The “My Back Hurts” Thread

I want to put a 5.7 in my truck

 

I’ll give it reliability. I don’t think Ford will ever match Toyota reliability. But I think Toyota can do better. Chevy is getting better mpg out of their 6.2 V8 then Toyota can in their 5.7. Heck, the 5.0 V8 in f150s have more power and better mpg. Titans and tundras are just an aging platform today when it comes to power and mpg.

Everything I’ve seen personally and personally knowing the owner of an Ecoboost, I just don’t see the problems with the engines people talk about online. Even people I work with think the turbos are gonna blow within 100k and I just don’t see it.

Btw, I found a 2018 F-150 with the 3.5 ecoboost and took it for a test drive. The thing scoots. The torque is absolutely insane. It shifts into 7th gear while cruising at 25mph at like 900rpm getting ridiculously good mpg. The stop/start technology is a bit weird. Will take getting used to.

 

Maybe it's just me and my friends driving style but I've never seen an f-150 consistently get that much better mpg than a tundra. Even on fuelly it's only 2mpg different in real world driving. Mckaylas dads 5.0 is around 14-16 and my friends 3.5 is like 16-17 stock now 13ish with 34s all hand calculated not the optimistic computer lol

The new Tahoe is a similar story in my experience too it's like 16 mpg which is a massive 1mpg more than my moms old '04 lol

That being said the f150s and Tahoe do have alot more power and I really like the way they drive

 

Ecoboost economy numbers from our vacation over the 4th.
The drive up (minimal traffic, evening drive)


And the drive back, some spots of heavy traffic and inclement weather, slightly different route.

 

It could be I'm just driving it like it's my car also I do get way better mpg on trips than anything day to day. Below is my friends tracked mileage.

 

That’s crazy, this Ecoboost is in a 2014 Expedition EL which had a curb weight 500 lbs heavier than a 4 door 2WD f150.

If I baby it to and from work I can get 19+ consistently, this is the average for the last 2,344 miles, mixed driving.


And this is lifetime average.


Towing it sucks fuel though, with a 6K lb tractor and 4K lb trailer it will drop to 7-8 MPG.

 

I seen a lot of people who say they get awful mpg with the ecoboost but I haven’t seen it in person. I think a lot of these people are doing extended warmups or are in the turbos a lot. Both of those will suck fuel.

The lifetime mpg on the F-150 I found said 19mpg. Probably a bit optimistic but not bad.

 

Finally got a black plug made after my pla took forever to ship. Pretty happy with how it came out

 

Well, I did it

 

Now that I’m selling my Tacoma I’ll be eligible to be a mod for TW

 

Colorado was a good time.

 

Kinda quiet in here lately...

 

Been working almost 16/7, barely had time to spend money.

 

That’s a good thing, you save money that way lol

 

Yep
Left the house for work at 6:30 this morning and haven’t been back yet, still got about 2 hours before I’ll be home.

 

We mulched about 10 hours last Friday, came back to the job site today to work some more (another 14+ hours of work to do) and I notice the machine is warm after only a few minutes of running so I keep a close eye on the gauges and sure enough within 20 minutes it’s climbing from 208 to 220 so I kill the hydraulic load and set it to high idle to help it cool and after about 2 minutes it finally starts dropping, dad’s supposed to be bringing a compressor and generator out to blow it out but for now I’m stuck doing nothing.

This job is super dusty, lots of small pines being mulched and we’re backdragging the mulcher to give a super fine finish and it’s taking its toll on the machine.

 

New toy

 

S&W has a 1911 I want

 

My first tank of gas in my F-150 calculated to 18.3mpg, some highway but mostly city. Crazy how a 4wd crew cab half ton pickup with 375hp, 470 torque gets better mpg than my Taco was getting stock.

 

Its 20 years newer lol our old farm truck was 23 years older than my truck made 100hp and got 10-12mpg