have a 2000 f250sd xl crew sb v10 trition, 5 1/2" fabtech lift, goodyear wranglers mt/r lt285/75r16 and get 9 miles to the gallon no matter how i dirve , unless i go through the mud. my question is how do i get better gas milage? what would be the first thing to do? please give me all the options from cheap to o my god.
i love the truck but hate the gas milage. ( my brothers 2001 gets roughfly 12-14 with a 24' inclosed trailer, from what he tells me).
thanks for the info if any.

 

Supercharger, chip, exhaust, airfilter, the list goes on and on....

 

any brand better than the other?

 

it is hard to justify spending money for gas milage. You cna never save enough fule to pay for a gear swap and most mods will net so little it would be the same. lets say you get 10% better that is .9 mpg how far would you have to drive to save the money on that mod. Any mod made sould be to improve say performance and a side effect would be better MPG. Take a filter ok you get 1% better milage it does not work money for that but it may give you more power etc. So if you wish to try and justify the cost it wont work if you are like me just spen the money and get what you want.
Filter and exhaust sould net some MPG but you driving style will make the most dif. keep the RPM's low.

 

so forget the gas milage for now what type of exhaust?
front to back or cat back?

 

>so forget the gas milage for now what type of exhaust?
>front to back or cat back?

Banks Power Pack from the heads to the tailpipe(minus the catalytic converter).It aint cheap though.Next option,IMO,a Banks Stinger,a first rate cat back system.

If you want fuel mileage...lose the lift,use small tires and wheels,tall gear ratio,and drive like you have an egg between your foot and the gas pedal.In order to get something you have to give something.Unfortunately,just about everything is a trade off.

 

4X4X4 said;"If you want fuel mileage...lose the lift,use small tires and wheels,tall gear ratio,and drive like you have an egg between your foot and the gas pedal.In order to get something you have to give something.Unfortunately,just about everything is a trade off."

All of which is true, although unless I read it wrong, the tires @285/75/R16 aren't big, I believe they are the stock size aren't they ? The 3 things that I have found that really effect my gas mileage are: tire pressure, running the a/c and exterior add-ons. My tires are recommended to be inflated to 80 psi, and let me tell ya, that is just as hard as you can envision. When I drop them down to around 40 psi to make the ride a bit more comfortable and get to where I don't feel every grain of sand I travel over, my mileage drops by about 2 mpg. Running the a/c takes me from around 14, to about 12 also. Lastly when I have the Thule rack and the Stor-Mor box on the roof, it also drops to around 12. Funny though that with the combination of all three of the above items, it doesn't go to 9, it stays around 12. My 460 would get around 12-13 mpg but would get 9-10 while towing the 24' camping trailer. The V-10 drops right down to around 7-8 pulling the same trailer. I drove both vehicles the same way although I could lug the 460 a little more up the hills. I find my mph up hills with the V-10 to be an avg of 5-10 mph higher but I spin the motor at higher rpms cause it won't lug like the 460. The 460 wouldn't go any faster up the hills at higher rpm, it would just make more noise. My PSD would have been a great tow rig if the idiots that built it would have figured out that a low rpm motor that has 90% of it's torque below 2000 rpm SHOULD NOT kick down a gear when you step on the gas pedal. A 5 or 6 speed is the only way I'd ever have another diesel, but for 90% of my driving, the automatic is the only way to go. And that beautiful sounding rev monster of a V-10 in front of that automatic is the perfect combination to me. I'll live with it's few drawbacks for all the positives. Of course a hundred HP gain with the Kenne Bell Whipple charger would give me instant amnesia for the few things I dislike about the V-10.

Ken, 1998 E-350 XLT Club Wagon, V-10 E4OD.

 

>have a 2000 f250sd xl crew sb v10 trition, 5 1/2" fabtech
>lift, goodyear wranglers mt/r lt285/75r16 and get 9 miles to
>the gallon no matter how i dirve , unless i go through the
>mud. my question is how do i get better gas milage? what
>would be the first thing to do? please give me all the
>options from cheap to o my god.
>i love the truck but hate the gas milage. ( my brothers 2001
>gets roughfly 12-14 with a 24' inclosed trailer, from what
>he tells me).
>thanks for the info if any.


