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jerseysilverstang07
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Age : 25
Joined : 08 Jan 2008
Posts : 591
Location : PortMonmouth
 |  Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150  Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:55 pm | |
| two things one something is not tuned right when i had my truck i was getting 25mpg with a heavy foot and bigger tires than what yours has two look into the vortex exhaust kit trust me on this one its louder at idle and acceleration than either any other kit they make for those trucks and trust me i shopped every kit that was offered for that truck nothing came even close to what i wanted until i went down to ultimate sound and security and spoke with ernie about exhaust kits and when i heard his start up that kit is louder than both the 40 and 44 series of flowmasters unless you removed the cats from the car running flowmasters then they are pretty close
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|   | | 95NYstang
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Age : 18
Joined : 15 Jul 2008
Posts : 1060
Location : Staten Island, NY
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:14 pm | |
| John how did you buy it? and how can you keep both cars? being in college i can't even afford to fix my tranny.
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95 V6| 5 speed| Stage 3 clutch|waiting to install flow masters
future mods:
triX shifter
cold air intake
"lets durnout in the burt" by Steve(Cabbage)
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| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
Joined : 07 Jan 2008
Posts : 2419
Location : North Bergen, NJ
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:24 pm | |
| | Liftedbronco wrote: | U still down for some offroading? We need to make some plans!
I promise, 1 day in there and you will never buy another "looks" mod again. |
Yeah I am, don't know if I can do it this year, still have alot of to do to the truck to get it ready for winter.
If we can't soon, definitely next spring.
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93 Tunes, C&L CAI, Custom 8.8 Rear with 3.73/TLok, Ford Racing X-Pipe with Dual MRT Aerotubines, Sequential Taillights, Avic-D3...
Future Mods: 18inch Black Chrome Rims, 20s with Tires for sale below: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300282521086
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3120211
http://edgespeeder04.tripod.com
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| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
Joined : 07 Jan 2008
Posts : 2419
Location : North Bergen, NJ
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:27 pm | |
| | jerseysilverstang07 wrote: | | two things one something is not tuned right when i had my truck i was getting 25mpg with a heavy foot and bigger tires than what yours has two look into the vortex exhaust kit trust me on this one its louder at idle and acceleration than either any other kit they make for those trucks and trust me i shopped every kit that was offered for that truck nothing came even close to what i wanted until i went down to ultimate sound and security and spoke with ernie about exhaust kits and when i heard his start up that kit is louder than both the 40 and 44 series of flowmasters unless you removed the cats from the car running flowmasters then they are pretty close |
oh wow thats good, what motor did you have? 5.4? any mods?
I believe the truck has a 3inch lift and a leveling kit, and has the gryphon/edge tuner and waiting on the custom tunes to install the banks intake for another 2 to 4 gain, but I doubt I can ever get a lifted 5.4 to run that good at mpg especially with a heavy foot.
Fill me in on all the details in here please, that would definitely be great if I can get more mpgs out of it.
As for exhaust, I dont want too loud, just want clean looking chrome dual exhausts coming out thru the back like the magnaflow set which I can eventually by for a good price.
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93 Tunes, C&L CAI, Custom 8.8 Rear with 3.73/TLok, Ford Racing X-Pipe with Dual MRT Aerotubines, Sequential Taillights, Avic-D3...
Future Mods: 18inch Black Chrome Rims, 20s with Tires for sale below: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300282521086
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3120211
http://edgespeeder04.tripod.com
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| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
Joined : 07 Jan 2008
Posts : 2419
Location : North Bergen, NJ
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:44 pm | |
| | 95NYstang wrote: | | John how did you buy it? and how can you keep both cars? being in college i can't even afford to fix my tranny. |
Mustang was a graduation present because I was awarded over $150,000 in scholarships to various Colleges/Universities, and also graduated 2nd in my class. Even then i didn't expect to have a mustang I really wanted. It was red tagged from $30,000 to like $21,900 and it didnt have demo miles, just because it was a 05 left over in early 06. It was great and I do appreciate my parents buying it for me and I know how lucky I am because not everyone gets this chance, so I am not spoiled and my girl and anyone else who knows me, knows that I worked really hard for what I have.
