably need some custom tunes and she be a little smokey before you light the turbo but that is about the only way I can think of to match their real low RPM torque. I know many people will disagree with me on the injectors and they probably have some valid points, but if real low end is what you after, it might work.

 

[White_monster]

The in-line 6 engines just produce more low end torque than a v-8. The 71mm turbo will give you more mid and top end power but low end torque will never match the cummins due to engine design.

For egr delete they are all the same. Get the intake elbow and cold side pipe as that helps throttle response. Best of luck.