2011 F-150 w ecoboost

[Sambo11]

I actually have a relative who has a Lincoln LT with a 5.4 that did the full exhaust system from the cylinder heads back. The Banks air intake system and Banks tuner. I've spent a far amount of time driving this thing and I will certainly say it helped the power but on long trips at sea level actually trying to see just how much mpg I could squeeze out of this thing and the BEST I could get was ALMOST 19mpg. That was driving the speed limit max or under.

Sorry buddy don't take it personal but there is no way in hell I believe ANYONE is getting 25mpg with a 5.4 in a pickup. In fact I don't think I'd believe you were getting 25mph if you had a 2wheel drive let alone a 4x4.

 

[MORSNO]

ya you're right guys, i'm just a big bullsh!tter. you put exhaust and intake mods and hypertech power programmer into your truck and see for yourself. the guys at the shop here didn't believe me either when i first got here, but they're believers now. what the frig would i gain from lying about my mileage? i'm not even a ford guy, i just like the raptor is all. sheesh, go take a flying **** at a rolling donut!

You called it in your first sentence. I have a K&N FIPK cold air intake, Flowmaster Delta-Force cat back exhaust, and a Hypertech power programmer on my 5.3 chevy (almost identical to your set-up, but on a Chevy). After 119,000 miles, my over-all actual mileage has averaged 13.89. That is an average after hand calculating every tank. My best ever was 21.3 and worst was 8.6. I really can't believe a 5.4 Ford would average 25 on the highway. That means you are actually getting even better than that many tanks....Ford needs your truck for it's EPA fuel economy testing and advertising, you discovered something their engineers can't.

 

[Sambo11]

I'm not sure which was more laughable, the part about getting 25mpg on the highway or 20 in the city or maybe it was the story about how he just recently happened along this person with a new ecoboost truck and they street raced but he won of course. LMFAO

Maybe he learned some of those fuel saving tricks the NASCAR guys use and turns the motor on and off to save fuel.

 

[excav8ter]

ya you're right guys, i'm just a big bullsh!tter. you put exhaust and intake mods and hypertech power programmer into your truck and see for yourself. the guys at the shop here didn't believe me either when i first got here, but they're believers now. what the frig would i gain from lying about my mileage? i'm not even a ford guy, i just like the raptor is all. sheesh, go take a flying **** at a rolling donut!

Try not to take it personal, any time some one show up and gets exceptional mpg's, there are always gonna be non believers. We're just jealous..

 

[HDEMWET]

well i certainly don't get any speeding tickets, but i'm dead serious about the mileage. at first i thought it was a mistake too as i'm set up for liters per 100kms being a canadian bought truck. but i used the unit converter on my phone and have calculated it out by hand. now this is strictly summertime mileage as in our cold winters, something to do with the combination of the cold air kit and air temp sensor really floods the engine with gas. here are the numbers i averaged on a 2200 mile trip from ontario to utah, you tell me if something is wrong. my dash says i averaged 10 liters per 100/kms. 10 liters is 2.5 gallons and 100 kms is 60 miles. take 60 miles and divide by 2.5 gallons and you get 24 mpg. I'm not on here to start sh!t, i'm as surprised as everyone else seems to be, but if my dash is correct then that's what i'm going by. I don't get perverse pleasure by coming on here and getting bashed, trust me! if i'm doing the calculation wrong somebody educate me and i'll be man enough to admit my mistake

 

[MORSNO]

Fill up your tank, drive on your trip, refill, divide distance by gallons. That will give you the real MPG.

If you check your factory feel good meter while underway it will give you the current mpg's not an actual mpg for the tank. Heck I get 99.9 every day in my car if I check it while going downhill, but if I check it a fill up I actually get about 25 for the tank, big difference from the meter when checked while underway without a load.

I'm glad you like your truck, and it's mpg. I'll bet it's a blast to drive, but be carefull with mileage readings.

Back to the Ecoboost! Lets hear more on this twin turbo machine.

 

[94fordguy]

well i certainly don't get any speeding tickets, but i'm dead serious about the mileage. at first i thought it was a mistake too as i'm set up for liters per 100kms being a canadian bought truck. but i used the unit converter on my phone and have calculated it out by hand. now this is strictly summertime mileage as in our cold winters, something to do with the combination of the cold air kit and air temp sensor really floods the engine with gas. here are the numbers i averaged on a 2200 mile trip from ontario to utah, you tell me if something is wrong. my dash says i averaged 10 liters per 100/kms. 10 liters is 2.5 gallons and 100 kms is 60 miles. take 60 miles and divide by 2.5 gallons and you get 24 mpg. I'm not on here to start sh!t, i'm as surprised as everyone else seems to be, but if my dash is correct then that's what i'm going by. I don't get perverse pleasure by coming on here and getting bashed, trust me! if i'm doing the calculation wrong somebody educate me and i'll be man enough to admit my mistake

Your on the right track, but 1 U.S. gallon is 3.78 Liters...

So 10 Liters = 2.645 Gallons

60 miles / 2.645 gallons = 22.68 MPG

Perhaps I'm splitting hairs

Still very impressive for any full size truck IMO

Wish my V-10 got half that on a daily basis, haha


Either way the Eco boost sounds like a cool idea.

