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Didn't mean to sound like an asswipe in the last post.
After embarrassing myself by getting a bilistien shock stuck, up-side down, for about a half hour on my truck I measured the bed. The truck will hold almost exactly 2 yards with my box in it(level to the top).
I might have "overloaded" the truck that day though when I pulled my neighbors dodge out which was hooked up to a 24 foot gooseneck. I deffinitly had plenty of traction though.
What were the measurements on the bed (I just want them for reference, not to dispute anything you said)? I might have came across as a bit of asswipeish myself there at the end. I never did think that you were overloaded, just gettin real close to the limit of what I would want to haul. I have had a yard or more dumped in the bed of my old S10 one time, and it looked way worse than the lean your's had. Thank the lord for rear bumpstops. :D
Don't remember exact measurements but I think they were 74.5x64.5x20.5. It equalled out to like 1.997yardsQuote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
That's including the box in the bed I take it?
yes
Impressed with the new intake. Achieved a record high mpg of 14.52, thats roughly a .34% increase.:gigem: Seriously thats pretty good as I was expecting 12-13 from that tank.
my dad ordered the AFE but was informed that it was not a good choice for extreme duty use. anyone know of another aftermarket filter housing that is better at filtering and not all about diesel rice?
Why is this in my thread? and what the f uck is extreme duty use? get the proguard.Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
extreme duty is what happens in your front yard :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
14.5? id park it and drive one of the fords at $3.50 a gallon.
John, amsoil make a good one, but the AFE is not a bad setup, just make sure to the the stage 2.
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Originally Posted by Eckert
fixed it
because this is hardly a build thread. therefore i treat it as a tech thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
"extreme duty", as they call it, is duty where the truck is used as a work truck and leaves the pavement.
The afe will work for that, just will need to be cleaned and oiled more often.
right, he's just looking for a filter that wont have to be cleaned so often. that was the problem with the stock filter box. it had to be cleaned often and the poor design on the box caused it to break from being opened so much. ford claims their new box is better at keeping crap out. just looking for a cheaper option.Quote:
Originally Posted by DRAGOONRANCH
cheap and air filter should not be used together on a $8-10k engine. ;)
Ok well your definition of "extreme duty" seems like using a truck for what its made for. I call that "normal duty".Quote:
Originally Posted by agjohn02
This is a tech thread, but in the build up sub-section because I'm "building my truck up" to achieve better milage. eitherway I'm happy with my set-up, I'm going to order the proguard filter when I get some cash, and the factory design keeps the air box fairly clean from my expereinces. I will soon cut some high performance air flow holes on the fender side which will probably let more **** in.
eckert- 14.52 is the best I have ever gotten in any of my v-8 trucks.
Put a wicked wheel in the turbo. It's good stuff. Picks up boost faster and doesn't cavitate at the top end like the stock one does.
Even though I have been busy as hell during my short brake I have managed to install my bag of chips and total out some other dudes car.
I got rear ended in the pouring ass rain by a 87 buick. The impact hardly woke up a buddy in the back seat and yet destoyed the car, he did end up walking away. Now I cant deside if I should just make his insurence pay for a new tailgate, light cover, and paint my bumper or just have them right me a check and deal with a couple of scratches. From ten feet away you can't even tell it has been hit.
With my mpg extremly sucking latly(10-14) and driving alot again I went ahead and installed a chip. I haven't ran through a full tank so dont have any mpg numbers yet. This is my first experience with a dp tuner and so far I like it alot better than superchips and hyperwhat-nots I have had before. I cheaped out and skipped getting the "race" tune but in econo mode It goes a hell of a lot faster than I should go and blows alot more smoke than wanted.
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Originally Posted by BroncoJo
i knew it!:flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
i wanna see your mpg with the DP compared to my TS, the other day i got almost 19 on the hwy, but my city mileage still sucks
he also has an extra set of wheels.
I seriously dout I could get 19, I have alot of extra weight. I'm really hoping for an increase in the city (was about 13) and towing (was ****ty), now I can actualy get up to speed before the next light and use alot less pedal doing it.
