Engine Builders talk.
04-29-2016, 09:07 PM
#8911
Senior Member
Engine Builders talk.
If you want to keep your *********, Yea, a nice 10 gen, I like the tenth gen diesels as well...plenty enough to do the job. If you look at or are thinking about a 11th gen gaser, start at the 08's and work up. To avoid most of the 11th gen woes. Some of the 07's are good. The models that are good have brown coil boots. 
and Yeah I'll keep my eye out for a clean screw. There is a 6.0 down the street that hasn't moved in about a year and it blows white smoke so I know it Needs work. But it's a green crew cab short bed Lariat so maybe I can pick that up for cheap and get It bullet proofed. I don't really want an 11th gen but if a clean 08 screw comes up I may get It. I just think they are ugly. I would love an 09 or 10 f250.I'm thinking about just doing a HC build with some forged rods with a mild cam. That 2k that I was gonna spend one wheels and tires may go to the engine now.
Last edited by 2thousand5.4; 04-29-2016 at 09:11 PM.
04-29-2016, 09:55 PM
#8912
Originally Posted by 2thousand5.4
Thanks and Yeah I'll keep my eye out for a clean screw. There is a 6.0 down the street that hasn't moved in about a year and it blows white smoke so I know it Needs work. But it's a green crew cab short bed Lariat so maybe I can pick that up for cheap and get It bullet proofed. I don't really want an 11th gen but if a clean 08 screw comes up I may get It. I just think they are ugly. I would love an 09 or 10 f250.I'm thinking about just doing a HC build with some forged rods with a mild cam. That 2k that I was gonna spend one wheels and tires may go to the engine now.
and Yeah I'll keep my eye out for a clean screw. There is a 6.0 down the street that hasn't moved in about a year and it blows white smoke so I know it Needs work. But it's a green crew cab short bed Lariat so maybe I can pick that up for cheap and get It bullet proofed. I don't really want an 11th gen but if a clean 08 screw comes up I may get It. I just think they are ugly. I would love an 09 or 10 f250.I'm thinking about just doing a HC build with some forged rods with a mild cam. That 2k that I was gonna spend one wheels and tires may go to the engine now.
04-29-2016, 10:10 PM
#8913
Senior Member
Dude the same thing happened to me where it was wayyyyy low and I only got like 2.5 quarts out. It'll be fine. I've been adding a quart every thousand miles since I bought the truck 2 and a half years and 30k miles ago. I plan on continuing this until it blows up. It's the most economical way. Pick up a used 5.4 and build that motor slowly while you still have the one in your current truck and swap when you finish the motor
04-29-2016, 10:51 PM
#8914
Originally Posted by 2thousand5.4
That's the plan, For now at least. Hypereutectic pistons, forged rods, 10ish:1 or maybe 11ish:1 CR, and a mild street cam. Probably take 6 months to a year to get it all built. Yall think 330 crank is achievable with that?
04-29-2016, 10:58 PM
#8916
Originally Posted by BrowningSCrew
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04-29-2016, 11:07 PM
#8917
Dude the same thing happened to me where it was wayyyyy low and I only got like 2.5 quarts out. It'll be fine. I've been adding a quart every thousand miles since I bought the truck 2 and a half years and 30k miles ago. I plan on continuing this until it blows up. It's the most economical way. Pick up a used 5.4 and build that motor slowly while you still have the one in your current truck and swap when you finish the motor
04-30-2016, 12:46 AM
#8919
Senior Member
How much blow by are you getting? You've got a good PCV valve in there don't yuh ? Pull the throttle body and dip the lower intake. Just stick something down in there to measure the amount of oil you have sitting in the intake.
04-30-2016, 12:58 AM
#8920
Senior Member
In the past, guys have routed the PCV to catch can. The can would fill with oil and they would dump it back into the motor lol. True!