EliSweet2202

So it doesn’t tow very often maybe a couple times a month nothing heavy 6,000 to 7,000 pounds. I’m wanting it to be at if I ever needed it to tow heavy across town or state it wouldn’t struggle doing it and it to be fairly quick around town. A couple of guys I talked to recommended the 7x012 Sacs to conserve the vp44 with using less wire tap. I’ve always thrown the Idea around of running compounds around using my old hy35 or maybe a milled hx35. I wouldn’t really need them other than to say i have two turbos and my hy35 is just sitting collecting dust needing a rebuild. I may go ahead and do the studs one by one I wasn’t sure if the head was another weak point for the 24v. I think if I do lift the head in some way I’ll just go ahead and ring it and have work done to it. That being said if I were to lift the head while being studded can I reuse the studs or do I have to buy new ones? I do appreciate all the information and ideas I know with some of these other forums not very many people go into detail and explain everything. I’ve had this truck for a couple years and it being my first vehicle I’d hate for it to blow up doing something preventable. I really want to get it pulled it and cleaned up from its oil bath but I don’t have the room and I think I’d end up rebuilding it since it is out which isn’t ideal right now.

@Silverwolf2691 So the head gasket is good as far as I know I went a little high on the boost when I got this tuner without realizing lol. Anyway I just wanted to put a new gasket on it for preventative maintenance along with getting the head ready to handle the power I'm throwing at it.

So Is this a gauge that I have to keep permanently? I already have a second port in my manifold that I can pull my EGT probe.

So I have a 01 cummins its pretty much stock other than I have a 62/68/12 with a quadzilla on level 4. I currently have the defueling setting set to 35 pounds because I am on stock bolts but I just learned that drive pressure also affects the head gasket and the ratio needs to be 1:1 correct me if I'm wrong but that's what I've read. How do I figure out what that pressure is at and how do I fix it? In the future I do plan on doing 7x0.12 SAC injectors, DAP valve springs, Hamilton Extreme Duty pushrods, and ARP head studs. Whenever I go to do all this I also want to pull the head and get it surfaced and ringed if ringing is needed.