MyTightRide

At $3.50/gallon, what suggestions can you make to improve fool economy? Besides, parking my F150 and riding my bike, I was thinking of putting a cat-back exhaust system on the truck and perhaps an aftermarket intake. However, I enjoy the quietness of the cab. Is there a performance exhaust that will give the 4.6 a performance boost without turning it into a Hog?

Thanks,
Glenn
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abervintageman42

you could go with a single in single out exhaust set up and that shouldnt be enough to annoy you an intake will help a little, the biggest thing that will improve gas mileage is driving gently

MyTightRide

Ya...I drive with a very light foot for the most part. Now and then I get on it. I'll be curious to see these new Rangers (F100) when they come out. Would be nice to have a second truck to putz around the neighborhood in...

Glenn
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NGM

A Cold air intake, a tuner and a catback exhaust. You can have a custom exhaust done so its not very loud.

transmaster

Well I know one way. switch to Royal Purple synthetic oil, it has been tested by independent outfits and it is good for upwards of a 2 or 3 mpg increase.
go here to read up on it. http://www.royalpurple.com/street-thunder.html

Chatt150

I have an 04 5.4 fx4 regular cab. I have a cat-back flowmaster with dual tips. I also have an air-raid CAI. I only have 28,000 miles on the truck and have just done my second oil change with Royal Purple. On the Highway, my last check was about 19-20 MPG. I have been impressed with the milage increase. I will stick with RP Oil and am getting ready to Change my ATF to RP and My rear diff to RP gear oil. So that is what I have done and gained about 5-6 MPG from stock. That is about what I can do without a tuner.

MyTightRide

Royal Purple....hummm....sounds fishy...but I'll have to look into it.

Does it work on hair too???

Glenn

iluvmyford

Royal Purple is pretty good and another oil that is in its category is Amsoil. Either one will give you a different driving experience over mobile, castrol etc..

HarmsWay

My case of RP just came in. I'll be changing my oil in another thousand. Will let you know if I see an increase.

shawneeman

Everyone is interested in gaining mileage, me too. I just checked it the other day and there is a mix of city and short highway drives. I averages just short of 13mpg, like 12.9ish.
Question is, does Royal Purple outperform Mobil 1 in saving fuel? I used to use M1 in my Ranger and I liked how it worked.