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[Thread Backward] Re: Mileage/Power Improvement After BreaMsg # 4942 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)To: Headhunter, From: Gary Cooper Time: Sunday 01-25-98, 02:41 pm I have a '97 PS, 5 Speed, 4.10 gears, with 80,000 miles and I have delivered trailers all over the nation. My over all fuel average for those miles has been 12.3. I just bought a large trailer and the mileage may go down from 12.3. In my experience, people who get in the 17-20 mpg range all the time didn't buy or use their trucks (Ford or Dodge) to work with. They are neat trucks, but when you work them they will use the fuel. On Sunday 01-25-98, 01:29 pm, Headhunter said: -Thank you for the spelling lesson Mr. Steve, got to -typing so fast and in sending forgot to have the -computer spelling check for errors. -ME>>>INSECURE ABOUT MY POWERSTROKE...YOU GOT TO BE -KIDDING... I love it no matter how it performs, it -looks good and my neighbors are envious, girls even -like it and an old man my age needs an edge. If -ever the day I don't like it, well it took me all -of 45 minutes to unload my Dodge and get this -one... the next one would be faster as I have -Dealer connections now... so stuff that in your -bonnet - - Ray---- Grrrrrrr ruff ---- - - On Sunday 01-25-98, 09:53 am, Steve said: --Yo Headhunter, You shouldn't sound so insecure --about your Powerstroke. It is definitely a top of --the line truck with plenty of bragging rights. At --70mph, your torque converter is locked up and your --rpms will be the same no matter what the load is. --BTW Lying is spelled lying. no 'e'. I get anywhere --from 10.5 to 17mpg towing my travel trailer and --about 18.5 around town empty. A steep hill or --strong head wind will bog me down at 70mph in O/D --at 1850rpms. I have 49,000 miles on my truck. It --moans between 1800-2000rpms. I've had some TSB work --done. Drive shaft, tranny cooler lines, sleave on --steering shaft, and one shut down due to a fuel --shut off solenoid. People get disappointed with --their rigs because they hear so much BS about how --they don't even know their trailer is behind --them,(they should if they put it there) or how it --will smoke the other brands. The fact is, the --Powerstroke is faster than a Dodge Cummins or Chevy --in it's stock configuration. No secrets or lies --from me. I'm not insecure about my truck. All three --American made trucks are worth bragging about. They --are very different but all good trucks. Jason runs --a top of the line web page. Comparison between --brands is part of technical topics. BS has no --technical value. --Dave, you have a heavier truck now and the EPA has --stricter rules on snap throttle smoke and overall --emissions. I beleave you will find an improvement --with a few more miles and warmer weather. The TST --chip works but if you get one, be aware that Ford --as well as Dodge have tuned down both motors to the --limits of the driveline for warranty and they're --pushing those limits for marketability. Short full --throttle to outrun my Cummins shouldn't hurt --anything but long grades will. In it's stock form, --you should be able to run full throttle all day --without any worry. Get a boost, EGT, and tranny --temp gauge before any modifications. Just my $.02. -- Steve, 95 DC auto 3.54 4X2 -- -- On Sunday 01-25-98, 02:29 am, Headhunter said: ---I have 3375 miles on my 97 CC 4x2 DRW 4:10 A\T.... ---Also have an ATS Performance Chip...yesterday I ---hooked up to my Horse trailer, weighing in at -close ---to 5,000 lbs... I didn't even know it was on the ---rear and my RPM was no higher at 70 than it was ---when it wasn't on. This sucker moves out right ---smartly. As for fuel mileage... you can not ---actually get any kind of comparisons in the winter ---unless you run several times in the winter and in ---the summer. These critters get better than any ---Dodge I've seen and if some one tellls you ---different, he is just putting you on...I've been ---there...done that. You have one hell of a pulling ---machine that will give you better mileage than ---anything on the market. If anyone is that unhappy ---with the performance of the well engineered piece ---of equiptment,,,than get rid of it and buy ---something everyone else is lyeing about. Don't ---mean to sound testy, but these are trucks and not ---so foreign made, cramp your ass little itty bitty ---truck. You have a "Man's Truck" and quit ---complaining about the little shit. ---------------- Ray --------------- --- --- On Sunday 01-25-98, 02:12 am, Dave said: ----Folks, ---- ----Just picked up a new '97 F350 CC PSD, E4OD, 4x4, ----4.10 gears. Sadly, it seems to both have less --power ----and get poorer mileage than my '94 F250 SC IDI ----factory turbodiesel (w/ aftermarket turbine --housing ----& exhaust), 4x4, E4OD, 4.10. ---- ----On other PSDs that I've driven, when tromping -from ----a standing start, you can see the engine rev to --the ----torque converter's stall speed, and then, over a ----half second or so, feel the boost come on, via -the ----seat of your pants, with a nice satisfying rush. ----This one is much less distinguished in its coming ----onto the boost. ---- ----I don't hear any kind of rushing air sound, so I ----don't think that the exhaust butterfly is -sticking ----shut. ---- ----At about 175 miles, took it out solo, with an --empty ----bed, for about 200 miles, out and back, on -terrain ----that gains elevation (1-2000 feet) fairly -smoothly ----over the hundred mile radius, starting pretty -near ----sea level. I got what I consider to be a -miserable ----16.1 MPG, having filled the tank to the brim both ----before and after the run. ---- ----On some steeper hills around here, it would -barely ----pull beyond 70 MPH, taking 5-10 seconds to gain ----each additional 1 MPH. My recollection of my IDI --is ----that it accelerated in that situation at least ----twice as fast. ---- ----So, my questions to y'all are: Is this typical ----performance? Anybody else disappointed? Any ----suspicions as to what's up? How much improvement ----can I expect as the engine breaks in, and how -long ----will that be? ---- ----TIA, ----Dave Replies to this message:
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