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Originally Posted by hondaguy72
My father has a standard cab heritage f150 (2004 with 2003 styling). When I've used it I notice that it is very sensitive to speed. Keep it around 60mph and mileage is dramatically better. I got almost 18 (17.8) pulling an open trailer over a 100 mile trip with this technique. At the time the truck had no aero improvers i.e. tonneau cover. The 4.6 isn't an ideal economy motor, but can be coaxed into fairly efficient operation. A scanguage would be almost a necessity to get best results in my opinion.
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In my experience, the modular v8s need to be revved to get better fuel economy when towing.
They just don't have the low end grunt and you end up wasting more fuel with a lot of throttle input, more fuel burnt, but no more result.
They don't lug well.