f450 work truck....finally removing the dpf
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im still waiting to do some hand cal. before i get to excited......all i can really report is what i am noticing and as of right now my fuel needle is still pointing at full and as not budged since i fueled up and that was 150 miles ago.....before it would start droping at 60 miles driven.... i typically dont run the truck when im not working so i wont actually have much to report untill next week unless i get a hot shot over the weekend...not very likely since i turned my phone off for the first time in a 2 months. i have noticed it has so much more power and its hard to just accelerate normal cause like everyone else you are tempted to punch it!!!! but i have been keeping my temptations in check for the most part....i have really opened it up twice just to see what it could do......and to get it out of my system a bit....as far as the higher the tune the more it lies maybe true but i dont care.....cause i know it is doing better than it was before and thats all i cared about. i just dont have any hard numbers from hand cal. yet but i promise to share when i do.
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needle finally budged at mile 160.......goal is 600 in my 40 gallon tank.... 600miles/per tank would give me 15 mpg......i will report again when i notice something else worth noting.....also i am running a sct livewire on preformance setting which i believe adds around 120 hp.....if i have to tow....i will take it down to a safer mode......also whats the the highest level of egt i need to worry about??? thanks
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i used a ramp to help get under there.....i couldnt resist the temptation to fill up early to get some hard numbers already.... it showed 13.5 mpg so far hand cal......im alittle disapointed but thats a far cry from 8....its a mix of both fwy and city .....65% city....on extreme tune......im going to try preformance tune next to see whats the best tune to run.....
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i used a ramp to help get under there.....i couldnt resist the temptation to fill up early to get some hard numbers already.... it showed 13.5 mpg so far hand cal......im alittle disapointed but thats a far cry from 8....its a mix of both fwy and city .....65% city....on extreme tune......im going to try preformance tune next to see whats the best tune to run.....
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Sorry for the delay, been on vacation. I was getting 9 MPG empty, Now with 3.73 gears i get 13 MPG. It did change the power but I haul a 3000 pound camper and tow a 7000 pound trailer. I didn't need the low gears.
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i used a ramp to help get under there.....i couldnt resist the temptation to fill up early to get some hard numbers already.... it showed 13.5 mpg so far hand cal......im alittle disapointed but thats a far cry from 8....its a mix of both fwy and city .....65% city....on extreme tune......im going to try preformance tune next to see whats the best tune to run.....
What are you using to monitor your trucks vitals now?
Good luck with the 'new' truck! The truck sounds so much more baddassss now!
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Thanks for the response, my trailer is 17K or so. I pulled it for a year with my f250 which had a 373, didn't seem to lack power except I wasn't going to win any drag races. Kinda scary merging sometimes. i have no idea what a change out would cost me, but it is a way to increase mileage. And, there is the option of buying that guys 2010.