Decided to go gas. 8.1 to be exact. 04 model

[Bruno of NH]

Like I said
I had a 8.1 it was a beast and pulled hard.
The new ford gas 7.3 is getting factory twin turbos next year.

[snobdds]

Like I said
I had a 8.1 it was a beast and pulled hard.
The new ford gas 7.3 is getting factory twin turbos next year.

A twin turbo 7.3 from the factory. OMG, take my money. 
This might be the only way I get out of the diesel for heavy hauling. 

[Skip]

I ordered a 21, 2-3 months go. Dealership said it has been converted to a 22   ,said I might get it by fall . I ordered the 7.3 gasser if it comes with twins, it just might be worth the wait   .

[Bruno of NH]

If I won the lottery 
I would get a f250 2wd with 7.3 twin turbos lower it , cat backs, chip it and 60's all around.
And do some smoke shows around town 

[reride82]

Does it have an Allison transmission behind it? My dad has an 04 with 55-60K miles on it I believe. It pulls like a freight train, but mileage was terrible thus the low miles. Now he has a 6.7 Powerstroke so it mostly sits. He won't sell it, which is aggravating

Levi

[Bruno of NH]

I had an Allison in mine it pulled hard .
5 to 6 miles a gallon at most.

[HemlockKing]

If I won the lottery
I would get a f250 2wd with 7.3 twin turbos lower it , cat backs, chip it and 60's all around.
And do some smoke shows around town  

The “brodozer”  

[mike_belben]

I had an Allison in mine it pulled hard .
5 to 6 miles a gallon at most.

That is pitiful.  Old semis fully loaded get that in the mountains. Theres no excuse for a pickup to be that bad. 

My 12v dually got 11 with a bad convertor!

[Sedgehammer]

Has Allison 
12 mpg empty 
7-8 mpg loaded

The 16 duramax gets 9.5 loaded with same load

I'll take the gasser. Small fuel tank. That sucks

On the 7.3 gas from ford w/ twins. No need for it to have twins. The extremely small advant isn't worth the extra costs in my opine. A motor that small and with that low of boost psi, nope

[barbender]

I wouldn't be surprused if the twin turbo setup has more to do with emissions than power.

[Bruno of NH]

I had an Allison in mine it pulled hard .
5 to 6 miles a gallon at most.

That is pitiful.  Old semis fully loaded get that in the mountains. Theres no excuse for a pickup to be that bad.

My 12v dually got 11 with a bad convertor!

I was jobing around a lot when I had that truck.
24' job trailer on the back pulling lots of hills in NH and Vt

[Sedgehammer]

I wouldn't be surprused if the twin turbo setup has more to do with emissions than power.

Yeah maybe, but hard to see where 2 help in any noticeable way, but they wood know that if that was the case

[Sedgehammer]

I had an Allison in mine it pulled hard .
5 to 6 miles a gallon at most.

That is pitiful.  Old semis fully loaded get that in the mountains. Theres no excuse for a pickup to be that bad.

My 12v dually got 11 with a bad convertor!

I was jobing around a lot when I had that truck.
24' job trailer on the back pulling lots of hills in NH and Vt

and how much better does a diesel get pulling same load. Like I said earlier, we get about 2 mpg lower pulling same load. If that holds or anywhere near that, again proves that the diesel isn't worth the extra costs

[chevytaHOE5674]

When you say loaded what does that mean? 20k lbs? 5k lbs?

Your loaded diesel mpg seems low. Guy hauls a lot of hay for me with 21k lbs of bales on a 9?k lbs trailer and averages 13.5.

I hauled almost 17k lbs of pipe and trailer behind my old 7.3 2 weeks ago and averaged 16.3 over a 250 mile trip.

[Sedgehammer]

When you say loaded what does that mean? 20k lbs? 5k lbs?

Your loaded diesel mpg seems low. Guy hauls a lot of hay for me with 21k lbs of bales on a 9?k lbs trailer and averages 13.5.

I hauled almost 17k lbs of pipe and trailer behind my old 7.3 2 weeks ago and averaged 16.3 over a 250 mile trip.

14k

The diesel doesn't even know its back there. Amazing power. On the mileage. I didn't manually check it. I was going by the computer. The gas we manually checked

I guess it could be off, but doubt that much

[Sedgehammer]

I am going to put a set of stainless headers, that'll help a bit also


I do see they make a blower setup for it. $7,100. Not too bad. It does take new pistons though if you want over 5 psi. I'll maybe do that next year

[Bruno of NH]

The diesel engines aren't worth the extra for me.
I know most won't agree with me.
If I was pulling load cross country I would consider it.

[barbender]

The mileage computers are about as accurate as the weatherman, in my experience 

Cat ACERT diesel engines run twin turbos and it has something to do with emissions. 

[Sedgehammer]

Just got back from Georgia with this load. 11 mpg w/ trailer empty average and 8 loaded. Total load was just under 18k. Set cruise at 75 and it barely wavered no matter the hill

Did add a 50 gallon transfer tank though. Could save $0.20 per gallon on a fill up by using the gas app








 

[farmfromkansas]

My old F-450 with the v-10 averages about 12 empty, but I can't go as fast with the 488 rear gear.  Just don't want to scream the engine.  Pulling the trailer in 5th gear, I run about 55. It is the 6 speed manual, 6th is OD.