The Miracle Tank

[Eagle_Steve]

Come on, we don't buy trucks because they are good on fuel :rolleyes:

Nope. But a F-150 5.0 with about 20k lbs behind it is seriously horrible lol. I was running 80 on flat ground too lol. Probably not the safest thing, but those dang trucks have massive brakes now. It stopped just fine.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

@JoshH

Here are 2 things with worse mileage than that.

 

[JoshH]

Nope. But a F-150 5.0 with about 20k lbs behind it is seriously horrible lol. I was running 80 on flat ground too lol. Probably not the safest thing, but those dang trucks have massive brakes now. It stopped just fine.

Honesty I'd be more worried about the frame rather than the gas ;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious I pulled 18K with my 3.5 Eco and it's probably what did my Turbo in the first time. Second time It went, well I'm not sure what did it

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Honesty I'd be more worried about the frame rather than the gas ;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious I pulled 18K with my 3.5 Eco and it's probably what did my Turbo in the first time. Second time It went, well I'm not sure what did it

Those things were horrible about killing turbos. I had a co-worker who didn’t haul crap and only had a truck for where he lived way off the road and it ate 2 sets of them. One set killed the engine. Was all under warranty luckily, but still.

 

[brett_schn]

It’s a real truck lol.

As for doing a 5 speed swap on a new Ford, not gonna happen. Well it can, but very expensive. Like whole other truck cost expensive. Due to fords newest can bus setup, all modules are linked, coded to each other and some serious programming would have to be done to the truck. Not saying it cannot be done, but would be an arm, a leg, a first born, their first born lol.

Also, the new automatics are actually pretty darn tough. My wife’s grandfather has a 2017 now and we pulled a large trailer with 2 Volvo wagons filled with parts on it up Monteagle (massive grade on I-24) with no issues and the trans temp never went above normal. It was me driving, so I kept my speed lol. 65 all the way up the mountain and not a single hiccup. Only issue was fuel mileage with that load. His is a 5.0 truck also.

Yeah the automatics are bad to the bone on these trucks. My dad has a 14 f150 platinum. 6 speed auto. 3.5 eco boost twin turbo. That trucks wicked. I’ve seen a full bolt on 3.5 do 10sec passes at the palm beach drag strip. I’m trying to find an older f150 or 250 manual or something because I’ve really looked in depth about manual swapping a new one and u nerd a genius with programming lol.

 

[JoshH]

Those things were horrible about killing turbos. I had a co-worker who didn’t haul crap and only had a truck for where he lived way off the road and it ate 2 sets of them. One set killed the engine. Was all under warranty luckily, but still.

Neither of mine were under warranty, first one went after 125,000k, second one went 17,000k later and that was the end of that truck.

 

[brett_schn]

Nope. But a F-150 5.0 with about 20k lbs behind it is seriously horrible lol. I was running 80 on flat ground too lol. Probably not the safest thing, but those dang trucks have massive brakes now. It stopped just fine.

I’ve pulled 14k lb on my f150. She loved it. Squated down a ton but she yanked that thing around. My trucks only rated to tow like 6,000lbs or something

 

[brett_schn]

Those things were horrible about killing turbos. I had a co-worker who didn’t haul crap and only had a truck for where he lived way off the road and it ate 2 sets of them. One set killed the engine. Was all under warranty luckily, but still.

We tow all the time with our 3.5. Anywhere from 6-14k lbs. never hiccups. 90k miles on it now with probably 40k of those towing and not a single problem.

 

[brett_schn]

@brett_schn

Ohh, and I built him a custom sub box. Managed to get 2x 12” subs behind the seat of a regular cab. Took a lb of poly fill per sub to simulate a large enough airspace for the subs to perform the best. There is even a recess for the amp and it allows the center console to still be moved up and down. Been 20 or so years since I built a speaker box lol.

That’s the single cab f150?

I would kill to find a 2005-2007 f250 4x4 single cab with the zf5 or zf6 in it. I would build the hell out of that. Interior swap maybe and do all kinds of performance work. I want to do that kinda work to my truck it’s just not worth the investment.

 

[najer]

Come on, we don't buy trucks because they are good on fuel :rolleyes:

I want that one in black please, ... maybe I should have done the secret santa thing, frag transportation?! ;)

 

[Eagle_Steve]

We tow all the time with our 3.5. Anywhere from 6-14k lbs. never hiccups. 90k miles on it now with probably 40k of those towing and not a single problem.

I know they got the issues worked out quickly in the trucks. Those first ones were crazy unreliable. Biggest thing was the pcv system and eating the oil. When oil got low, it killed the turbos. Typical of all new things though. Never buy the first year of something new lol. The dealers also fixed things if a truck came in for service and it had an open tsb for the pcv. Amazing what a small valve, a few hoses and a reprogram can do for reliability lol.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Here is a good laugh.

That red Volvo I posted a pic of has a 70 trim, 1200cc injectors and hits 28 lbs lol. 6mpg average, 12 if I a baby it lol. Megasquirt runs the car and is fun to tune.

Ignore the mess. This was right after getting it back together. It now has a wire tuck and all is cleaned up lol.

 

[JoshH]

I want that one in black please, ... maybe I should have done the secret santa thing, frag transportation?! ;)

;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious Little bit over the $25 Minimum no?

 

[JoshH]

We tow all the time with our 3.5. Anywhere from 6-14k lbs. never hiccups. 90k miles on it now with probably 40k of those towing and not a single problem.

Well, 140,000ish km Two turbos, $3000 CAD a pop, that’s my experience with them. Would never buy one, ever again.

 

[fishguy242]

good morning all..:)

 

[sfin52]

200 or 300 w heater close to 90 total water volume. 2 heaters not an option. No 250

 

[najer]

200 or 300 w heater close to 90 total water volume. 2 heaters not an option. No 250

You need to trust your controller, 300 titanium here and a basic controller.

 

[brett_schn]

@Eagle_Steve I want a fun manual truck. Any recommendation?

 

[sfin52]

Petsmart no longer price matches chewy. This is garbage.

 

[sfin52]

You need to trust your controller, 300 titanium here and a basic controller.

I trust my controller. Ok a 300 it is