2006 F550 w Cummins ISB 24V

[John DiMartino]

This conversion is quite a job,it isnt a cheap job ,but the owner didnt seem to care to about money much.I think it looks great Id love to have one,but it doesnt make much financial sense. http://turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1456188#post1456188

[snowplowjay]

Thats pretty sweet John!!!

Good looking rig...

Jay

[BrockwayMT]

Wow that's nice. Very costly and labor intensive though.

[cat320]

So i guess it can be done maybe that will be the wave of the future pick your truck and be able to what ever power plant you want in it. just like the big trucks .

[gslam88]

John,

Very nice looking rig, autoworld does some nice work.

I do like the comment from someone of replacing a brand new top of the line 6.0l motor with a 8 year old 12V.. lol

Must be nice to have $$$ for that ... but hey he has it..

Pete

[chtucker]

You would think it would be cheaper to put 4wd in a F650 than the a Cummins in 550?

But I guess this what the makes the world go round.

I'd like to see the guy's garage if this is what his work truck looks like.

Howard

[John DiMartino]

The powertrain is actually a 2001 245Hp/505 ft lb 24V Cummins w NVG 6 speed manual,arguably one of the best starting points for a conversion there ever was. I too think it didnt make finacial sense to do, an F650/750 would have been better for the size trailer he is pulling also.He is pushing an F550,so it makes even less sense,but he must have wanted to be different.

[GMC Driver]

Definitely a sweet rig - I guess if money is no object. I would agree that for the money, alot of other things could have been done - you could build a factory truck, with full warranty, etc. But hey, why argue the point - the guy has a very cool rig now!

[apgarconstruction]

I like that setup! that place does very nice clean custom work.
I've always wondered what it would cost to do that swap, now I know.
i'd like to know what just swapping the motor and not all the added extras would have cost. how much can you sell a brand new 6.0L for? i know it's not the best motor, but there has got to be somewhat of a market for them.

[John Banks]

I like that setup! that place does very nice clean custom work.
I've always wondered what it would cost to do that swap, now I know.
i'd like to know what just swapping the motor and not all the added extras would have cost. how much can you sell a brand new 6.0L for? i know it's not the best motor, but there has got to be somewhat of a market for them.


I too like that setup. At this point with all of the 6.0 problems, I'm sure there's a huge market for those motors! LOL I don't think you'd have any trouble selling that motor to some pore soul who's had problems and just wants to swap in a new 6 leaker.

[Mark Oomkes]

I didn't have time to read all 10 pages, how much did it cost?

That would be so sweeeeetttt if it was relatively inexpensive.

[apgarconstruction]

I think she said somewhere around 20k, but that included a lot of extra stuff that he added to the job. for more horsepower and performance. that price didn't include selling anything off the truck either. not sure what they would get for a 6.0L and the tranny it came with.

I'm still a fan of auto trannys. for plowing, it's easier. i've had manuals in the past but not plowed with them. they were in cars. i got tired of it. lol.

[Mark Oomkes]

So much for that idea.

I liked the comment about if Ford used the Cummins that they would have a warehouse full of 6.0s that they couldn't force down anybody's throat but they could maybe ebay them to Third World countries. :grinz

[John DiMartino]

That project didnt have to cost quite as much as it did.The owner has the engine in the 500-520RWHP range when it left autoworks.When it gets back to CA it is supposedly geting twin turbos,which will probably give another 50hp,even more if he puts bigger injectors in. He also did an expensive,and unnecceassry fuel system,one im not too fond of,but its real popular for whatever reason.He had a bunch of banks junk on there too,which is way overpriced,and literally does nothing for performance or EGT reduction.Depending on the state,that conversion is not exactly legal also.He is bring it back to Ca and taking his chances that there will continue to be no emission checks on diesel trucks in the 15000-18000K range.If there ever were checks done,it is unlikely he could register his truck because the engine is older than the truck it is in.He would have had to use a 2006 CTD engine to remain legal.he is taking a big chance here,and probably will be fine,but its a chance non the less. My advice to anyone doing a conversion is to use an engine of the same yr or newer(to keep emissions as clean or cleaner than the orginal engine),and an engine in the same GVWR classifaction.