Hey all. I have a 05 with the 4.6 in her. Has 207000 on her now. Never a lick of trouble. Prolly the best truck I have ever owned. The wife gets about 13 mpg out her stock. Question is. If putting a few upgrades on the truck I cqn squeeze anymore from her. Thoughts and opinions are appreciated. I thinking maybe an air intake and a programmer? If so which ones are best? I'm kinda clueless with the f150 upgrades as I normally drive diesels around. Thanks

 

If your not going to do more than basic bolt ons the edge is a good tunner. And a lot of guys like the Airaid intakes.

 

If she's getting 13 out of a 4.6 she's doing something wrong. Because I'm 17 and run the heck outta mine with mud tires an still get 13-14.

 

As far as bolt-on additions the best gains are going to be from a programmer hands down. The CAI will help but will get you nowhere near the gains the programmer would get you. Thats why most people that have the tuner, have a CAI and exhaust to run with it

 

After that U/D pulleys

 

TBH, you won't see MPG gains by modding your truck. Best advice is stay up on maintenance and drive it.

 

So a tuner and a cai won't give me anymore mpgs? That sucks

 

Nope. If you want to mod for MPG, trade it in and get a car.

 

Truer words were never spoken!

Driving habits can help some though. My wife gets 7-15 mpg in my truck (4.6 4x4). I get 12-19 mpg. Who is the "lead-foot"?

 

a tuner will get you marginal improvements but is it worth the $$. a standard tuner is roughly $399 and figuring .5 mpg gain with todays fuel prices it would take 35k-50k miles to make up that initial cost.

However if you tow or haul regualrly a tuner can be a huge difference, say you get 8 mpg towing a trailer on the hwy, a tuner can make it 10 or 11. I have seen it and done it. Hell with my old diesel I gained 4mpg towing it was crazy.

If your truck is paid off get a $500 beater just a little more than a tuner and it can double your milage.