Towing with the 350 DRW

[forcefed6.4ford]

Glad to see your enjoying the new toy. Not to pour salt in the wound but, I just pulled my 16,000lb 5er up a 2 mile long steadily increasing incline that ends at 10% into a 40mph head wind doing 65mph. Never down shifted and egts just touched 1200deg with some throttle left on a street tune. Dont mind the industrial turbos that much. I would have cooked the engine on stock turbos. Need a bigger CAI though. Freshly cleaned filter and it was getting sucked in...

 

[Corb@CorbinShipping]

Trip went well, over all.
17 k 40 foot 5th wheel toy hauler
350 with 3.73s on 17 inch tires.
On the flatter stretches, up 95 from FL to NC, 75 mph( 2,000 rpm ), didnt downshift once. 8.5 mpg on the ticker, 8.3 hand figured... Def doing a delete and small tune for the return trip though...

The 17s do fine, not as stable as 19.5s, but a much nicer ride.

 

[Buffalo444]

Don't 6.7's have a built-in upgrade in programming at like 10k miles where the power and MPG goes up? Or was that a bunch of bunk?

 

[WHY NOT]

I have never heard of that before.


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[Buffalo444]

I have never heard of that before.


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who knows. too much time on the internet = hallucinations

 

[Strokin&Smokin]

Never heard that either but I did hear people saying that between the first 5k-10k miles the truck will have a noticeable jump in power (breakin period?) and I didn't believe it until I saw/felt it for myself.


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[Buffalo444]

Thats what I think I was referring to. Lol

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[WHY NOT]

Mine had a quite the increase around the 42k mile mark.


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[Strokin&Smokin]

Mine had a quite the increase around the 42k mile mark.


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Lol is that the same time you lost a few factory parts?


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[Atsah]

They def got thier **** together on that, you just click it down and can lock out the top gear you choose, so it will shift normal to whatever is on the dash its bad ass.


AND the manual mode actually works like a manual, it will stay in whatever gear you tell it to no matter what as long as the speed isnt to slow to basically stall the engine, ford def got that right considering how bad it was with the 5r, basically no control at all

I tried it and it works good.. The only thing I think would have been better is if they put the up and down shift on the dash..

 

[Dzchey21]

I tried it and it works good.. The only thing I think would have been better is if they put the up and down shift on the dash..

What do you mean m

 

[Atsah]

What do you mean m

You know, the + and - on the shift handle..

 

[WHY NOT]

If you are using manual mode it does kind of put you in an uncomfortable position holding the shifter for long periods of time. It's the only time I kind of want a center consul shifter like the 150s have. Or a button on the steering wheel would have been sweet but there is already a ton of those.


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[Dzchey21]

Oh I see yeah a center shifter like my wifes fusion would be cool or something on the steering wheel would be nice. Hard to get your lean on holding the shifter lol

 

[Corb@CorbinShipping]

Well, towing when deleted yielded a few extra MPG and no more down shifting...

H&S with delete pipe...

Every tune towed the same (on cruise control) EGTS, fuel economy, boost readings, etc...

The Lie-O-Meter, on the 6.7 is actually not lying... LOL the truck read that 44.6 gallons were used, and I filled it with 46.1 gallons, so, off by 1.5 G over that many gallons, is pretty impressive, judging by the Lie O meter in the 6.4.... That ***er was REALLY optimistic... LOL

unloaded went from 15.7 over 1500 mile trip from FL to KY and back, 5 over the posted limit

and now, unloaded at the same speeds, cruise control still, 1100 mile trip, is getting me 18.4 on the lie o meter, and 18.2 hand jammed......

Towed a small trailer, 5 over, about 5 K on the axles, and ran 12.1 mpg... over 700 miles....

I have not hooked the toy hauler up yet, but I will be doing that this weekend, heading from NC to MO... and Ill post up my results....

overall, this 6.7 is pretty damn impressive....

 

[Strokin&Smokin]

Told you that you would love it lol.


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[Dzchey21]

Glad its working so well for you.

How big of a tune is that?

 

[Breaking Habits]

Well, towing when deleted yielded a few extra MPG and no more down shifting...

H&S with delete pipe...

Every tune towed the same (on cruise control) EGTS, fuel economy, boost readings, etc...

The Lie-O-Meter, on the 6.7 is actually not lying... LOL the truck read that 44.6 gallons were used, and I filled it with 46.1 gallons, so, off by 1.5 G over that many gallons, is pretty impressive, judging by the Lie O meter in the 6.4.... That ***er was REALLY optimistic... LOL

unloaded went from 15.7 over 1500 mile trip from FL to KY and back, 5 over the posted limit

and now, unloaded at the same speeds, cruise control still, 1100 mile trip, is getting me 18.4 on the lie o meter, and 18.2 hand jammed......

Towed a small trailer, 5 over, about 5 K on the axles, and ran 12.1 mpg... over 700 miles....

I have not hooked the toy hauler up yet, but I will be doing that this weekend, heading from NC to MO... and Ill post up my results....

overall, this 6.7 is pretty damn impressive....

I wish my white truck did that well.. Time for more parts I guess.. lol