New2Diesel

I have never heard of someone tuning the transmission on a standard. But I will let you know if its worth it on the truck none the less. I guarantee you that I will buy a SMARTY when avail. I just could not hold out anymore and it will pay me back in fun/fuel soon enough. Next step, Fuel/Oil filtration upgrades, headstuds, billet torque converter, and whatever turbo mod needs to take place to put all that to work. I just can't imagine having anywhere close to 1000tq

Blake Clark

Dude that was just some serious sarcasm from me....

Mine gonna get custom tuned by SouthBend when the time comes.....

New2Diesel

WOW, you reeled me into that one. I was even being serious. I just do not like to be a SMART A.. to you seasoned DTR guys that have helped me in the past.

OBTW, I am eventually going to make my stock tires combust via U-Tube. Ought to be a good video.

Mike Holmen

Mr Blake, so is the truck deleted finally...

Blake Clark

Not yet...

Only got 1900 on it as of this morning. I might change the oil first.

I think I may order the gauges here shortly. At least quell that need for a bit. Then its on to the exhaust, deletes, and Glacier MK2. I promised the wife Id order one set of stuff a month.

Then if the Smarty aint out by then Ill have no choice but to jump ship.

signature600

I don't see how...I only own one vehicle with a muffler

All my 12v's have been straight piped within the first 3 days I've owned them...this 2010 lasted 7 months before I did ANYTHING!!
Chris

New2Diesel

Just so you guys know, I spoke to Robert at H&S and he said be sure to install the tuner/software on the vehicle before performing the wrench work on the actual physical deletes. They have had a couple damaged in shipping and some of the customers spent the time deleting and had to re-install to drive their trucks while waiting on a new device. Not a big deal for me because I have a secondary vehicle. If this problem occurs, he said not to worry because there will be no hassle in getting a new tuner out to us. Unlikely but I still wanted to pass the info.

QUESTION: I have the EGR Cooler delete. Should I cap off the coolant lines or route them over where the cooler used to be. Some people do, some dont. Either way H&S says that caping them off will cause no issues.

EGR PROBE INSTALL: Does anyone have any guidance on exactly where I should tap into the manifold? I have watched some videos but that's all I know at this point.

Blake Clark

I tapped mine in the collector of the manifold.

I had my coolant hoses just connected back and not plugged off.

New2Diesel

I don't think I really know what the collector is?

New2Diesel

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...KEBIG0lQeg7-EF

http://www.dieselmanor.com/diy/CMS3-...couple2-lg.JPG

http://dieselmanor.com/diy/CMS3-gaug...couple3-lg.JPG

All these are different. Which one is right?

Mike Holmen

Those are for the 3rd gen 5.9L engine, the 6.7L is different. I did mine on just before the turbocharger?

I'm still running the egr cooler and stock air horn intake, all intacted. I plan to run a 2nd gen exhaust manifold. A lot cleaner look under the hood. At that point you can try lots of different turbos out. H&S has a custom tune to remove the stock turbocharger, so you can run something like a S366 turbocharger

I want to take everything out in one piece, just incase I have to go back to stock.

Blake Clark

Pic Related..... Its my truck.

New2Diesel

PERFECT!! Thanks Blake. Funny thing is that looks just like mine.

Its gonna be real fun trying to get the drill in there?

What size crows foot do I need to remove the EGR Cooler?

Blake Clark

15mm


Protip - A right angle drill is your friend

Mike Holmen

I would try to reduce as much metal bits as possible from going inside the manifold and damaging the turbo. I used a vaccum cleaner, vaccumed up all the metal. Just prior to breaking thru the metal, I put some grease on the drill bit.

See a few turbo failures from tiny metal bits, so be careful.