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Is your transmission an overdrive tranny or a C6??
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yea, no overdrive is whats killing your mpgs. you might be able to get a couple more mpgs but thats about right with a c6. i gained 2mpg highway with a tonneau cover, just a thought
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From: Bonita Springs FL
Depending on how many miles you drive a year, it might be worthwhile to buy an older car that will get 30 to 35 MPG. If you swapped to an AOD tranny that would give you overdrive and better mileage. A manual transmission with overdrive would give you the best mileage. Combine it with a high axle ratio and you could be close to 20mpg highway.
My F-150 gets 13 or so. I just don't expect much better.
My F-150 gets 13 or so. I just don't expect much better.
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From: Mass.
keep a close eye on your tire pressures, that can have a big impact, also things like draggin brakes or vacum leaks can kill mpgs. keeping the engine in good tune never hurt either. if you do alot of highway travel a tonneau cover would help out on the highway, if your willing to have a cover over your bed, although they only take a few minutes to roll up if you need to put something big in the bed
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Yeah.. you can't use the fuel gauge to calculate milage.. you have to use the odometer and record the amount of fuel used at a fill up. That means your speedo has to be accurate of course, if tires are something other than stock size the speedo should be recalibrated.
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I thought my mileage was bad until this wek. I had been getting 12-13 real steady around town. Put a ladder rack on a few weeks ago, and dropped to 11-12mpg. This week I pulled a 6x12 open top two axle utility trailer from U-Haul. Drove about 100 miles around town taking tree limbs etc to the dump. I could see the gauge dropping as I drove. Trailer weighs about 2800 lbs. Best I can figure, I was getting around 6 or 7 MPG while pulling the trailer.
That is some seriously bad mileage.
Frank
That is some seriously bad mileage.
Frank
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4.9L 4x2 4.11 gear with 31'' tires. I get 16.5 @ 60 if my tires are aired to max. I'm going on a much longer trip and I plan on keeping my tires aired 5 lbs lighter, at 35 psi. I'm expecting to get 14.5 to 15 mpg. I will be under load (don't know how much) and going faster than 60 this time.
The 4.9 is a big motor. Just because it has six pistons doesn't mean spit.
The 4.9 is a big motor. Just because it has six pistons doesn't mean spit.
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From: North Reading Mass
I check my gas mileage on my company truck and my personal truck everytime I fill up.
My work truck is a well beaten 92 F150 300, E40D, reg cab 8' bed, 3.08 gears that is primarily a site truck with some road use to get parts. It gets about 10 to 13 mpg.
My personal truck is a 95 300, 5 speed, ext cab 6' bed, 3.08s and it manages 16-19mpg on my daily, mostly highway, commute.
Both are 2wd and have 235/75/15 tires. Other 300s that I have had will manage about 15mpg in mixed driving. Best mileage in a 1/2 ton full size was my 89 Chevy with the 4.3 V6 = 21 Mpg. Great ride, decent power, but not as good a truck as the Ford.
regards
rikard
My work truck is a well beaten 92 F150 300, E40D, reg cab 8' bed, 3.08 gears that is primarily a site truck with some road use to get parts. It gets about 10 to 13 mpg.
My personal truck is a 95 300, 5 speed, ext cab 6' bed, 3.08s and it manages 16-19mpg on my daily, mostly highway, commute.
Both are 2wd and have 235/75/15 tires. Other 300s that I have had will manage about 15mpg in mixed driving. Best mileage in a 1/2 ton full size was my 89 Chevy with the 4.3 V6 = 21 Mpg. Great ride, decent power, but not as good a truck as the Ford.
regards
rikard