Don't know if you can incorporate a turbo timer into the A Pillar but WesTach makes a combo Boost/EGT gauge and with SRT A Pillar it make a clean install in 3rd gen trucks.

As stated use the block heater for 2-3 hours prior to starting (put it on a timer) and it makes a big difference in warm up times. It doesn't generally get below 32* here very often but I idle for about 4/10 of a mile to the hiway and by then the fluids are starting to warm up. When I leave there isn't much in the way of traffic for that 4/10 of a mile.

 

no need to bore anything out, well over 1000 HP can be made on stock sized bore.

 

In about 5 years on this forum, with the possible exception of someone doing a rebuild and needing to sleeve thier block, this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone thinking of boring out thier 5.9. It's not 60's muscle car gas V-8. You won't need to bore it out - and to do so would be highly determental due to the much higher compression ratios and associated stress on the engine.

 

The bore wouldn't be for a preformance gain, so much as protecting the block if you blow a rod. All the industrials run it that way

 

Although the CR rods are considered weaker than the older rods (different casting methods), they are still holding 1100+ hp. Morkable, a member on here, did over 1000 hp and ran a 10.84 all on stock internals on his truck. Only real casualties have been numerous trannies and his turbo.

 

Unless you go to the extreme you really don't need to worry about he rods. It isn't possible to have a wet sleeved B series cummins. The only sleeves that you can put in to a B series block are repair sleeves but those are pressed into the cylinder after it has been bored oversize.