2011 ecoboost performance and mileage questions
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2011 ecoboost performance and mileage questions
Hey everyone let me start off saying I love this truck. But...as many people all over the fabulous interweb are stating . My mileage like everyone's is no where near what ford has claimed or advertised. The truck is a 2011ecoboost lariat super crew 5.5ft box towing package and 4x4. Truck has 26000 km on it now.
So I'm wondering what kind of mileage gains if any your all seeing from intake kits and or exhaust. I know the injen intake is looking to be one of the more popular kits around. I've run afe , air raid , k&n kits in the past with good gains both on mileage and power.
Open to any suggestions and just trying to figure my plan of attack.
So I'm wondering what kind of mileage gains if any your all seeing from intake kits and or exhaust. I know the injen intake is looking to be one of the more popular kits around. I've run afe , air raid , k&n kits in the past with good gains both on mileage and power.
Open to any suggestions and just trying to figure my plan of attack.
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Hey everyone let me start off saying I love this truck. But...as many people all over the fabulous interweb are stating . My mileage like everyone's is no where near what ford has claimed or advertised. The truck is a 2011ecoboost lariat super crew 5.5ft box towing package and 4x4. Truck has 26000 km on it now.
So I'm wondering what kind of mileage gains if any your all seeing from intake kits and or exhaust. I know the injen intake is looking to be one of the more popular kits around. I've run afe , air raid , k&n kits in the past with good gains both on mileage and power.
Open to any suggestions and just trying to figure my plan of attack.
So I'm wondering what kind of mileage gains if any your all seeing from intake kits and or exhaust. I know the injen intake is looking to be one of the more popular kits around. I've run afe , air raid , k&n kits in the past with good gains both on mileage and power.
Open to any suggestions and just trying to figure my plan of attack.
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1st slow down 2nd stop demoing your power to your self or your friends the EB is very sensitive to throttle input 3rd I have several decades of experiance driving. racing and wrenching on turbo charged engines both diesel and gas includeing aircraft engines. I know this will stir up a hornets nest but with the EB engine you will gain nothing but noise with a CAI or exhaust system up grades you will probably get an onslought of dyno charts and owner feed back just keep in mind dyno runs are by people wanting to sell you something and owner feed back is from people wanting to justify there purchase also look at the posts to sell these parts used. You have an amazing truck drive it and enjoy
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11MPG / 21L/100km over last 8-10 tanks to me seems wrong seeing most people pulling 15-18MPG. I Drive the truck for a living , im a contractor so Gas expense is all out of pocket so if i can gain a bit of Mileage for a reasonable investment i would deffinatly try it.
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The CAI and exhaust are going to run you 700.00. You can buy a lot of gas for that. I have not seen much mileage difference. You guys up North are running crappy gas this time of year and are in really cold weather...both killing your mileage.
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Im not going to argue that i can buy 7 tanks for 700 bucks. As for the gas i honestly couldn't tell you what were getting up here. But as far as the weather goes. This winter has been warmer then any i can remember in the last 8 years. We were +8 today i haven't even kicked the truck into 4x4 this winter roads have been dry. I do thank you for your input on the CAI and exhaust.
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.5 mpg from AFE intake. I replaced the resonator with 3" pipe from flange to muffler . We'll see if that small increase in pipe size does anything for performance or mileage. I'm one of the EB owners that gets 18 @ 70 not 20+.
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It's likely your driving style. I avg 15-20 city/hwy -same truck
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So what you're saying is your cruise control has a better driving style than mine. If the road is flat and my cruise is set at 70 then why don't I get 20 mpg? You may say wind but the probability of me driving into the wind on every road trip is slim. Bottom line is the AFE intake got me .5. That's what the OP is asking.