I'm going to work on opening up my intake but I dout it will make any smoke go away. Also with all this new found power the ***** is probably running hotter so I might do a 4in down pipe. It scares me not knowing the temps but I hate those pillar gauges.
cox-:flipoff2::flipoff2::D
I would take the money and live with the scratches. Of course with this mentality trucks end up looking like my crewcab...
I've seen an improvement of mileage with the SCT I put in my ford. Getting about 12 going to work and back now. Will see what it does on the highway this weekend. Should get about 17 where it used to get 14. But I have a 6.0. Never saw any gain with any chip on the 7.3s.
It will also light up the 35s from a rolling start.
I expect the best gains when pulling. My dad's 06 dually has been getting about the same mileage pulling his bulldozer as I've been getting pulling the boat. He also get terrible mileage without the chip.
today is the first time I got to drive in the day light with "econo mode", and I call bull **** on mpg gains. The black smoke does not ****ing stop pouring out with anything more than about 1500 rpms, with that being it still goes faster from a stop with rpms < 1500 than compared to stock. I might just have to keap it in "tow mode" which is like 20 hp boost or something.
eight- most of my buddies with 6.0's get 20+ on the highway and around 17-19 in the city, although they have that fancy MPG reader in the over head consol that might be filling them full of ****.
They probably don't roll as high as I do.
The 12 mpg to work and back doesn't bother me. Its 3 miles in traffic and takes about 15 minutes to get there, 4.5 miles back home.
"Econo mode" is crap. Best mileage gains is usually on the highest setting. I think mine's on 100ish hp setting. Never had a problem with a 7.3 blowing smoke except when shifting (manual). That was with 60-80 hp programmers of various make. Only time one blew much smoke was when the wastegate spring fell off. Get a wicked wheel.
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Originally Posted by eight
He said econo mode would put my truck about 100 hp over stock, he offered a 120hp race mode but i didn't figure that was necessary. quater throttle in any gear will puff smoke out, Im hoping this causes me to have an even lighter foot.
I thought wicked wheel actualy cut down on power, very little from what i'm told.? They are also supose to lower egt right?
summit sells a few different gauge pod options one mounts below the radio in that little open spot and another mounts on the dash, both of which are better then the pillar mount pods
Make sure to tell us what your actual MPG is. Also I think those MPG instant gauge pods are full of crap!Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
I don't have one of those MPG-o-meters.
or pig pen :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by afroman006
Thats a pretty hot economy tune. I was thinking more like 20hp. Don't think we ever had a 100 hp in a 7.3.
I'm telling you this is like nothing like the ones I have dealt with before, at least as far as minor modded trucks go.Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
zing!!!:gigem:Quote:
Originally Posted by bcolman
my economy tune give me 70 over stock, although im sure the dp is more refined, its all that i needQuote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
Its called the econo 80, but he said that most trucks like mine will dyno about 100hp over stock. I would have figured that you would get less HP than they claim as it is with most programers.
I'm going to try to get a video of the smoke today, I'm really not happy about how easy it is to smoke out cars behind me although it is forcing me to be super easy on the skinny pedal.
i get that on a bad day :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by BroncoJo
i honestly dont know how accurate the mpg-o-meters are. when my overhead said i got 20.4 on a road trip. i got 20.2. but i bet im not getting 26.4 like it says right now.
they dont actually calculate anything, its all from a lookup table.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eckert
14.4 MPG about half tank with the tuner and half without. Almost all city so I am happy I was expecting around 13. I'll be on the road tomorrow and will post highway MPG.
ordered some gauges today and the mount that goes aroung the factory cluster.
Also found out to that my clutch cannot handle econo mode, its supose to be new but they allways seem to be when buying used. I thought I noticed some slipping once pre-tuner but there is no question now.
Also need to order a new coolant reservoir as the crack I have had is starting to get bigger and I don't want to get stranded somewhere. Does anybody know where I can get one? I have tried all the part stores.
Whats considered the best cone filters? I can't decide what I want to replace mine with.