Notapartsreplacer

In the process of bringing my '96 5.0 2wd auto back to life. I read about something called the "Six liter tune-up." Involves upgrading distributor cap & rotor, spark plugs, plug wires, ignition coil, and advancing the timing. Parts I found to be most common for the tune-up are: MSD cap and rotor kit, e3 diamond fire plugs, MSD streetfire plug wires, and MSD TFI coil. Any thoughts, advice, wise words are much appreciated.

96bb6truck

https://www.f150forum.com/f10/4-9-i6-6liter-tune-up-write-up-244588/

Procedure is the same for i6 or v8 motor. Just make sure to get the ignition parts specific for your motor.

Notapartsreplacer

Right, I was wondering if anyone has used the specific parts list I mentioned.

David Young

I've ran e3's in a car I once had, couldn't tell any difference between them or the $2 factory sparkplugs. Some people swear by them, I think they are crap (the e3 sparkplugs not the people)

BLDTruth

I have seen many setups with the same components you listed. The only reason I didn't do it on my pickup is that they simply won't last, on average, as long as motorcraft parts will.

If you want to feel a real performance difference in the throttle, pair those modifications with a k&n cone style air filter. It will also give it a more aggressive sound.

96bb6truck

Motorcraft coil and wires will last longer and have the same performance. Stick with copper core plugs. Either autolite or motorcraft.

Notapartsreplacer

Motorcraft coil and wires will handle the advanced timing? I kinda felt the same way about the plugs. But I would need to gap the plugs to .55 right? Can't remember exactly what I read on the other site.

Execut1ve

what exactly you will stretch the gap to depends on the year of your truck - the sticker under your hood is the gold standard

I also second the recommendation for plain Motorcraft or Autolite copper plugs. The fancy ones don't do anything special for these engines, you'd be wasting your money

I used the MSD cap/rotor, Ford Racing 9mm wires, and the MSD coil. No problems, everything running strong with stock timing - I'll get that timing advanced one of these days!

Pay attention to the lengths of your plug wires - the set I ordered, though the manufacturer listed it as a stock replacement, was noticeably too long. I've used it anyway with no problems, but I've read some of these trucks take a Lightning set of wires and others take stock, for reasons I can't guess

bubbabud

IMO E3 plugs garbage. 2010 jeep ground electrode broke off, jeep digested it and crapped it out [I hope] didn't seem to hurt the engine but wouldn't want to feed it a steady diet of small metal parts.

Notapartsreplacer

Alright, so I'll stick with the motorcraft/autolite plugs. I'll check out the wires to see what I need. Thank y'all for the help.