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Old Jan 16, 2017 | 11:13 PM
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Ford 460 MPG's (lol)

Hey guys. Post your good ole 460 mpgs here so we can all enjoy the life of filling up three times a day ! 😂 Iv got a 92 f350 crew cab long bed 4x4 currently sitting on 315/75R16 mud terrains gettin about 6 mpg
 
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Old Jan 16, 2017 | 11:15 PM
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Ouch. My rig is a '90 F350 standard cab long bed, and it gets about 10 mpg flat. It doesn't care if you're in the city, on the highway, towing a trailer or hauling ***, it gets 10.
 
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Old Jan 16, 2017 | 11:31 PM
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Mine seems to get about 10 mpg. Luckily the company I work for didn't ask what I drove when they offered to pay for fuel!
 
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Old Jan 16, 2017 | 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Sdowdle541
Mine seems to get about 10 mpg. Luckily the company I work for didn't ask what I drove when they offered to pay for fuel!
dang your quite lucky 😂😂
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 06:42 AM
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8-10 mpg, but I think my carburetor is leaking. Hopefully closer to 10-12 in the near future.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 07:04 AM
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6.5 to 7......but its a F-Superduty Quigley conversion with 5:13 gears so doesn't surprise me a bit.......
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 09:12 AM
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97 F-250HD, 4x4, E4OD, 4.10 LS, and it gets about 10 mpg driving through our mountain roads. Seems to be the same whether it's empty or has 3,000 lbs in the bed.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 09:17 AM
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86 F-250 4:10 gears ported heads mostly on exhaust side with a 480 lift cam long tube headers dual exhaust all the way back and a Holley 670 carb I get 9 mpg and as Jacob Lowell said, empty or loaded, towing 25ft 5th wheel camper or not, uphill or downhill, wind in front or wind from behind it gets 9 mpg. But it will run like a raped ape and just love going up hills and these guys with there nice new trucks watch this 86 run right by them while I just smile and waive.....:-)
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 12:08 PM
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92 F250 SCLB 4x4 460 E4OD 3.55 gears. On a good day under ideal conditions, on the hwy 60-65 mph I can get 14. Have never topped that. More speed, towing, non-hwy etc. and it drops to 10. Which apparently isn't too bad. Over 270K original engine.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 12:51 PM
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My 96 F350 SC DRW 460 e4od, 4.10 got 10 mpg daily driving. Pulling my 14K trailer it got 7 mpg. I had bumped the timing and put turbo muffler on it.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 06:35 PM
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My '87 gets 10 around town and 12-13 highway.
​​​​​​​Zf-5 & 4.10's. As others say, empty, loaded, 25 or 75 it doesn't seem to matter.
 
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Old Jan 17, 2017 | 07:26 PM
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'87 f250 SC LWB w/3.55 and C6 gets 9.1 at best so far on these mountain roads. Hoping for 10+ after a tune-up and headers.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2017 | 09:06 AM
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Haven't driven it in a long time. But was getting 8 mpg, mostly unloaded. Towing small trailers up to the largest one U-Haul rents, and it still calculated at 8. 460 - c-6 cclb 4x4. No idea what gears it has in it. I was thinking while I have it down for minor restorations about swapping a different trans in it, however based on these numbers, and the amount I plan to drive it, I don't think it'll be worth the cost.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2017 | 09:57 AM
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Dang, you guys get some bad mileage!
My 96 gets 11 in town, 14 on the hi way.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2017 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by thechief66
Dang, you guys get some bad mileage!
My 96 gets 11 in town, 14 on the hi way.
Gearing?
Transmission?
2x4 or 4x4?
Wheelbase, weight and tires?
SD or MAF?
 
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