fastest powerstroke?
 

i have a guy wanting to race me for two grand. he has a powerstroke and i have know idea what these trucks can do. i know hes going to have it tuned to the max but other then that im not sure whats done to it.

I have beat a mild one before, and a duramax with a tune. If he wants to go for $2000, you better believe he has something. I wouldnt do it, but its not my money on the line.

hes a moron. hes never ran anything except for stock trucks and has no idea i have al the stuff i do.

A stock 6.0 tuned to the limit will make close to 400 rwhp and over 700 ft/lbs, but you should have a good weight advantage.

My roommates 06 6.0 4 door FX4 runs 14.2 with 380rwhp/700ft/lbs. Tune only.

Start adding bigger turbos, nitrous, propane, etc, and the sky is the limit, although the stock tranny is not happy even at 700 ft/lbs.

find out what tuner he is running and if hes on stock turbo. 6.0's can run OK but don't run too great unless they have SCT tuning. If he has SCT watch out, with a good custom xtreme race tune they can run high 13's to 14 flat range.

They still better run if a PPE/EFI live duramax is near :)

SCwho?

Honestly, you can only lean on a stock 6.0 so hard, as long as you have a proper tune in there, they all run in the same ballpark. I've found on the dyno that the stock fuel system is pretty much done at about 760 ft/lbs, no matter what you do.

I'd say those tires you have are slowing you down regardless of what the other guy has.

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Bigger injectors won't give you more power. The only reason you would need bigger injectors is if your maxing out the ones you have which isn't likely just yet.

ah. i knew it didnt give you power. but i wasnt sure what the reason for getting them would be. so....do or dont race the guy? i have a 6.0, headers, cold air intake, z06 cam, 3000 stall, and a very good tune.

Put a real cam in it and you should beat him pretty good. What gears do you have?

yeah i need to get one from vengence. that was the plan. but then came across a incredible deal. thatll be done down the road. as far as gears i have 373's. ive heard going with 410's is the way to go. but i also hear it cuts down on your top end. is this true?

SCT.....Best friend has a custom race tune from innovate diesel "xtreme race" and it puts down 426rwhp. Yeah you are right about their fuel system. I keep telling him hes close to where he better invest in some ARP headstuds

It doesn't cut down power on the top end, but if your cruising at say 70 mph and it's above your 4-2 dropdown, it will go to 3rd and wont hit as hard as 3.42s or 3.73s which will drop to 2nd. Also, now with the 4.10s my truck tops out around 130 @ 6000 rpms. But the advantage is around 100 mph the truck pulls much better because its at 5000 rpms vs 4000 with the 3.42s

If your going to stay with big tires I'd invest in 4.10s and a locker down the road.
Race him and see what happens. IF you can find some smaller tires to throw on for the race I'd do that just for the little edge.

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did you ever race him?

he changed his mind he said. which is prolly good cause i didnt know if i would have beat him. he said that he was drunk at the time. i think it scared him and made him think my truck was faster then it was when i showed up with 1000 cash and said id race for it. he prolly would have beat me in all honesty. orit would have been close.

If he knows how to race a 6.0 then he probably would have walked on you. I've raced a D-max with a bully dog stack with quadzilla and walked on him and that was with my edge. Now I've got an sct and it runs alot better and faster. If he has a 6.0 and it's putting out alot of smoke beware. most 6.0 with out of the box tuning usually don't smoke.

I'd never drop 1k on a race

i think he got scared.

6.0's aren't all that amazing considering their best tuning which is SCT can only get them into the high 13's at BEST. Tuning on a duramax will get them into the 12's with a built trans, and high 13's on a mild tune thats good for the stock trans. ford guys always hype their sh*t up :)

they dude had a full size powerstroke and wasnt putting out any smoke at all. i figured id take the chance. i dont think he had the work done that he said he did. and dont think he thought id take him up on it.

my 6.0 just has full exhaust and a supercraps tuner and the times are in my sig. I put down almost 400to the rear wheels and i would say 0-40 i would almost race anything on the street. 30lb 4wd launch is scary.

just wanted to let you guys know the dude wasnt as dumb as i thought. he went out and did a bunch of stuff and this weekedn i watched him run a 8.20 in the 1/8th. my roomates gto is running 8.30.....its fast as hell for a powerstroke...

sounds like SCT and a custom xtreme tune. good for a 14 flat to high 13 1/4 mile then on top of that hes spraying it with a shot of nitrous or aftermarket turbo?

We got a couple of 6.0 powerjokes out here and they run decent... But I think you could have taken him to a quarter... The 6.0's have a nasty launch thats all.. And it depends on the year model as well, my buddy has an 03 excursion and he runs low low 14's... with a 1.8 60ft!!! I'm gunna have to say it looks hilarious runnin down the track next to a camaro lol! The 03's seem to run better than the other 6.0's... And their tranny's will only take so much...

powersmoke engines are terrible no matter what year model. i've seen several of them including one belonging to a friend of mine that were traded in for less than 5 grand. it's sad that you pay over 35-40K on a diesel truck and trade it in for a couple thousand bucks 5 years and 75,000 miles later. 75 is a good break in for a diesel at best. From what i hear, the transmissions in those things are just awful.

Dude I'm gonna venture to say you're not making anywhere near 400rwhp with your mods. I don't care who your tuner is. I woulda put money on the powerpuff

But i'm sure the powerjoke is alot heavier!

i dont know. all i know is i watched him beat a gto at the stip in the eighth. idk what hes got done to it. he swears its just stock with a programer. but hes full of crap. there is no way. hes pretty quick for a full size deisel. and at the moment i have no idea what im making. im doing an overhaul on the motor so im currently making zero. lol. i didnt believe it was that fast till i saw it for myself either. and i assure you its fuckin quick.

Which is why I said I'd put money on the powerpuff

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What did the gto and the powerstroke run in the 1/8?

8.10 sec was my roomates gto

The fastest power stroke I have seen at the track ran a 13.80
Reg cab with lots of smoke.
IMO powerstroke and fast dont typically exist in the same sentence... Unless its ''That powerstroke got beat by a fast honda''
Most powerstrokes around here run 17.00-15.10's. In the 1/4

i know this is an old thread but my brother in law has a 6.0 and its tuned by IDP and it puts down between 420-430 hp with around 750 torque its no joke and the transmissions are fine backing the 6.0 its the same one backing the 6.4 and no matter what you have done to it it should have studs. A good tune will put a 6.0 at mid 13s in the quarter. just my 2 cents

The fastest 6.0L I know of is mid 11's in the quarter. He is a do it yourselfer who lifes near me. Obviously his truck is not anywhere close to stock including his home made twin turbo kit.

My 2004 CCSB 4X4 F250 6.0L just ran a 17.1 in the 1/4 bone stock.

My stock 2005 Chevy 3500 with a full tank of fuel and my kids in it ran a 16.2 at like 87 or 88. My truck with no fuel weighed 7860lbs. Plus 25 gallons of fuel and 450 lbs of passengers.

An 8.1 would be a 12.65 in the quarter. Usually you can take 1/8th mile time divide by 2. Add the two and add .5. So 8.1÷2=4.05 12.15+.5=12.65 that formula is usually very very acurate unless it is a big turbo car, lots of nitrous, or a diesel. My diesels 1/8 mile would equate to a low 15 because diesels pull hard through the 1/8th then fall on their face 1/8th to 1/4. Pull up some times and try that formula and try the same against a diesel.