To the guy with the magical 30+MPG Excursion

[4cfed]

shoulda bought a cummins lol!! problem solved

[300rman]

I propose that you go onto the websites for the 7.3... Most people don't see mileage over 22 and that's with pizza cutter tires.

this magical high figures are just that....magical.

Only reason I'm not rolling in a 7.3.


With the intercooler off of a 6.0 and a 80hp tune most see high teens.

the 6.0 sucks fuel, and they dont hold up. the heads crack up. theres a reason Navstar isnt making ford;s diesels anymore......

believe what you want, after riding in this thing for a few years now, i will be buying something very similar in the near future, as soon as i start working full time.

What gear ratio do you have in that thing 300r? If I'm not mistaken 3.73 was the lowest offered?? Every Superduty I've been in(with 3.73) is 2,000RPM=70MPH. Maybe you have 3.55's??

dunno man, never looked into it.

[racerxxx]

My 01 Dodge Ram Cummins 24V gets 16 MPG no matter how I slice it. Windows up, windows down , A/C On , A/C Off, Towing my boat, or not towing my boat, Around town or on the highway. I have a heavy right foot on the skinny pedal. Truck is a bone stock 2500, Extended cab, long bed, 4.10 gears, 285 Terra Grappler tires, with 206,XXX miles on the ticker. Oh yeah no tail pipe is the only mod on the truck, due to rusting off! And I'm thrilled with 16 MPG.

Good luck in you mileage endeavors!

[4cfed]

My 01 Dodge Ram Cummins 24V gets 16 MPG no matter how I slice it. Windows up, windows down , A/C On , A/C Off, Towing my boat, or not towing my boat, Around town or on the highway. I have a heavy right foot on the skinny pedal. Truck is a bone stock 2500, Extended cab, long bed, 4.10 gears, 285 Terra Grappler tires, with 206,XXX miles on the ticker. Oh yeah no tail pipe is the only mod on the truck, due to rusting off! And I'm thrilled with 16 MPG.

Good luck in you mileage endeavors!

exactly... my point proven!! loaded or unloaded the cummins dont drop mileage!!!

( and no im not being single sided lol i own a ford crown vic and bought my wife a grand am)

[J.D.]

Put 10K behind that Cummins, you will see a mileage drop. Trust me

One thing I definately like, I've heard several stories of the 7.3 making it 800K+ mies, haven't heard of a Cummins making it that far yet. Not dissing the Cummins, I like them don't get me wrong. I personally know one guy that has just under 500K on his 03 7.3 and it's still running great.

Goat, I'm getting high teens w/o the 6.0 intercooler and less than 80 horse tune. I run the 6-gun on level 2 most of the time....I'm trying a couple of tanks on stock level to see what I get.

[J.D.]

My 01 Dodge Ram Cummins 24V gets 16 MPG no matter how I slice it. Windows up, windows down , A/C On , A/C Off, Towing my boat, or not towing my boat, Around town or on the highway. I have a heavy right foot on the skinny pedal. Truck is a bone stock 2500, Extended cab, long bed, 4.10 gears, 285 Terra Grappler tires, with 206,XXX miles on the ticker. Oh yeah no tail pipe is the only mod on the truck, due to rusting off! And I'm thrilled with 16 MPG.

Good luck in you mileage endeavors!

Go figure, a Dodge truck rusting away LOL.

[racerxxx]

Go figure, a Dodge truck rusting away LOL.

Yep on the rust, my truck is Silver, and almost every Dodge Ram I see in my area that is Silver or is Two Tone with the lower half being silver has lower door rot (mine included). The rest of it is great, no rot just a few bruises. With 206K on the clock, I wouldn't put 10K into it for performance, I'd get better results in flushing it down the bowl About the only upgrade I'll do is the exhaust and that won't be done until the rest of the exhaust falls off! As for the Ford, Dodge, Chevy. I love the Dodge, Buddy of mine has the Duramax and loves it, A guy I know had 2 Fords to tow his race cars and returned(yes returned) them to the dealer-- he owned them for 2 months and each of them were in the shop with in the first 2 weeks-- one of them for 3 1/2 weeks. I'm not knocking any of them, I love to have any one of them sometimes you get "the" good one and sometimes you don't.

[300rman]

I wouldn't put 10K into it for performance, I'd get .

he was talking about putting 10K pounds behind the truck and towing it and he promises you will see a mileage drop.

[J.D.]

Uhhh yeah, exactly thanks for clarifying that for me 300rman...

As far as your buddies returning two Fords...they were probably 6.0/6.4 trash I'm assuming. They've all got good and bad really. Dodge has good engine, GM has good trans(allthough the 4r100/5r100 isn't too bad either...), and Ford has the good base truck.

[85Tecate]

Uhhh yeah, exactly thanks for clarifying that for me 300rman...

As far as your buddies returning two Fords...they were probably 6.0/6.4 trash I'm assuming. They've all got good and bad really. Dodge has good engine, GM has good trans(allthough the 4r100/5r100 isn't too bad either...), and Ford has the good base truck.

Think you got that backwards. Dodge has the good trannys, Chevy has the good engines and ford has the body. Dodge engines blow IMO, ive blown up 2 and my magnum gives me more problems than its worth. Never had much problems with chevy engines, cant say the same about fords. IMO dodge has the best tranny ive came across although i have ripped one out before. Ive damage, blown many more ford and chevy trannys though.

[hancadam]

Dodge having good tranny's is a joke. They are notorious for transmission problems. At least when I worked at the dealership two summer's while in school, that was the main issue we had customers coming in for.

[cox]

did i read that right? 37" tires on 3.73's? what an axle breaker, hope its a pavement princess, i would snap those axles in a day of offroading..

[MTS]

Little off topic here, but whats with the ford 6.0 being junk...? The old mans 07 1 ton has the 6.0 with 95 thousand km's and bout 3600 hours, With a crane, tool box, flat deck ect, set up for work. The only problem he's had so far is the Egr valve crapping out...seems to get decent mileage not sure on the exact numbers.....anyone?

[code200k]

Dodge having good tranny's is a joke. They are notorious for transmission problems. At least when I worked at the dealership two summer's while in school, that was the main issue we had customers coming in for.

x2 for there gas jobs that is..also dodge trucks doors rust out i havent seen a dodge truck w/o rust there ever and i heard the 6.0s leak oil bad after xxxxxx many miles...the 7.3 s will go for ever just like the cummings..and to who ever said their cummings gets 16 mpgs all day long that funny cuz my dads ram 1500 v6 gets 13mpg

[racerxxx]

he was talking about putting 10K pounds behind the truck and towing it and he promises you will see a mileage drop.

Missed the one word "behind" sorry about that, damn beers got in the way.