3.7L Performance Upgrades? NEED MORE TORQUE!
10-04-2016, 12:02 PM
#11
Junior Member
You are correct. It's sort of a hobby though. And I like the color of this truck when I saw it. I was going for the ecoboost, but there wasn't one on the lot. Overall the 3.7 makes great power, but it's a high revving motor which is not a great fit for a full size truck. So if I was to get a new 150 I would get the 2.8 twin turbo ecoboost ideally.
10-04-2016, 02:59 PM
#12
Senior Member
2.7 good call I own one could not be more pleased with the little engine that can and does.
10-04-2016, 05:03 PM
#13
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As others have mentioned, there really isn't a whole lot you can do to really squeeze a ton of power out of most modern naturally aspirated motors these days, but collectively these things definitely do add up. The problem then is of course that you've got to spend quite a bit to get relatively little out of these engines, especially when compared to the massive gains guys can get with a just a cheap-ish tune on the EcoBoost motors.
If/when you do decide to go down that route, though, definitely PM me. I can get you a pretty good price on that BBK 73mm throttle body and various exhausts and intakes.
I'll send you a quote if you're curious.
If/when you do decide to go down that route, though, definitely PM me. I can get you a pretty good price on that BBK 73mm throttle body and various exhausts and intakes.
I'll send you a quote if you're curious.
10-06-2016, 03:20 PM
#14
I recently put 20" rims with 305/50 tires. They were a closeout and they look sharp, but the impact on my mileage has been huge. I also only drive two miles to work in suburbia. So lately all I can do is 14mpg which isn't really good. When I get on the highway it starts going up slowly. I think it would top out at 19-20. Now, with the original configuration and stock tires and rims I was getting 17 around town and 21-22 on long highway runs. I also forgot to say that the E85 in the tank drops the mileage so that 14 is low also due to that. It should be 16 on regular gas. I havn't had a lot of the time with the SCT tuner thing and have not been able to try the custom mileage tunes yet. They are special tunes made to get you higher MPGs. I hope to use them on future trips. Right now I am using the performance/tow E85 94 octane tune. Oh, here is an image of the exhaust tips straight out the back and the rims/tires.
As others have mentioned, there really isn't a whole lot you can do to really squeeze a ton of power out of most modern naturally aspirated motors these days, but collectively these things definitely do add up. The problem then is of course that you've got to spend quite a bit to get relatively little out of these engines, especially when compared to the massive gains guys can get with a just a cheap-ish tune on the EcoBoost motors.
If/when you do decide to go down that route, though, definitely PM me. I can get you a pretty good price on that BBK 73mm throttle body and various exhausts and intakes.
I'll send you a quote if you're curious.
If/when you do decide to go down that route, though, definitely PM me. I can get you a pretty good price on that BBK 73mm throttle body and various exhausts and intakes.
I'll send you a quote if you're curious.
08-28-2023, 12:54 PM
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I have the 3.7 as well and have added five star 87 performance tune, roush intake, jba shorty headers, magna flow oem y pipes with new cats, vibrant performance resonator and 3" mbrp pre axle cat back exhaust. I definitely felt a increase down low and the over all truck is much better around town. acceleration is much improved over since i've added new wheels and tires. tires are 33". truck felt like a dog after the wheel and tire upgrade, along with the front and rear bumpers as well. Having the rear end swapped out to 4.10 next month which will help even more!
08-29-2023, 07:19 AM
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I have the 3.7 as well and have added five star 87 performance tune, roush intake, jba shorty headers, magna flow oem y pipes with new cats, vibrant performance resonator and 3" mbrp pre axle cat back exhaust. I definitely felt a increase down low and the over all truck is much better around town. acceleration is much improved over since i've added new wheels and tires. tires are 33". truck felt like a dog after the wheel and tire upgrade, along with the front and rear bumpers as well. Having the rear end swapped out to 4.10 next month which will help even more!
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