im thinking of picking one up off one of them wrecked 7.3's in the junkyard to use as a spare, infact i wonder how hard it would be to put the dual alt option on my diesel ex.

 

yeah the leaves/seasons are starting to change. i'm allready thinking about snowtires! haha

well the final numbers are in for the trip. with my profomance 87 tune on my SCT3 tuner.

ended up being about 12.4mpg bascily all highway through the moutains..ect mostly in o/d doing about 70-73mph..but as you can see i did get it up to 115mph once and a 100mph a few times.



overall i'm ery happy with how the truck did, handled great plenty of passing power and alot of room for everyone to strech out. i'm also vey glad the alternator decided to die when i was very close to home and not out in the middle of nowhere!

 

hey man what you do for work?

 

You're gonna have to change your license plate.

 

i cant believe how much worse gas millage the v10 gets! i pull 21 mpg on highway usually!

 

i work at TruckWell of alaska, i'm a service tech..but i basicly do everything from welding to building plows to painting and if i dont know how to do it i learn real quick haha


yeah the V10 has never been known to be a gas sipper. but its cheap to buy, cheap to maintain and is reliable plus instant heat. you cant have everything all the time. lol i enjoy it..has plenty of power for me and i dont mind the MPG.


heres one vid i got going over the nenana bridge.
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here is another vid taken in downtown fairbanks,ak....please excuse some of the cussing
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You've pegged my curiosity...was she still pulling at 115 MPH?

 

yeah she had more to go...im sure it could do 120mph + i just was alittle worried about troopers since it was a holiday weekend. also keep in mind i have 3:73s so that helps the upper end.

 

I went on vacation to Fairbanks one time in the winter when it was 16 below zero. The shops were open downtown and one of the shop owners said he hopes it doesn't get cold tomorrow. When I said "why is that"?, he said "thinks start breaking".

 

yeah screw winter there! coldest i've had to deal with here in anchorage was -30(no wind chill) but up there it can get as low as -66(lowest recorded temp in fairbanks)

its true, when we get a cold snap here -20 or below and alot of peoples cars dont start..ect because they have not prepared for winter.

fun fact..up there anywhere you go you restarunts,hotels,shopping centers. you have poles with 110v outlets to plug in your block heater.

 

its been so nice this weekend i could not stand to lay in bed anylonger today. so i went out kinda hiking/walking. got the dog out..ect it was a fun day with friends.












i just washed her up tonight and got the 43857489758479 bugs off the front/mirrors...man they were a pain! next weekend is a good outside detail as it needs it bad!

 

geez i cant believe u let them put that antenna that far into the windshield.

 

i dont see it because its under the rear view mirror, so its really out of my sight 98% of the time. but the up side is it gets great reception where it is plus the new vipers have the LED staus light and the programing button all in the antenna so you need to be able to get easy acess.

 

thats a cool feature! ya it must be the angle of the pic.. i put a jumbo superbrite blue led on mine that lights up my lawn at night when armed.

 

got a few pics with my whole fleet.