Picked up my EB on the 11th. 4x4 3.73 gears, 6.5' bed and Lt tires from Ford. I now have over 400 miles on it and it runs great. Took my son to a baseball game about 1 hour north of here on the 13th. Round trip MPG's 19.2. I'm very happy! I'm thinking I should get in the low 20's on a long trip.
I now have a 2" level kit and 33" Toyo Mt's. MPG's are not as good but still getting 16 driving 23 (Hwy) miles to work and 5 (city) miles. Not bad at all.
I have to agree with jimmyb11eb. Its all in the foot! Oh and 70 MPH seems to be the sweet spot.

 

This waitting game sucks,they got my bed liner sprayed last wednesday,called monday and they didnt know where it was.Called me 2 hours later said its still in k city waitting to be shiped by rail.Just wish it get here soon.will have to use my dodge for my first campping trip,but hope then ill have my ford and brake in miles on by june 8th for my next trip.

 

Id like to see pics with the leveling kit.

 

With all the rain here its very hard to keep the Black truck clean enough to take a picture. I hope Friday when I'm off things will be dried up around here to take some pics and I can post some friday night.

 

I was working to average 20 mpg by the computer. I now have 1k on the odo and I'm hitting 21 by the computer rather easily. My hand calculated is typically a little lower, but has always been within .5 mpg. This is rural roads with about 6 miles of city driving each day.


Specifics: SCREW 2X4 with 3.5l and 3.15 rear.

 

i got a screw, lariat, off road package, ecoboost. i have 700 miles on mine and get 16 to 16.5 mpg where i got 14 on my 05 5.4 screw. not enough to justify a new ride purchase but the truck is so much nicer. the ride is great. interior room and comfort also great. i find that the acceleration and how well the truck rides has me driving faster than the old one. havent had it on the highway yet so all the mpg i see is local, but a fair comparison to my old truck.

 

I test drove an Ecoboost and found I enjoyed it most when the turbos were boosting. I would not get good mileage from this truck if I owned it

 

That's the hardest part of owning one of these trucks. So now I allow myself to have fun about every 4th tank or so. When I have a big smile on my face my mileage drops quite a bit, 15 - 17 around town, but how fun it is! It is great knowing that if you want to get good mileage you can, and if you want to smoke a Hemi today "you can"!

 

I just picked up my SC FX4 Ecoboost with 3.73 rear last Wednesday. I am loving this thing so far. Quick question for Eco owners...have you looked at your Tranny Temp on the gauge mode? I only have 230 miles...but I have looked at the Tranny temp on several short trips, and I have been running over 190 degrees. This seems to high to me.... any input?

 

Yep. I sure have.. Now I'm in the Arizona heat (today was 103F), but my tranny temp gauge is reading 197-205F pretty regularly.

I agree does seem higher than I am used to, but I think ~190's might be the operating range that Ford designed for this tranny (or the cooling system i should say). As even if it is cold and taking it easy, the tranny temp will warm up to that range as i believe It is tied into the cooling system to help bring it up to operating temp quicker.


On my '05 the tranny would run 170-185 and that was with a lift and 35" tires. When towing my boat it would get up to 205-215.

Not sure what this '11 tranny temp will be running when towing a boat in the 115F Arizona weather.. I'm sure it won't be good.

 

Thanks bushtree! That puts my mind at ease. My 05 with 35s would run around 160 and then around 180-190 when pulling my boat. So the 190's unloaded seemed high to me. But, thanks to you, now I know that it is normal. I know a little about the heat, I am in South Carolina and our heat index the past week has been about 105. Thanks again!

 

When I first test drove an EB it was in December at night the temp was around 40 or so. I drove one truck pulling a trailer and one empty, both were running in the 190s. The last few days it has been right at 100 here and my tranny is running right at 190. Don't compare them to the earlier trucks as they run a completely different tranny. It seems a little high but it is just how these trucks are.

 

Our truck is just over 3000 miles now. My wifes average speed per tank of fuel is 30-35(hwy city mix) and she is averaging 18.8 It hasnt done a straight highway trip since it had 400 miles on it.

 

Have 750 on mine now,drove it up north last weak,averaged 19 mpg.towing the camper up this weak.Will let you know how it does towing my 28 ft traval trailer.Very happy with it thus far.

 

Just got the truck yesterday, drove it home and parked it before it stormed. Will be putting several miles on it this weekend! Will update