My parents have always paid the insurance for the Mustang while I stay in college and keep a clean driving record, in the last year the insurance has drastically dropped down and I think its like $2400 or something for both the F150 and Mustang now which is great. Dad opted to pay for the insurance for it as long as I let him use it to carry stuff when he needs to and thats toatally not a problem, one of the reasons why I bought it.....tired of him trying to carry huge things in a ford windstar lol.
But yea I bought it with money I had saved up to get a daily driver, now I just need a job to keep paying for gas and stuff which thankfully keeps getting cheaper.
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93 Tunes, C&L CAI, Custom 8.8 Rear with 3.73/TLok, Ford Racing X-Pipe with Dual MRT Aerotubines, Sequential Taillights, Avic-D3...
Future Mods: 18inch Black Chrome Rims, 20s with Tires for sale below: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300282521086
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3120211
http://edgespeeder04.tripod.com
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| | | | jerseysilverstang07
Member
Age : 25
Joined : 08 Jan 2008
Posts : 591
Location : PortMonmouth
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:37 am | |
| | StangMan Jonathan wrote: | | jerseysilverstang07 wrote: | | two things one something is not tuned right when i had my truck i was getting 25mpg with a heavy foot and bigger tires than what yours has two look into the vortex exhaust kit trust me on this one its louder at idle and acceleration than either any other kit they make for those trucks and trust me i shopped every kit that was offered for that truck nothing came even close to what i wanted until i went down to ultimate sound and security and spoke with ernie about exhaust kits and when i heard his start up that kit is louder than both the 40 and 44 series of flowmasters unless you removed the cats from the car running flowmasters then they are pretty close |
oh wow thats good, what motor did you have? 5.4? any mods?
I believe the truck has a 3inch lift and a leveling kit, and has the gryphon/edge tuner and waiting on the custom tunes to install the banks intake for another 2 to 4 gain, but I doubt I can ever get a lifted 5.4 to run that good at mpg especially with a heavy foot.
Fill me in on all the details in here please, that would definitely be great if I can get more mpgs out of it.
As for exhaust, I dont want too loud, just want clean looking chrome dual exhausts coming out thru the back like the magnaflow set which I can eventually by for a good price. |
It was the 5.4 model and to make matters worse came with the optional 35 gallon fuel tank which needless to say would have costed an arm and leg and first born child in order to fill but luckily that wasn't the case only two things i changed out on the truck was a volant cold air intake and re-ran the exhaust system opting to go with the vortex kit but you have one more advantage then i did your only at a 3 inch lift i went full out going with a 6 inch lift and two inch leveling kit and finished it off with 35 inch open country tires which is why i said something isn't tuned right because you should be getting better mileage than me people over look the concept the better the motor breaths the better your gas mileage
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| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
Joined : 07 Jan 2008
Posts : 2419
Location : North Bergen, NJ
| | | | | Liftedbronco
Shredder / Admin
Age : 27
Joined : 21 Apr 2008
Posts : 1042
Location : Suffern, NY
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:04 pm | |
| Gears. Those tires are probably taller then stock by quite a bit. rear end gears will allow the trans to be in overdrive more and save you gas. For example I didnt do gears on the bronco and never got out of 3rd on the highway. hows that for bad gas mileage...i was gettin 9 or less.
We can offroad any time of year, snow adds to the fun...lol.
What do you have to do to it to get it winter worthy?
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07 White GT. FRPP whipple 11 psi intercooled. Apexcone HID's, Billet Flywheel, Centerforce Dual Friction, Dashhawk, FRPP rear end girdle, Steeda gtrac, steeda torque box brace, GI Joe 8 rib kit and tensioner, Pypes O/R X-pipe, msd 2-step, steeda oil separator. 500 whpon 93, around 520 i guess on 112octane. Tuned by Evoltion Performance. Best of 12.48 at 117.
