Dont forget the classic "I have no money but have a bunch of spare parts and I want to turn my 2wd into a 4x4" thread.

 

If I'm getting 3-4 with a built 460 I'm a happy camper.

 

I sure wish I was one of these flawless guys, who never asks a question that was asked before, or has all the time in the world to filter all the search results that come up when you search for "MPG"

I think the title of the thread was obvious, and you didn't have to open it just to act tough and belittle other members while you hide behind your computer screen.

There sure are a lot of member that make themselves feel better this way on this forum.

 

Ya, I dont see what the problem is. I read everything posted in this thread before I posted. If you have a problem reading threads like these, then dont waste your time in here reading them. I am not trying to be mean but no one really cares.

 

Yep. That's me, just a belittler!

I wasn't trying to be rude, well maybe a little, but only after everyone else started chiming in after I had posted the links (go back and read my first post - not rude, just informative). Once they were posted there was no need for this thread to continue.

I did all the hard work of searching and filtering for you, you can relax now.

 

460/ 4:10, 35" tires-7mpg...will see with the bigger motor/carb combo

 

shameless, we appreciate your DD in finding the old threads. Seriously.

You say there is no reason to continue with it, but here you are "contributing". why is that?

Why do some of you care so much about duplicate threads? Do they give you nigtmares? inflict emotional stress? distract you from MEANINGFUL threads? Im curious?

I for one don't mind reading it, you never know when someone might make some out landish claim, or have some NEW ideas/techniques they are trying.

I agree with recoil, I see NO reason why some of you need to complain about duplicate threads.......why do you care?

When i see a thread I don't care about or is duplicate I simply pass over it. Easy enough.

 

then don't have it!

 

Im getting around 6 in town with my 79 f100 lb with a 9.5:1 comp. 390 w/c6, 3:55 limited slip 9", harland sharp roller rocker, comp cam, holley 650 w/electric choke, accel wires and msd blaster coil, hopig that the mileage improves when I put on my newly aquired offy intake i picked up for 150 bucks.

 

Wow, some people are taking this argument pretty seriously it seems. This happens over and over again. Something is said on the forum, and that bothers a few people, and they make note of it. But then three times the number of people get bothered by the simple fact that other people were bothered by something, and they start their own rant. This second group of people goes on and on about how terrible the first group is for complaining about something on a forum, when they're pretty much doing the same thing. Then BOTH groups are complaining. So why is the first group wrong for complaining, but not the second group? This happens ALL the time.

I also notice that some of the people on this forum who complain about people complaining, haven't even been around here long enough to see what the first group of people was complaining about to begin with. That's why they don't get the joke. This is a FORUM, on the INTERNET, and in case people haven't noticed, complaints make up about half of the material on the web. The only reason it's less common here is because it's a technical board. I personally don't mind new threads; I really enjoy helping people and welcoming new users. But I have the right to have a chuckle with a few people when some of the patterns are so obvious. My complaint in my first post wasn't new threads; it's people who blindly respond to a thread without reading any of the posts above it. It's very irritating to spend time typing out a response to help someone with a problem, only to have some guy paraphrase the same thing you just said a page later. (usually with much worse spelling and grammar, just saying...)

When the content on a forum is constantly the regurgitation of the same ten questions, it makes the forum seem like it's too new. That makes it seem like people are constantly leaving, and that no one sticks around. Most of the time, when I see someone tell someone else to search for something, they're not doing it because they're trying to "belittle" the person; they're trying to help. They're doing it so that the user knows there is such a search function, because there's a wealth of information stored in the over 10 years that FTE has been around.

As for this thread in particular - I do agree that it can be over-whelming to sift through all the search results, and sometimes it's just better to have live conversation. Most of the time, the stuff you're reading in a searched thread is written by someone who is no longer here, and you can't really ask that person a follow-up question. I think the reason there seems to be so much tension about gas mileage in particular is because there have been several users in the past (I'm not implying this is anyone here) who expect their gas mileage to be in the 20's, with no intention of accepting the responsibility of driving a refrigerator on wheels. The general consensus around here is that gas mileage is pretty much the last priority with these trucks, because most people's is in the single digits. If your truck gets 6 miles to the gallon, a 50% improvement is still only 12 mpg. Both of those numbers suck. That's the background story there.

 

78, 300 6 cyl., 3 speed manual, 275 rear gear, 17mpg.

 

Come on FMC you know better lol, a 50% improvement on 6mpg would net 9mpg, it would take a 100% improvement on 6mpg to net 12mpg, just for the record i get 8mpg.

 

I am just waiting for 3 more new posts tonight of "why won't my truck start" and then 2 more "why won't my truck stay running" and then 5 posts of "my brakes suck, how come?"

For the record I get 9-12 MPG.

Josh

 

Man, I really suck at math today.

 

Mine never warms up so I get gallons to the mile. Seriously. I don't put any more then a gallon or so in mine and the only driving I do is from my garage to the road and maybe a couple laps around my 1/3 mile race track and my beast is out of gas.

1 gallon max, it's 150 feet from my garage to the road and 2/3 of a mile around the track twice.

Yep, I don't get a gallon a mile.