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Old 09-19-2014, 05:04 PM
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^ I'll take the nasty whistle of turbo's. Too bad they aren't very loud on the EB. Nothing cooler than watching drag Mustangs on youtube and listening to them spool up and launch.
You can make them much louder with a simple mod
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Originally Posted by lucky644
You can make them much louder with a simple mod
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Originally Posted by hydro
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Originally Posted by Mark_604
No Tow = 5.0

Unless you like bragging about having a fast truck
No need to brag about it, it's faster and more powerful. But to op question, that won't manifest itself as much in true city driving. I suburb driving it will since there is tons more power at lower rpm where the little 8 cylinder needs to rev to get the torque. It feels fun, but of course you don't need the power in this type of driving. City mpg should be similar but hwy, the Eco should pull 2-3 mpg better all things equal. add a tune and the power diff grows larger yet again with no loss of mpg. So if you buy come back and brag. Heck even if you stick with the 5.0, I won't complain if you brag.
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That isn't the turbos getting louder, that is a release of energy after the turbos have done all the work.
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Originally Posted by lucky644
You can make them much louder with a simple mod
X2
Mine whistle like crazy with my catless downpipe.
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Nassty what tuner are you running with that Catless down pipe
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We have had a couple Ecos and 1 5.0L. For in town driving, i liked the 5.0L with aftermarket exhaust. They really have a great sound. Once you start highways driving (Or high speed Phoenix AZ freeway driving) the eco is awesome. Anytime we went north up to Prescott or flagstaff I loved the ecoboost, it never needed to shift and was silent.
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Originally Posted by packplantpath
If you are doing it for gas mileage stop. Even if you get the 1mpg advantage, you will end up losing money more than likely.
If you just want a different truck go for it. I've got 15,000 mins on an Eco and probably 50,000 on a5.0. Both are great.

Yeah was hoping to get better mileage. 6 cylinders idling instead of 8 in traffic. Thanks everyone for their input.
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Originally Posted by WhiteShark
Yeah was hoping to get better mileage. 6 cylinders idling instead of 8 in traffic. Thanks everyone for their input.
Get a ram 1500, I believe it uses 4 when idleing ;-)


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