Hello, I’ve just joined the group and from what I’ve read so far there are a ton of experienced individuals on this forum and absolutely any advice will be appreciated more than you realize. So what I’ve got is a 2011 f150 fx4 with a 4-1/2” BDS lift and 35x12.50-20 tires and Fuel assault wheels with roughly 285,000 miles on original engine before it decided it had enough. I absolutely love this truck and these engines. I’ve not figured out how to add descriptions of my truck onto my profile yet so here’s what I’m doing. I’m smack dab in the middle of building this truck back. I just received my new long block engine from ford last week. It came with HPFP, water pump and basically everything except manifolds and turbos which is way more than I thought it would come with. So I’m putting a full race high mounted intercooler on it, crp ported manifolds, upr dual valve catch can, bd diesel screamer turbos with turbo smart shorty BOV’s, AMS Turbine adapters, banks cold air intake system, and while the engine is out I figure it’s a great time to go ahead and change the torque converter and flexplate. Maybe while they have the cab off I’ll go ahead and install exhaust and down pipes. Oh and I’m gonna get a tuner and tunes from somebody like boostking. Yes I know it’s a very expensive project for a truck this old but my truck still looks and drives as it did when it was new. I can’t see junking it out. Plus I wanna truck that’ll rip and I would never do this to a brand new one. With all that being said can anyone recommend something that I may be doing wrong or overlooking? Are the screamer turbos pretty good? What do you all recommend on tuners and tunes? I really want reliable power increases and not ridiculous power that’s not reliable if that makes sense. Any recommendations or help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
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Ok so I can’t seem to find the Catalytic Converter that installs after the downpipes. I know I seen one from Flo pro that was for sure what I want to use. I think it was a 200 cell or maybe 300 but I forgot to save the link and I can’t find it on the web anywhere now. Does anyone know of another brand that installs below the Down pipes or am I screwed?
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No that’s not it. It’s actually just the catalytic converter from Flo pro. It’s like they’ve removed the thing from the planet as I can’t find it anywhere. Now I wish I would have just went with catted down pipes
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That’s what I’m researching now. I think you’re right about the magnaflow cats
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So now I’m going with the mishimoto intercooler that mounts in stock location. Full race just informed me their high mount won’t be back in stock until October and I can’t wait that long. Who knows what my truck will have on it when I’m finished lol.
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Update!!! Got truck done today. Here’s what all I ended up doing:
New long block from ford and went ahead and got a new intake manifold, Deatschwerks 1700cc injectors, Mishimoto Intercooler kit with charge pipes, full race manifolds, garret pmax turbos, turbo adapters from full race, cvf catless down pipes, Flo-Pro 4” cat back exhaust with their twister resonator and muffler (sounds amazingly good). Banks Ram Air intake. 3 bar Map sensor and Sct x4 tuner with 5 star tunes However the truck won’t run right with the tunes so I guess I’ll be working with them until we get it dialed but for now it runs decent with the stock tune. 5 star told me the sct x4 doesn’t like the 3 bar sensor and I need the stock one if it runs bad. Well I’m gonna try that tomorrow but I feel like that won’t help. I’m just gonna try it since they said that. It just runs rough at low rpm and cruising speeds it has a surge in rpm and seems to lose boost at each surge. So I put it back stock until I try the sensor. Overall I am very happy with the build.
New long block from ford and went ahead and got a new intake manifold, Deatschwerks 1700cc injectors, Mishimoto Intercooler kit with charge pipes, full race manifolds, garret pmax turbos, turbo adapters from full race, cvf catless down pipes, Flo-Pro 4” cat back exhaust with their twister resonator and muffler (sounds amazingly good). Banks Ram Air intake. 3 bar Map sensor and Sct x4 tuner with 5 star tunes However the truck won’t run right with the tunes so I guess I’ll be working with them until we get it dialed but for now it runs decent with the stock tune. 5 star told me the sct x4 doesn’t like the 3 bar sensor and I need the stock one if it runs bad. Well I’m gonna try that tomorrow but I feel like that won’t help. I’m just gonna try it since they said that. It just runs rough at low rpm and cruising speeds it has a surge in rpm and seems to lose boost at each surge. So I put it back stock until I try the sensor. Overall I am very happy with the build.
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The amazing thing is after all the money spent and the work we did it’s almost all covered up with the dirty parts that we reused haha. I have got to do something about that sooner than later for sure but yeah I have a few pictures I’ll post them soon as I can get better cell service
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Trying to get everything cleaned up. Waiting on some decorative engine bay parts and still got to install the catch can and some other small things like new coolant lines. I’ll get more pics as I continue but for right now I need to let the wife breathe for a day or so before I order more parts 😏
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So I installed the new 3 bar map sensor from American Trucks earlier and the performance tune is doing way better except when I’m passing a vehicle and it drops to 4th gear about half throttle I notice rpm is surging bad and turbos are barking so they’re losing boost pressure I guess. But the second I push the throttle a little more it cleans up and rips! It also shifts a tad harder from 2-3rd. I’ve read that that’s part of the ECM adaptive learning and will clean up in 300 or so miles. We will see. Either way I’m very pleased with the truck! I’ll update more as I progress. Thanks for the help with answering my questions I really appreciate that!
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Okidokie so the truck has around 400 miles of highway driving with the occasional haul mode activated from time to time. The tunes are still jacked up. 93 perf tow just will not stay running at all and the 93 performance tune runs decent but shifting is terrible. Very hard shifts from 1 through 5 and even harder downshifts from 3-1. Besides that I can put around and it runs ok but at 30% throttle or 2500rpm and up it surges back and forth until I mash the pedal on down to halfway or more then it rips!!! I would really like it if 5 star tuning would just let me drive out to their shop and them check it out and then send me a tune that I can use.
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Is it normal for the guys at 5 star tuning to not respond to emails? I know they’re busy but my tunes are not right and I need to know what I’m supposed to be doing. Data logging I presume but no idea which Pids to use. I’ll keep trying to reach them when I get off work
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Definitely recommend not running a catch can oil separator or engine destroyer whatever you want to call it. Mine would be almost full before hitting 500 miles. It wasn’t oil though it was tan liquid which I think was vapor being turned to liquid. It would be fine if you can remember to empty it every 300 miles
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I’d definitely say it’s normal for 5star to take a long time in replying. Years ago they were on top of it, but as they blew up - replies got longer and quality went down. Personally not a fan.
I would reach out to Boostking Tuning or Unleashed tuning regarding your setup. They will actually tailor the tune correctly.
I would reach out to Boostking Tuning or Unleashed tuning regarding your setup. They will actually tailor the tune correctly.
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Catch cans are unnecessarily on these trucks. They tend to cause more issues and failure points. You will only catch fuel vapors.
Ford did a great job at seperating the oil from the blow by. The fuel vapors are designed to stay in form and be easily reburned. The carbon buildup many fear isn’t from the PCV system. The Overlap for emissions is the cause.
Ford did a great job at seperating the oil from the blow by. The fuel vapors are designed to stay in form and be easily reburned. The carbon buildup many fear isn’t from the PCV system. The Overlap for emissions is the cause.
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I understand now. My last engine made it 280,000 miles without major issues with regular engine maintenance performed religiously every 3000 miles. I never had a catch can on that engine. I yanked that junk off this new engine I’m not having it. Now the truck seems to run way better too as I was finding moisture on my Map sensors and having to drain my CAC regularly
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