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| | | | jerseysilverstang07
Member
Age : 25
Joined : 08 Jan 2008
Posts : 591
Location : PortMonmouth
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Tue Nov 11, 2008 2:59 pm | |
| your best bet to get the most bang for your buck is go with the exhaust and cold air intake setup that i ran on my truck to start with no other combination comes close to it as far as making the engine breath the better and if you can spend the extra money or have it laying around i would also recommend gears thats one thing i never got around to doing on my truck
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| | | | Liftedbronco
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Age : 27
Joined : 21 Apr 2008
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Location : Suffern, NY
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Tue Nov 11, 2008 3:04 pm | |
| gears will make a difference u can feel. intake and exhaust will make a big difference in sound. your call.
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07 White GT. FRPP whipple 11 psi intercooled. Apexcone HID's, Billet Flywheel, Centerforce Dual Friction, Dashhawk, FRPP rear end girdle, Steeda gtrac, steeda torque box brace, GI Joe 8 rib kit and tensioner, Pypes O/R X-pipe, msd 2-step, steeda oil separator. 500 whpon 93, around 520 i guess on 112octane. Tuned by Evoltion Performance. Best of 12.48 at 117.
Follow Neil....he's the leader. |
| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
Joined : 07 Jan 2008
Posts : 2419
Location : North Bergen, NJ
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:51 pm | |
| the truck came with 3.73s, same as I have in my mustang, don't think I want anything different now.
It averages at 14 to 19mpg running at 65 to 75mph and 10 to 12 running at 50 to 64mph
Is that weird? or is that because of the gears?
Sad part about the exhaust setup that I wanted. www.F150Store.com had the dual rear exit magnaflow last week and as soon as they offered 60% off their remaining sets to sell off and make room for parts for the new F150, I missed out......they were already gone.........sucks because I could've gotten a $500 setup for like $150 to $200 and installed it myself since the truck is lifted........I e-mailed them to find out if they'll bring anymore or where I could possibly get it from in the future without paying so much for it then.
I'm just concerned about the truck ready for winter, painting all the chips in tailgate and doing the bumpers and side steps with that herculiner liquid so its stronger for the salt and mud it gets hit by in the next several months and ready for Offroading when we go early next spring, Kevin. 
Hopefully, we'll have more F150 members by then and we can have an offroad cruise and then a barbecue or something haha
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93 Tunes, C&L CAI, Custom 8.8 Rear with 3.73/TLok, Ford Racing X-Pipe with Dual MRT Aerotubines, Sequential Taillights, Avic-D3...
Future Mods: 18inch Black Chrome Rims, 20s with Tires for sale below: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300282521086
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3120211
http://edgespeeder04.tripod.com
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| | | | Liftedbronco
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Location : Suffern, NY
| | Subject: Re: Mac -- the F150 Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:44 am | |
| thats definitley weird. but was the stock gearing 3.73 or did someone buy it? What you need to do is do some math and calculate how the increased tire circumference changes the final drive ratio. then get the appropriate ring gear to make it the same as it was. even though mustang knowledge says 4.10 or 4.56 is crazy low gearing, on a truck wiht big tires, its totally normal.
The fuel economy problem is definitley cuzza the gears. its geared too high for those tires and its not able to get into OD when it shoud.
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07 White GT. FRPP whipple 11 psi intercooled. Apexcone HID's, Billet Flywheel, Centerforce Dual Friction, Dashhawk, FRPP rear end girdle, Steeda gtrac, steeda torque box brace, GI Joe 8 rib kit and tensioner, Pypes O/R X-pipe, msd 2-step, steeda oil separator. 500 whpon 93, around 520 i guess on 112octane. Tuned by Evoltion Performance. Best of 12.48 at 117.
Follow Neil....he's the leader. |
| | | | StangMan Jonathan
NJ Stangers Founder/SiteOwner
Age : 20
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Location : North Bergen, NJ
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