I was looking to buy a 93 f 250 4x4 that has a 460 in it its automatic.how many mpg will this thing get i know it wont be good but i was told it will only get 8 mpg is this true?or will it do a little better than that?

 

Depends on the gear ratio. My85 f250 460 manual gets 10 mpg but thats with 3.55's

 

That is about what mine gets, is 10 mpg with 3:55 gears.
Craig

 

That is about what mine gets, is 10 mpg with 3:55 gears.
Craig

 

A lot depends on your rear axle ratio. The lower it is the worse the mpg will be.

 

my 97 with the e4od and 4.10's got 8city and highway

 

My 94 F250 supercab long bed with camper shell 460 E4OD 4x4 4.10 gets about 10-12mpg in mixed street and freeway driving with little stop and go.

If you get stop and go or drive faster than say 60mpg, the mileage drops closer to 10mpg. Towing 8,000# at 60mph I get about 8-9mpg.

Just my experience,

Jim Henderson

 

My 86 gets about 10 empty with 3:55 gears, about 8.5 towing a 10,000 lb 5th wheel. The worst I ever got was towing the trailer into a 35-40mph head wind, I got Chevy 454 mileage, around 6.5.

 

My 92 gets 7-8 around town, but I drive almost all short (3-5 miles) trips. 11 on the road at 65-70mph. 460-E4OD-4.11-4x4-crewcab-32" tires, so basically I'm close to worst case.

 

Mileage ...... 460 ......

All time best with 3.54 gears: ~12.5 @~6,000' in CO I think someone was tampering with my tanks!

All time worst with 4.10's, 10K trailer, going south, winds steady from the south at 38mph with gusts to 51 mph: ~5.2 mpg
Helluva way to start a vacation, eh?

You don't own or run a 460 for mileage ..... you work it and take your licks!

Mileage ..... 460 ........

 

93 f250hd with e40d, 3.55 gears, 460. Stock 235 85 16 tires. 8600 GVWR. Abut 170000 miles, and Mobil 1 from day one. Recently switched to Mobil 1 High Mileage 10w 30.

Before tuneup and with stock exhaust empty around town was 8 mpg, could possibly pull 12 down the highway with a tailwind. I didn't feel like checking it towing-it would make me cry. This is light footed driving and warm weather, moderately hilly terrain. When I used to drive this truck in the winter, you could reduce these figures by at least 1-2 mpg. The old girl gets parked in the winter now.

Tuneup, gutted the cat (no emission testing here), single 3" glasspack, and single 3" tail pipe (not mandrel bent -necks down quite a bit in the bends) equated to 12.5 around town and 14 mpg down the highway, if you kept it under 60. Haven't checked it towing yet. I really can't tell what made the most improvement because I did all this at once.

My "**** dyno" really shows a difference in acceleration and hill climbing power. Would have been really interesting to do a real dyno test before and after.

 

Had a 97 F350, SRW, Crew Cab, long box, 4x4 with a 5spd. and 4.10's In its prime it got 10mpg loaded or empty it didn't seem to matter much.