Here is in an update.....
25,3xx miles and counting. So far no CEL's, misfires or problems to speak of. Since the truck has done quite a bit of towing over the last few months, I have elevated the symptom #1 described in a prior post, which is probably calibration related, and am working on it with Whipple. It's intermittent and doesn't affect drivability, but as described above it appears the system sometimes limits power to NA levels for short periods of time. It's not really noticeable unless you are pulling 10 - 15k lbs for hundreds of miles because it is so infrequent, but has happened a time or two unloaded. I'll keep you posted when we get to the bottom of it. Overall the truck is a beast and puts a smile on everyone's face that gets to drive it. They cannot believe the power and throttle response.
Just did another oil change and noticed that the results from March were not posted. The March oil change was a little elevated in iron, but not above break in levels and there were several times during that OCI that my travels were international and required the truck to sit for a week at the airport and then start it in sub-freezing temps. This is first time since being built, the engine/truck had seen operation at temperatures that low or over the winter, especially with sitting for extended times, so that might have contributed to the slight increase in iron wear. The sample has been sent out for most recent OCI ~5k miles (~750 towing heavy) for analysis, so we'll see how it comes back in a week or two. If it comes back with slightly elevated Iron levels as well, might move away from Mobil 1 Extended Performance to a boutique 5w/30 oil such as Amsoil or Redline at the next OCI to see if that will reduce the wear number. My guess is that the colder temps had something to do with it, but we will see; regardless nothing to be concerned about at this point.
Since we hit 25k miles, the spark plugs and wires were replaced, but they probably had significant life left. It's difficult to see in the photos, but the plug tips were very clean, almost no carbon, uniform color/condition and looked good. The recommended change interval is 20k for the plugs, but based on my duty cycle, they could probably go 50k+. The wires were changed just because to change the plugs you are already there and they have a known issue, might as well replace them at the same time. Either way, it was a 1.5hr project (including gapping the plugs to 0.031") and a cost of ~$150 (plugs and wires), so for now sticking to a change interval of every 25k miles; hopefully preventing any issues.
At 30k miles the truck will get another oil change and likely replace the transmission filter, perform the flush and fluid service along with a new drive belt.
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The topside creeper is a game changer. Made reaching everything much, much easier and the job quick. The passenger side is challenging to torque. If I hadn't torqued the passenger side plugs, could have done the change out in <45mins. Thinking about getting a smaller torque wrench to make it easier.
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New Spark Plugs
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Old ones. Top is passenger side back to front. Bottom is driver side.
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No gap loss (or very little) and in good shape. Looks like a little too much anti-seize was put on them when installing the Whipple. Not sure what happened, I'm usually not that sloppy with it. Much better application this time.