my new 85 f150 aka BEAST
07-12-2011, 05:04 PM
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just so ya know.... your gonna hate the gas bill.... the end
07-12-2011, 05:10 PM
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lol tell me about it...but i love everything else about it lol
07-12-2011, 05:33 PM
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my 88 would pass anythang but a gas station and it was EFI somewhere around 7 with 33's
07-12-2011, 05:35 PM
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that isnt comforting lol...i just filled it up today so im curious to see just what kind of mileage it will get
07-12-2011, 05:43 PM
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460 ftw!!!! my 85 would pull 10-11 all day with 4.11 gears and 36's. 12 if i babied it and got a best of 13 on a long flat trip once.
07-12-2011, 05:55 PM
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im just hoping i get somewhere above 10mpgs lol
07-12-2011, 05:56 PM
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mine had a loud *** exhaust could be heard for miles..... i loved to make it well known
07-12-2011, 05:58 PM
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mines fairly loud but not obnoxious.. i need to crawl under it and see what muffler it has on it..i do know it has headers but dont what what brand i need to clean up the engine bay to be able to tell
07-12-2011, 07:49 PM
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Mine had headers 2.5" exhuast no cats and blown out glass packs with 3.5 inch tips i could be heard almost a 5 miles away when i was ***** to the walls in it
07-12-2011, 08:00 PM
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my f350 could be heard from 2 miles away, but it was the boggers........
07-12-2011, 09:45 PM
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My 351w in the 94 can pass anything but the gas station. Inpulled the camper at 80 mph n got a flat 6 mpg.
Without the camper I think its around 10mpg.
But I have a buick that gets 27 mpg for a dd now so...
07-13-2011, 10:48 AM
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well im pretty sure i have a problem with my gas lol...i drove not even 70 miles last night and went thru 3/4 of a tank...when ever i have time i need to look into it...every once and a while i get the smallest wiff of gas so maybe i have a small leak somewhere.
07-13-2011, 11:13 AM
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How fast where u driving? You might be into the secondries of the carb. Gas goes fast that way. Just ask how I know
07-13-2011, 11:21 AM
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i was only traveling at 60mph...most of the time
07-13-2011, 11:23 AM
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Hmmmmm. Ya better look for some leaks thn.
