The Hunter
Registered User
I have a '99 with a 5.4, 5 speed. 4.10 gears in a SC 4X4. I love the truck . It has 43K on it & runs great. Have taken it way too many places off road it should NEVER have gone. But towing my 8Klb travel trailer in the mountains??? Need a Power Stroke!
It never got outstanding mileage. Best on the road was 17mpg empty @70. Towing from Phoenix to Flagstaff was 6.3 mpg and was flat on the floor all the way up there! It tows but be prepaired to spin the engine to 4500 for 10 minutes or so at a streach. The 5.4 has a ew K&N intake system & a Flowmaster 5000 series freeflow muffler to help out.
My next one will be a powerstroke with the torqueshift auto tranny. Dont really care about mileage but hate to push an engine so hard.
It never got outstanding mileage. Best on the road was 17mpg empty @70. Towing from Phoenix to Flagstaff was 6.3 mpg and was flat on the floor all the way up there! It tows but be prepaired to spin the engine to 4500 for 10 minutes or so at a streach. The 5.4 has a ew K&N intake system & a Flowmaster 5000 series freeflow muffler to help out.
My next one will be a powerstroke with the torqueshift auto tranny. Dont really care about mileage but hate to push an engine so hard.