mabupa
Donating Member
I know about those lifts. I had land cruiser coils on the rear and 1in spacers on the front on my 96 runner and agree with you. Also agree that, while the 5.0 is fun around town, my mustang drives me crazy on road trips to NY. From my research, guys are reporting 22mpg on highway with 33s on the f-250, so I would like to go that route and have the bigger truck. Not saying I wouldn’t buy an F-150 though, I guess I will see what I end up with whenever I pull the trigger. I do like the idea of being able to park in my garage and the f-150 is the only one that will fit, if I leave it at stock height.3 of them have the 3.5, and one bought an '18 F-150 Platinum diesel a couple weeks ago. She says the diesel is getting around 20mpg everywhere, and mid 20's highway.
So very similiar to 3.5 mpg.
As for 15-16 mpg with a lift and big tires...that is Really Good. The lift hurts the mpg more than the weight of the bigger tires too. I had an 01 4Runner years ago that I put 1" spacers on the front, and +2" springs in the rear, so it sat level. Mpg instantly dropped from 17 to 14, and I have experienced this in many vehicles, a few of mine and many of my friends trucks.
So getting 19 to 23-24+ mpg with a full size truck is really impressive, especially with so much power, even more than the 5.0, actually 100 lb' of torque more, and without the racket. I love the sound of a V8, and I'm a Ford man, but like a quiet vehicle as a daily driver. As expected, the V6 makes no noise at all, where as the 5.0 growls everywhere it goes, and it sounds great, just gets old fast to me if it's not a hotrod
