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Old 01-16-2017, 11:13 PM
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Ford 460 MPG's (lol)

Hey guys. Post your good ole 460 mpgs here so we can all enjoy the life of filling up three times a day ! 😂 Iv got a 92 f350 crew cab long bed 4x4 currently sitting on 315/75R16 mud terrains gettin about 6 mpg
 
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Old 01-16-2017, 11:15 PM
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Ouch. My rig is a '90 F350 standard cab long bed, and it gets about 10 mpg flat. It doesn't care if you're in the city, on the highway, towing a trailer or hauling ***, it gets 10.
 
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Old 01-16-2017, 11:31 PM
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Mine seems to get about 10 mpg. Luckily the company I work for didn't ask what I drove when they offered to pay for fuel!
 
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Old 01-16-2017, 11:48 PM
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Mine seems to get about 10 mpg. Luckily the company I work for didn't ask what I drove when they offered to pay for fuel!
dang your quite lucky 😂😂
 
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Old 01-17-2017, 06:42 AM
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8-10 mpg, but I think my carburetor is leaking. Hopefully closer to 10-12 in the near future.
 
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Old 01-17-2017, 07:04 AM
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6.5 to 7......but its a F-Superduty Quigley conversion with 5:13 gears so doesn't surprise me a bit.......
 
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97 F-250HD, 4x4, E4OD, 4.10 LS, and it gets about 10 mpg driving through our mountain roads. Seems to be the same whether it's empty or has 3,000 lbs in the bed.
 
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Old 01-17-2017, 09:17 AM
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86 F-250 4:10 gears ported heads mostly on exhaust side with a 480 lift cam long tube headers dual exhaust all the way back and a Holley 670 carb I get 9 mpg and as Jacob Lowell said, empty or loaded, towing 25ft 5th wheel camper or not, uphill or downhill, wind in front or wind from behind it gets 9 mpg. But it will run like a raped ape and just love going up hills and these guys with there nice new trucks watch this 86 run right by them while I just smile and waive.....:-)
 
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Old 01-17-2017, 12:08 PM
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92 F250 SCLB 4x4 460 E4OD 3.55 gears. On a good day under ideal conditions, on the hwy 60-65 mph I can get 14. Have never topped that. More speed, towing, non-hwy etc. and it drops to 10. Which apparently isn't too bad. Over 270K original engine.
 
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My 96 F350 SC DRW 460 e4od, 4.10 got 10 mpg daily driving. Pulling my 14K trailer it got 7 mpg. I had bumped the timing and put turbo muffler on it.
 
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My '87 gets 10 around town and 12-13 highway.
​​​​​​​Zf-5 & 4.10's. As others say, empty, loaded, 25 or 75 it doesn't seem to matter.
 
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'87 f250 SC LWB w/3.55 and C6 gets 9.1 at best so far on these mountain roads. Hoping for 10+ after a tune-up and headers.
 
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Haven't driven it in a long time. But was getting 8 mpg, mostly unloaded. Towing small trailers up to the largest one U-Haul rents, and it still calculated at 8. 460 - c-6 cclb 4x4. No idea what gears it has in it. I was thinking while I have it down for minor restorations about swapping a different trans in it, however based on these numbers, and the amount I plan to drive it, I don't think it'll be worth the cost.
 
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Dang, you guys get some bad mileage!
My 96 gets 11 in town, 14 on the hi way.
 
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Old 01-18-2017, 10:00 AM
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Dang, you guys get some bad mileage!
My 96 gets 11 in town, 14 on the hi way.
Gearing?
Transmission?
2x4 or 4x4?
Wheelbase, weight and tires?
SD or MAF?
 


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