 

[klimrmk]

Now I'm not saying you're feeding us all a line here but...I traded my 2010 supercrew for an 11 ecoboost yesterday. First my 2010 had superchips cortex banks monster exhaust and intake and 3.55 gears. The BEST that truck got in it's 6k life was 19 mpg. We have 3 10's in the family set up with the chip exhaust and intake and 19 is the best. I believe the raptor has a 4.10 rear end and sits higher than a regular f150 and is wider. All of this gives you added drag an the 4.10 is not built for mileage. I just don't see how it is possible. On the way home with the ecoboost i got 26 mpg going downhill, granted it is not broke in yet but 25 is an awfully bold # to throw out. As far as the drag race you may have beat a f150 with an ecoboost door tag but you didnt beat an ecoboost. At BEST your raptor with a 5.4 is making 360 HP with your modifications as that is about what my '10 was making with the same stuff. The 5.4 just doesnt have what it takes to beat an ecoboost in a controlled race or just racing through traffic...if they did why would ford completely change the motors after 14 or more years? Not knocking the raptor it is a sweet truck but from personal experience and word of mouth there isn't a 5.4 that is going to take down the ecoboost unless it is boosted itself.

 

[zitterich246]

I have one, very impressed with it. I have been averaging right around 20.5 mpg, hand calculated. Mileage got better once it hit 3k, truck has 4700 on it now. Truck is a crew cab, 4x4 with 3.55's.

 

[winter brew]

Ignore the onboard fuel computer, they are notoriously inaccurate.

 

[zitterich246]

Ignore the onboard fuel computer, they are notoriously inaccurate.

Mines always been pretty close when I check it

 

[HDEMWET]

Thanks for the advice guys, i think i will try recording mileage and trying hand calculating mpg the next time i go for a highway trip and gas up to see what it gives me. as far as my beating the ecoboost in a race, it was very very close, i never said i blew the doors off him. what impressed me the most was the guys bottom end. i thought i would get him off the line a lot more, as with my hypertech programmer i changed all the transmission shift point rpms and firmed up the shifts by 100% over stock. i find this is where i gained the most is first gear to second gear pull. it used to have a lag that was disappointing until a buddy suggested the hypertech programmer which cleared it up after lots of farting around and testing. my idea was that a turboed vehicle would have bottom end lag but whatever ford did, whether the turbos are sequential??? i'm not certain, but this thing has no lag out of the hole for sure. i'd like to run mine on a dyno to see how much it's pushing right now, but i had enough miles on it before the upgrades to know it helped a lot. i'm done highjacking this thread, so sorry for offending anyone.

 

[Mafesto]

Thanks for the advice guys, i think i will try recording mileage and trying hand calculating mpg the next time i go for a highway trip and gas up to see what it gives me. as far as my beating the ecoboost in a race, it was very very close, i never said i blew the doors off him. what impressed me the most was the guys bottom end. i thought i would get him off the line a lot more, as with my hypertech programmer i changed all the transmission shift point rpms and firmed up the shifts by 100% over stock. i find this is where i gained the most is first gear to second gear pull. it used to have a lag that was disappointing until a buddy suggested the hypertech programmer which cleared it up after lots of farting around and testing. my idea was that a turboed vehicle would have bottom end lag but whatever ford did, whether the turbos are sequential??? i'm not certain, but this thing has no lag out of the hole for sure. i'd like to run mine on a dyno to see how much it's pushing right now, but i had enough miles on it before the upgrades to know it helped a lot. i'm done highjacking this thread, so sorry for offending anyone.

Whatever you get for mileage....you have got one sweet truck!
Would like to see the others try to produce similar trucks as well.

 

[zach477]

I have one, very impressed with it. I have been averaging right around 20.5 mpg, hand calculated. Mileage got better once it hit 3k, truck has 4700 on it now. Truck is a crew cab, 4x4 with 3.55's.

Is this high way driving, city, a little of both?? Regardless, 20.5 mpg in a full sized truck is good. Heck my commute car is a 01 escape with the V6 and im lucky to get 18mpg with it, and they put such a small tank in the thing that it feels like im getting 8 mpg as fast as the gas gauge goes down!

 

[zitterich246]

Is this high way driving, city, a little of both?? Regardless, 20.5 mpg in a full sized truck is good. Heck my commute car is a 01 escape with the V6 and im lucky to get 18mpg with it, and they put such a small tank in the thing that it feels like im getting 8 mpg as fast as the gas gauge goes down!

My round trip to and from work is about 60 miles, mostly highway.

 

[Sambo11]

Anyone with one of these Ecoboost F150's hooked onto something in the 6-8K range and towed it very far? I'm seriously considering going back to a Supercrew with one of these motors. Currently, the most I would tow with it would be a tandem axle 7500lb trailer. Curious if anyone has towed anything heavy and at distance with these things and if so how did it go???

 

[kerk43]

pulled my 7500 lb travel trailer on 3 different trips 70 to 150 miles round trip. No issues pulling the load at all. It has plenty of power and accelerates good. The boost does however like fuel as I have averaged 8 to 10 mpg on said trips. It is not a 3/4 ton diesel.

I only pull this kind of load 6 to 10 times a year so this was the perfect truck for me.

The real test is going to be next week when she pulls the same trailer on a 700 mile trip.