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  1. Filtering Your 6.4L Coolant, Part 2: Final Prototype and Installation

    Filtering Your 6.4L Coolant, Part 2: Final Prototype and Installation

    Interested in purchasing our 6.4L coolant filter kit? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Ford 6.4L Powerstroke Coolant Filter Kit

    Final Prototype Bracket

    Welcome back! Our final bracket prototype is in and ready for installation. Check it out!

    Mishimoto 6.4L coolant filter bracket
    Mishimoto 6.4L coolant filter bracket

    Mishimoto 6.4L coolant filter bracket
    Mishimoto 6.4L
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  2. Filtering Your 6.4L Coolant, Part 1: Initial Prototype

    Filtering Your 6.4L Coolant, Part 1: Initial Prototype

    Interested in purchasing our 6.4L coolant filter kit? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Ford 6.4L Powerstroke Coolant Filter Kit

    We mentioned in our 6.0L coolant filtration thread that we would be tackling the 6.4L as well. Let's take a look at some of the components our team has been putting together for the 6.4L kit.

    Although the 6.4L does not seem to be as susceptible to buildups as is the 6.0L, a coolant filtration setup is certainly still a worthy investment in preventive maintenance.

    So let's get started!

    Filter Housing

    We'll start with the filter housing. As mentioned in our 6.0L thread, we developed a housing with a wide range of adjustability that could be utilized for a variety of kits. This housing is shown below.

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  3. 6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Hose Upgrade, Part 2: Product Completion and Final Design

    6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Hose Upgrade, Part 2: Product Completion and Final Design

    Interested in picking up our 6.4L Powerstroke coolant hose kit? Check out our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Ford 6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Coolant Hose Kit

    Our full prototype unit has arrived and is ready for some final test fitting! Before introducing our final product, let's take one last look at the stock hose setup.

    Stock 6.4L radiator hoses
    Stock 6.4L radiator hoses

    Now, check out the Mishimoto prototype kit!

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  4. 6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Coolant Hose Upgrade, Part 1: Initial Development

    6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Coolant Hose Upgrade, Part 1: Initial Development

    Interested in picking up our 6.4L Powerstroke coolant hose kit? Check out our product page linked below!

    Mishimoto Ford 6.4L Powerstroke Silicone Coolant Hose Kit

    6.4L Engine bay with Mishimoto aluminum radiator
    6.4L Engine bay with Mishimoto aluminum radiator

    The Project Begins

    Looking to pair your 6.4L aluminum radiator with a nice set of silicone hoses? We thought so! After developing a variety of components for the 6.4L Powerstroke, we decided to take a closer look at the radiator hoses on this truck.

    After Ford released this truck in 2008, there were numerous complaints about leaking hoses. Ford issued a technical

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  5. Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 6: Final Results and Product Conclusion

    Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 6: Final Results and Product Conclusion

    Interested in purchasing this Duramax Intercooler? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L Duramax Intercooler Kit

    With our testing complete, it was time to recap the results and see what kind of benefits our cooler was capable of producing. The testing procedures and information from our previous posts are outlined below.

    Testing Procedures and Information

    Vehicle: 2011 Chevrolet 2500 6.6L LML Duramax

    Engine Modifications: None, all factory equipped

    Ambient Temperature: 85°F (29.5°C)

    Humidity: 35%

    Sensors: PLX Pressure and temperature sensors were placed on both the hot-side and cold-side intercooler boots.

    Physical Benefits

    Before we jump right into the testing data, let's compare the physical aspects of our intercooler design that distinguish our unit from the factory cooler.

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  6. Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 5: Prototype Testing

    Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 5: Prototype Testing

    Interested in purchasing this Duramax Intercooler? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L Duramax Intercooler Kit

    Product Testing and Procedures

    The fun part of development is the reveal of our initial prototype design, but the truly exciting part is the testing portion of development. At this point our offices are disrupted by noise from the dyno pulls, tempting a few of our empolyees to filter into the garage and check out the action. Below we see the truck loaded onto the dyno.

    LML test truck on dyno
    LML test truck on dyno

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  7. Mishimoto 2010-2012 Dodge 6.7L Cummins Intercooler, Part 5: Testing Results and Project Conclusion

    Mishimoto 2010-2012 Dodge 6.7L Cummins Intercooler, Part 5: Testing Results and Project Conclusion

    Interested in purchasing this Cummins Intercooler? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Dodge 6.7L Cummins Intercooler

    Finally, the results are in! The testing of our 2010-2012 Cummins Performance Intercooler is complete. After months of development and weeks of testing, our team was extremely excited to crunch the numbers to see how our cooler compared to the stock unit. Before we jump into the actual data pulled from our dyno pulls, we will first compare the physical attributes of the Mishimoto cooler to the stock unit.

    Intercooler Physical Comparison

    First, our comparison of overall thicknesses of the stock and Mishimoto cores. This difference was displayed in an earlier post where we showed the actual measurements.

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  8. Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 4: Prototype Test Fit

    Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 4: Prototype Test Fit

    Interested in purchasing this Duramax Intercooler? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L Duramax Intercooler Kit

    Prototype Test Fitting

    Time to see if this massive intercooler fits! Our prototype design was based on critical dimensions taken from a test vehicle so we could expand the cooler as much as possible without causing fitment concerns. Let's see if we succeeded on our first attempt!

    The radiator and intercooler are thicker than the factory units, so we bolted the intercooler prototype to the new Mishimoto radiator prototype. Now attached to each other, we installed them together for the benefit of those customers who would want to purchase both components.

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  9. Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 3: Prototype Design

    Mishimoto 2011+ Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L LML Duramax Performance Intercooler, Part 3: Prototype Design

    Interested in purchasing this Duramax Intercooler? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Chevrolet/GMC 6.6L Duramax Intercooler Kit

    Prototype 3D Design

    Now that we outlined our project goals and had all the test data from the factory intercooler, our engineers were ready to design a prototype intercooler. Using dimensional data from a rendering of the truck as well as the actual measurements we took from the test vehicle and factory intercooler, our team was able to create a very nice looking prototype. Check out a couple renderings of the design!

    Mishimoto prototype intercooler rendering
    Mishimoto prototype intercooler rendering
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  10. Mishimoto 2010-2012 Dodge 6.7L Cummins Performance Aluminum Radiator, Part 4: Physical Comparison, Testing Explanation, and Project Close

    Mishimoto 2010-2012 Dodge 6.7L Cummins Performance Aluminum Radiator, Part 4: Physical Comparison, Testing Explanation, and Project Close

    Interested in purchasing this Cummins radiator? Check out our product page for more information!

    Mishimoto Dodge 6.7L Cummins Aluminum Radiator

    Alright, it is finally time to see how our engineering team did with the development of this product! First, we measured the physical properties of the Mishimoto radiator compared to the factory radiator. Our first chart highlights the most common selling feature of a performance radiator: core thickness.

    Mishimoto vs. factory radiator core thickness
    Mishimoto vs. factory radiator core thickness

    We squeezed out as much additional core thickness as possible without causing any fitment concerns with factory

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