Romel Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Jan - It looks like you have the truck working! And I'll bet that Sidewinder turbo really helps that diesel. Cool! I got 18mpg towing the combo on the picture, I cant complain. The sidewinder with the intercooler brings it to todays standards, u can keep up to the traffic. I drive it 85mph the most when I am on the freeway, it can do 100mph but why to stress the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romel Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 I got 18mpg towing the combo on the picture, I cant complain. The sidewinder with the intercooler brings it to todays standards, u can keep up to the traffic. I drive it 85mph the most when I am on the freeway, it can do 100mph but why to stress the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 18 MPG towing? Wow! That's great! And, 85 MPH is "moving on", especially at only 2500 RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford F834 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 18 MPG towing? Wow! That's great! And, 85 MPH is "moving on", especially at only 2500 RPM. The efficiency is impressive, especially if you keep the speed lower than pictured 😉. I saw 21.5 mpg out of it when I stopped for fuel at Quartzite on my way to Long Beach... and that was with over 2,000 lbs loaded in the bed. At first I thought the tank wasn’t filling correctly but nope, it was full... and my math was correct. The intercooler pipes are just sweet. I only hope I can make mine look half that clean and I will be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 The efficiency is impressive, especially if you keep the speed lower than pictured 😉. I saw 21.5 mpg out of it when I stopped for fuel at Quartzite on my way to Long Beach... and that was with over 2,000 lbs loaded in the bed. At first I thought the tank wasn’t filling correctly but nope, it was full... and my math was correct. The intercooler pipes are just sweet. I only hope I can make mine look half that clean and I will be happy! I get right at 1/2 that 21.5 MPG out of Big Blue w/o a load on him, and put that trailer on and it is more like 9 MPG, again about 1/2. In other words, that 6.9L is doing a superb job! WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallyho Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Welcome Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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