15mpg, is it possible?
Tuned
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Give up! It's impossible to get 15mpg out of a 460-powered F250 4x4 without overdrive, and probably even with overdrive.
BTW, if you ever get discouraged, just remember that it's always darkest...
...just before it's completely dark.
Have a nice day!
BTW, if you ever get discouraged, just remember that it's always darkest...
...just before it's completely dark.
Have a nice day!
Last edited by Big O Dave; May 29, 2005 at 01:19 AM. Reason: thought of something else...
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From: Silverdale, WA.
I have the same setup with the e4od overdrive, I am lucky to see 11 on a good day, course, load it with 10,000 lbs. of trailer and I still get 9.
Here is an article done by fourwheeler a few years back looking for the best mileage with the 460: http://performanceunlimited.com/proj...about_mpg.html
Best of luck...
Here is an article done by fourwheeler a few years back looking for the best mileage with the 460: http://performanceunlimited.com/proj...about_mpg.html
Best of luck...
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My 1993 F250 gets 9 mpg around town, 11 to 12 mpg on the highway at a steady 70 mph. I keep my trucks maintained and this one has a Flowmaster cat back exhaust system that added no mileage improvement at all. The people that claim 15+ mpg with a 4x4 F250 and a 460 live in a wonder land a long long way from where you live.
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Originally Posted by framerboy
My 1993 F250 gets 9 mpg around town, 11 to 12 mpg on the highway at a steady 70 mph. I keep my trucks maintained and this one has a Flowmaster cat back exhaust system that added no mileage improvement at all. The people that claim 15+ mpg with a 4x4 F250 and a 460 live in a wonder land a long long way from where you live.
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With auto and 4.10, I would also say not probable. But I had an '87 4x4 crew with 3.55's and 5 speed that I would occassionally see 15+ and would usually get around 14 'empty' highway.
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Tuned
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Originally Posted by hotrod_ta
I have the same setup with the e4od overdrive, I am lucky to see 11 on a good day, course, load it with 10,000 lbs. of trailer and I still get 9.
Here is an article done by fourwheeler a few years back looking for the best mileage with the 460: http://performanceunlimited.com/projectmpg/about_mpg.html
Best of luck...
Here is an article done by fourwheeler a few years back looking for the best mileage with the 460: http://performanceunlimited.com/projectmpg/about_mpg.html
Best of luck...
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14.89 MPG on the highway. Thats w/ an '88 F-250 4x4, ext. cab long bed, EFI 460, ZF S5-42 tranny, 3.55 gears, 2.5" lift, 33" tires, at about 65mph. Also have the intake half of the Banks Power pack, and a 3" single exhaust w/ 40-series flowmaster. I still only get about 10mpg around town, and I've dipped as low as 6-7mpg while towing....
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From: okc
at one time i got 13-15 mpg out of my 460, but that was when it was still fresh and i added a 780 Holley, the only way to get those numbers was to keep a real light foot over the skinny pedal....but keep in mind, those numbers came from a 2wd with a 3.00 rear...a 4x4 with 4.10's doesnt have much of a chance of 15 mpg without a 5 speed AND a gearvendors overdrive unit, even then the odds are against you.....
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I bought my 94 F250 Super cab 4x4 5spd 460 while on vacation in Colorado and drove it back to California. Not sure if I was just so happy about the truck that I didnt notice stopping for gas and foregot to figure those stops into my calculation but I got 14mpg on that trip. NEVER EVER EVER got more than 10mpg after that. Must have foregotten a few stops on that trip.
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Gas mileage can also be regional. When I lived in AZ we didn't have the CA smog gas. I consistently get 1-3 mpg better when I run that gas than the CA blend. That was 1998-2000. Now it might all be the same garbage gas.