Reliability?
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Reliability?
>> gets pretty good gas milaege.
>>
>>good luck
>
>Just curious... but what do you consider "good" gas mileage?
>I have a F150 shortbed 5spd and 2.73 gears and only pull
>17-18mpg on pure highway miles doing 70mph.
>
>My dad's Dodge 3/4ton ext cab long bed gets about 22mpg with
>4.11gears. and it weighs a heck of alot more than my little
>truck... course that turbo diesel really helps out the
>mileage..
>
>But still, I personally dont consider 17mpg good. I'm
>actually thinking of trading it for something with better
>gas mileage since I'm putting 500mi per week on it. BUT I
>do love the 300, its been one heck of a truck so far!
You get 17 MPG with 2.73 gears! My god that is good. I get 15 with 3.08 gears. I am switching to 3.55 as soon as I get a chance. I don't think I am backwards on this. Am I? I thought the hihger your gear # the better your mileage is.
>>
>>good luck
>
>Just curious... but what do you consider "good" gas mileage?
>I have a F150 shortbed 5spd and 2.73 gears and only pull
>17-18mpg on pure highway miles doing 70mph.
>
>My dad's Dodge 3/4ton ext cab long bed gets about 22mpg with
>4.11gears. and it weighs a heck of alot more than my little
>truck... course that turbo diesel really helps out the
>mileage..
>
>But still, I personally dont consider 17mpg good. I'm
>actually thinking of trading it for something with better
>gas mileage since I'm putting 500mi per week on it. BUT I
>do love the 300, its been one heck of a truck so far!
You get 17 MPG with 2.73 gears! My god that is good. I get 15 with 3.08 gears. I am switching to 3.55 as soon as I get a chance. I don't think I am backwards on this. Am I? I thought the hihger your gear # the better your mileage is.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 03-May-02 AT 10:38 PM (EST)]>You get 17 MPG with 2.73 gears! My god that is good. I get 15 with 3.08 gears. I am switching to 3.55
as soon as I get a chance. I don't think I am backwards on this. Am I? I thought the hihger your gear #
the better your mileage is.
Lower (numerically higher) gears generally give you more "power," but usually slightly lower gas mileage.
Gears that are too high (numerically lower) that put the engine out of its torque curve can also drop mileage.
I get 15-17 with 3.08 and no overdrive.
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
as soon as I get a chance. I don't think I am backwards on this. Am I? I thought the hihger your gear #
the better your mileage is.
Lower (numerically higher) gears generally give you more "power," but usually slightly lower gas mileage.
Gears that are too high (numerically lower) that put the engine out of its torque curve can also drop mileage.
I get 15-17 with 3.08 and no overdrive.
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[font color="green"]1995 F-150 Supercab XLT longbed 4x4 302 M5OD [/font]31x10.50's
[font color="green"]1986 F-150 4x4 300 I6 NP435 [/font]Warn hubs, DeeZee bed caps, '96 XLT bench seat, new paint job
Post Fiend
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From: Topsfield, MA
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You wanna know how reliable it is? check out "high mileage king" in this forum, couple guys in there with 475-500k mi on that engine!!
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
THERE ARE SOME PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter. Top speed, 65mph, Go Baby Go!
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
Primary rig is:
95' F-150 EB 300/6 5 spd with 4" Superlift, MSD, Ram Air, Gibson Exhaust, 32" BFG Muds
THERE ARE SOME PICS IN MY GALLERY!! :-)
Then theres:
88' F-250 Superduty 351 + c6
95' Mercury Cougar 4.6L V-8
80' E-350 300/6 and a
3 spd column shifter. Top speed, 65mph, Go Baby Go!
The newest addition to the Ford family is a 99' Mustang GT 4.6L
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home numerically higher gear numbers will give you more pulling power and acceleration at the cost of top-end and gas mileage.
For example. The above mentioned Dodge got 26mpg when we had 3.50 gears in it but dropped 4mp when we put in 4.11's BUT pulling power going up steep grades greatly increased. We also lost 20mph off the top-end
I'm going to do a little work to my truck this summer, I'm sure I'm loosing some gas mileage somewhere because I have seen several people claim better gas mileage than what I get even though they have deeper gears and no overdrive!
For example. The above mentioned Dodge got 26mpg when we had 3.50 gears in it but dropped 4mp when we put in 4.11's BUT pulling power going up steep grades greatly increased. We also lost 20mph off the top-end
I'm going to do a little work to my truck this summer, I'm sure I'm loosing some gas mileage somewhere because I have seen several people claim better gas mileage than what I get even though they have deeper gears and no overdrive!
Post Fiend
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>What is the red line considered to be on a stock, carbed
>300? I don't like to run mine over 3,000 rpm but I do run
>it at 2600-2900 rpm on the highway for extended periods of
>time.
I used to run my '84 carbed 300 I6 right up to 4000 RPM. Don't know the redline, but horsepower peak being around 3400 RPM, 4000 seems a good limit. Actually, on my '95 fuel injected 300 I6 I have hit 4000 but normally don't exceed 3600--there is no need to. The engine should run all day at 2600-2900 RPM, but only need to with an appropriate load. I ran a 3000 mile trip in my '95 with 3.08 rear end and 2000 lb trailer thru Rocky Mountains and back to Michigan and never used OD, which meant I was turning about 2600 RPM most of the way going 65-70 mph. Ran fine. In fact, the truck loved it--and so did I! Never saw a 300 run better than when it is working with a good load.
INLINE SIX POWER!
300 Cubic Inches of Low RPM Truck Torque! And twin-I-beams too!
"Drive a stick young man! There'll be plenty of time for automatics when you're old and unable."
>300? I don't like to run mine over 3,000 rpm but I do run
>it at 2600-2900 rpm on the highway for extended periods of
>time.
I used to run my '84 carbed 300 I6 right up to 4000 RPM. Don't know the redline, but horsepower peak being around 3400 RPM, 4000 seems a good limit. Actually, on my '95 fuel injected 300 I6 I have hit 4000 but normally don't exceed 3600--there is no need to. The engine should run all day at 2600-2900 RPM, but only need to with an appropriate load. I ran a 3000 mile trip in my '95 with 3.08 rear end and 2000 lb trailer thru Rocky Mountains and back to Michigan and never used OD, which meant I was turning about 2600 RPM most of the way going 65-70 mph. Ran fine. In fact, the truck loved it--and so did I! Never saw a 300 run better than when it is working with a good load.
INLINE SIX POWER!
300 Cubic Inches of Low RPM Truck Torque! And twin-I-beams too!
"Drive a stick young man! There'll be plenty of time for automatics when you're old and unable."
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From: Port Gibson NY
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fiend, looks like a nice truck. i agree with gammadriver. i wouldn't pay more than $4000.00 for it. i bought mine for 7200.00 and kbb list it for 8200.00. dealer wanted 7999.00. got them down to 7300.00 and the only way they could get me a loan was to go down to 7200.00. lucked out on that i guess.
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