Ford V-10 mods
I just bought a 2000 Ford V-10 Superduty. I see some do the Y-pipe mod. Any others you would recommend?
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I agree on the 5Star tuner helping the trans more than the motor, however the motor does see some increases in performance with it. Someone earlier mentioned some performance mods might not be worth it, I don't know how to equate my happiness with a better running/towing truck vs money spent, it's not like I'm trying to "get my money back out of the mods", I'm modding to make the truck better at what it does, and that happens to be towing!
The V-10 likes to rev, that's where it makes good power/torque, with this in mind it seems that these motors matched up with an effective gear ratio in the 4.30 range work very well when towing heavy (even deeper gears of 4.56 or 4.88 depending how heavy we are talking....).
I run 4.88 gears with 35.28" tall tires for an effective ratio of 4.39 (up from the stock 3.73s) and that gear change was the largest single performance increase I've done to my EX. The tuner and headers were also great additions and had about equal sized improvements. All three added together makes the rig feel like a different vehicle all together!
As an example of what the necked down factory Y pipe looks like here is a pic of my stock Y pipe (T pipe actually) and the new unit that came with my Banks headers.
As you can see the new Y pipe is a much free-er flowing piece. More breathing freedom can be seen here comparing the stock exhaust manifolds to the new headers.
Prior to these three mods (as well as all new suspension) the rig logged a couple of trips over the same route, pulling the same load (31' toyhauler at 9,500 lbs) at the same speeds and netted 6 to 7.5 MPG. And would downshift out of OD if I ran over a shadow on the highway. After the mods over the same route, same load, same speeds MPGs improved to 9 MPG and it stayed in OD the entire highway portion of a trip home to Philly from Savannah GA on I-95. Last year we upgraded to a new TT that is 41' and 12,000+/- lbs and the mileage continues to be consistently 8.5 to 9 MPG with a best single trip of 9.25 MPG. Will the mods ever pay for themselves? I doubt it. Do the mods make for a much more enjoyable towing experience? You bet!
The V-10 likes to rev, that's where it makes good power/torque, with this in mind it seems that these motors matched up with an effective gear ratio in the 4.30 range work very well when towing heavy (even deeper gears of 4.56 or 4.88 depending how heavy we are talking....).
I run 4.88 gears with 35.28" tall tires for an effective ratio of 4.39 (up from the stock 3.73s) and that gear change was the largest single performance increase I've done to my EX. The tuner and headers were also great additions and had about equal sized improvements. All three added together makes the rig feel like a different vehicle all together!
As an example of what the necked down factory Y pipe looks like here is a pic of my stock Y pipe (T pipe actually) and the new unit that came with my Banks headers.
As you can see the new Y pipe is a much free-er flowing piece. More breathing freedom can be seen here comparing the stock exhaust manifolds to the new headers.
Prior to these three mods (as well as all new suspension) the rig logged a couple of trips over the same route, pulling the same load (31' toyhauler at 9,500 lbs) at the same speeds and netted 6 to 7.5 MPG. And would downshift out of OD if I ran over a shadow on the highway. After the mods over the same route, same load, same speeds MPGs improved to 9 MPG and it stayed in OD the entire highway portion of a trip home to Philly from Savannah GA on I-95. Last year we upgraded to a new TT that is 41' and 12,000+/- lbs and the mileage continues to be consistently 8.5 to 9 MPG with a best single trip of 9.25 MPG. Will the mods ever pay for themselves? I doubt it. Do the mods make for a much more enjoyable towing experience? You bet!
