A tune is the most power for the $$$, then add an inter-cooler to keep that power as the engine heats up! The catch can is not needed and has the potential of creating/covering a problem. Injectors are covered with a tune and the DI/PI dual injection. Intake and exhaust breathing are capable of 600+ from the factory. I would stay with the stock thermostat, any replacement should be Ecoboost specific. E-blends depend on availability of fuel and tunes for anything past E15.
From an old geezer to an old man. Welcome to this forum! KM

 

I do appreciate your insights, and would like reliability on 600 hp IF POSSIBLE ???. concerned with drive train, any knowledge on this?? Thank you for the help !.

 

Best bang for the buck is an intercooler and a custom tune. The other you listed aren't really good for much extra HP unless the engine has the tune.

The stock cold air intake can deliver all the air your engine needs, even with a moderate tune. You may get a few ponies out of the down pipes, but I'd think they'd come well after the two mods I mentioned.

Your truck isn't asking for more fuel than the factory injectors can deliver in stock configuration, just because you have more fuel doesn't mean the engine is asking for it. It's not like you are maxing out the stock injectors. The colder plugs won't give you anything to speak of until you have the timing and/or fuel upgrades that come with a tune.

 

Best bang for the buck is an intercooler and a custom tune. The other you listed aren't really good for much extra HP unless the engine has the tune.

The stock cold air intake can deliver all the air your engine needs, even with a moderate tune. You may get a few ponies out of the down pipes, but I'd think they'd come well after the two mods I mentioned.

Your truck isn't asking for more fuel than the factory injectors can deliver in stock configuration, just because you have more fuel doesn't mean the engine is asking for it. It's not like you are maxing out the stock injectors. The colder plugs won't give you anything to speak of until you have the timing and/or fuel upgrades that come with a tune.

Appreciate your insight on getting me on track. Thank you

 

Ole man with a twin turbo F150?

You should see how old the 2 old men are that replied. 🤣🤣🤣

As for getting more power, you gotta think of that new truck as being software inhibited rather than hardware.
Or put another way, the existing hardware is more than capable of producing another 100HP without you turning a single screw or bolt. Rather you just need someone to unlock the software limitations Ford has used to tame that beast for the masses. 😁

Welcome to the geezer ecoboost club, by the way

 

"You should see how old the 2 old men are that replied." Never shy to admit, just had my 74th birthday! KM

PS: That is a way of saying I went from simply a sick mind to age based dementia. km

 

I’m creeping up on 60.. I also have an Audi Q7 that’s currently tickling 550whp out of a supercharged 3.0 v6.
I can’t wait to toy with tuning on the EB once I make sure the transmission is good to go.

 

I’m creeping up on 60.. I also have an Audi Q7 that’s currently tickling 550whp out of a supercharged 3.0 v6.
I can’t wait to toy with tuning on the EB once I make sure the transmission is good to go.

That's close to home, as I also have a SQ5 2014 with tune and all the extras, but it's not something to drive daily, and you know how temperamental they are!

 

Welcome to the neighborhood!

Also, as to pro's/con's of E50/E85, the biggest universal cons are simply availability and that MPG will drop since you need to burn 20%-30% more E85 to match the energy content of pump gas e10.

Con's specific to the EcoBoost are that I don't think you can run more than e30 without a tune, and I am not sure you can go all the way to e85 without replacing fuel injectors and pumps even with a tune.

Pro's specific to the EcoBoost is that even in stock form it likes ~e20 mixes, as it is factory calibrated to take advantage of higher octanes. Higher concentrations of ethanol are a hack for achieving higher octane, but at the cost of mpg. Such performance improvements are compounded with a quality tune, particularly one designed for a specified ethanol blend.

But again, worries about ethanol would come after the easy win of a tune + intercooler. I'd say try that first and see if that doesn't cover most of it, to paraphrase Bill Murray.