Gas Price Change For You

[CAP1]

In all honesty, it handled it like a champ. I started the trip on a fairly steep grade for a mile or so and it just took  it in stride.

 i had seen some of the testing ford does to their trucks. they seem to really beat the ever lovin poop out of them....like they test it to a spec much higher than it should see usage for on the streets.

 also.......i wouldn't mind being the guy that gets to keep doing tests on the raptor. 

[clerick]

We've got a 6.8 gasser in a shop truck.

Not a fan of it's mileage but it has 310hp and 425 ft/pounds of torque.

I actually think that Ford did a great job getting the mieage they did from it. I average 15 hwy and 11 cty in a 3.5 ton truck. I have a driver with a Durango and a Dakota that get the same,and they are much smaller trucks.

[clerick]

i had seen some of the testing ford does to their trucks. they seem to really beat the ever lovin poop out of them....like they test it to a spec much higher than it should see usage for on the streets.

 also.......i wouldn't mind being the guy that gets to keep doing tests on the raptor. 

the tests they did to promote the F150's ecoboost was pretty brutal. And I'd loooooove me Some Raptor too

[icepac]

It's a V10 with a utility bed so mileage is not it's forte.

It is a lot faster than I expected.

[clerick]

It's a V10 with a utility bed so mileage is not it's forte.

It is a lot faster than I expected.

The V10 Tritons have a nice broad torque curve. There is a kid with a stock V8 Fox body Mustang in my neighborhood, and my Excursion will give him a run at the lights. It's almost too bad Ford didn't stick with the V10 to power the GT.

[steely07]

Here in Sydney, Australia, I filled the Skyline up the other morning at $1.50 a liter for 98 octane, I think that works out at $6.75 a gallon (I may have stuffed that calculation up however)

Adding in the exchange rate, that would be $7.01 in USD.

Steely

PS: It requires 98 octane, says so in the manual

[icepac]

The V10 doesn't have near the power potential of the 5.4 GT engine.

[clerick]

The V10 doesn't have near the power potential of the 5.4 GT engine.

It absolutely does, especially when you consider it's the same engine with 2 more cylinders.

[icepac]

The V10 wasn't made for performance and sports an iron block with a split pin crankshaft that weighs a billion pounds.

It was made for torque which is why you won't be seeing any with 4 valve heads.

[Skuzzy]

Here in Sydney, Australia, I filled the Skyline up the other morning at $1.50 a liter for 98 octane, I think that works out at $6.75 a gallon (I may have stuffed that calculation up however)

Adding in the exchange rate, that would be $7.01 in USD.

Steely

PS: It requires 98 octane, says so in the manual

The octane rating is calculated differently in the U.S. than the rest of the world.  Our 91 (or 93) is equivalent to your 98.

[icepac]

I just wish the fuel companies would stop dosing the mix with oxygenators and alcohol.

[clerick]

The V10 wasn't made for performance and sports an iron block with a split pin crankshaft that weighs a billion pounds.

It was made for torque which is why you won't be seeing any with 4 valve heads.

The 5.4 is identical architecture to the 6.8, minus two cylinders of course and the 5.4 in the GT is quite different than the 5.4 in the Excursion too. The 5.4s in the truck line have iron blocks. It wasn't until the "Terminator" Cobra's came about that they had an all aluminum engine, IIRC. There is no reason they couldn't do the same with a V10

The current V10s actually have 3 valves so going to 4 shouldn't be an issue.

I knew I'd find it. Aluminum V10 (based on 4.6l) in a mustang test mule. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92qNG6syZkI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Skuzzy]

I just wish the fuel companies would stop dosing the mix with oxygenators and alcohol.

That is actually done at the distributor.  The station buyer has the option to buy blended or non-blended fuel.  There are stations in Texas selling non-blended 93 octane.  Makes a huge performance difference.

They have to blend at the distribution point as the ethanol does not mix with gasoline and will separate over time.

With the cost of ethanol rising, many station owners are cutting back on the blend.

[clerick]

That is actually done at the distributor.  The station buyer has the option to buy blended or non-blended fuel.  There are stations in Texas selling non-blended 93 octane.  Makes a huge performance difference.

They have to blend at the distribution point as the ethanol does not mix with gasoline and will separate over time.

With the cost of ethanol rising, many station owners are cutting back on the blend.

Unless you live in a state that requires, by law, that you have 10% ethanol. Only Premium is allowed to be corn free, which is why all my small engines run on 91.

I'd run ethanol if I had a need for high octane

[Skuzzy]

I know many folks in states that force ethanol blends.  Some of them go to the trouble of buying it, then draining it from the tank, then freezing it.  The ethanol will freeze at a higher temperature than the fuel and it clumps up in the process.  Remove the clumps, put the gas back in the tank.

I am glad I live where it is not a state law.