If your really looking for better gas mileage, you could trade it in for a 2 wheel drive Toyota Tacoma.

All kidding aside, what is the gas mileage on a stock F250 4x4 with the V10?

 

I'm getting 11-12 around town and 14-15 on the highway. This is just the truck, my junk (probably 200lbs worth) and the wife - no towing, nothing in the bed. I've only got 1700 miles on it so far so I expect this to improve a little as it breaks in...


I'm Happy!

Gary M.

2002 F250 SD, SC, SB, 4x4, 6.8L v10, 3.73LS, 4spd Auto, Reverse Aid Sensor, Class IV Hitch, Offroad Package, Manual Hubs, 40/20/40 Bench Seat, Camper Package, Lariat, White, Putco Locker Side Rails, Mud Flaps, K&N Filter, Vent Visors, Diamond Plate Brite Aluminum in Bed Tool Box...

 

All kidding aside, what is the gas mileage on a stock F250 4x4 with the V10?

Seems like most V-10 owners here get around 12. With 8-9 towing a medium sized (6-8K lbs) trailer. 14 seems to be the high range, which I get occasionally, and 10 being the low range, like the author of the original post. I have 2WD in my E-350, and 12.5 seems to be pretty typical. It's pretty easy to keep it in the 10's with a heavy foot, and it's easy to have a heavy foot when it's so freekin much fun to stand on the loud pedal with 310 HP and 425 ft lbs of twist. But like you said, if you want gas mileage buy a Toyota !

Ken, 1998 E-350 XLT Club Wagon V-10 E4OD 3.73 open diff 15 passenger.

 

Just went over 5500 miles on my 2002 F250 SD, SC, LB, 3.73, V10 Auto, stock tires, cap on the back, K&N filter with shroud removed. I have a set of Borla headers on backorder that I hope to have installed by Labor Day. I just got back from vacation drove from Colorado Springs to Sherdian WY to Missoula MT down the Bitterroot Valley to Jackson, Dubois, Lander and back home. 2500 miles at 14.7 MPG running 70-75MPH, actual computation, computer said 13.6. Love the truck, but the real test comes when I hook up the 28 ft 5ver and do the same trip next summer. I will get a short test over Labor Day going to South Pass WY with the 5ver.

Best $'s spent are for intake & exhaust improvements. Friend of mine who builds race motors has me convinced that you have to get the intake and exhaust correct to make other improvements worth the money.

 

>4X4X4 said;"If you want fuel mileage...lose the lift,use
>small tires and wheels,tall gear ratio,and drive like you
>have an egg between your foot and the gas pedal.In order to
>get something you have to give something.Unfortunately,just
>about everything is a trade off."
>
>All of which is true, although unless I read it wrong, the
>tires @285/75/R16 aren't big, I believe they are the stock
>size aren't they ?

If the factory supplied tire specs. for the 00,250 SD are the same as the 02,250 SD (which I suspect they are)the standard tire size is 235/85x16 and the optional factory supplied size is 265/75x16.

My 02,V-10,6spd.,3.73 axle,reg.cab,F350,4x4 is getting between 13 and 13.5 in mixed driving.This last tank,which will be filled tomorrow,I managed to drive pretty conservatively and am curious what my mileage will be.

 

Wiggit', I would like to know how you are calculating your mileage.

Manually?
Or via the OE computer?

Cheap mod(s) to improve mileage:

1. Be very easy with your loud pedal.
2. Lotsa air pressure
3. Don't start it.

The Oh-my-Gawd way:

1. Swap out the V10 for a PSD.

 

>
>Cheap mod(s) to improve mileage:
>
>1. Be very easy with your loud pedal.
>2. Lotsa air pressure
>3. Don't start it.


4.COAST A LOT

 

Ready for this? My 2000 PS 6 speed 4X4 got 9 mpg pulling my 26' 5th wheel. A friends super cab 2X4 ps auto pulling 5th wheel 9.2.
I just took a trip of 300 miles, the longest with my V10. 9.3 mpg with the 5th wheel. now that is flat interstate no hills the ps would get 9 anywhere don't know with the V10.
But in Louisiana there are no mountains so I get better milage with my V10 then I did with the PS.