V10 gas towing fuel economy
For those of you towing 5th wheel RV trailers in the 13,000 to 16,000lbs gross trailer weight rating with Ford gas V10's, what are you seeing for fuel economy?
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Wow I don't feel so bad now.
I tow my 7000 lb 27 ft bigfoot with my 99 tahoe 4x4 with 150,000 miles on it and get about 9.8 mpg on the ultra gauge, like a scan gauge.
That is at 70 mph.
No trailer 19 mpg at 70 :)
Of course I have added serious mods, like efi live custom tune, 1.6 scorpion dual roller rockers, ported throttle body, VMAX manifold spacer, ceramic coated long tube headers and custom 3" exhaust , electric cooling fans, 180 thermostat, k&n filter, etc.
But I still wish I had a diesel or v10 for the big hills.
I tow my 7000 lb 27 ft bigfoot with my 99 tahoe 4x4 with 150,000 miles on it and get about 9.8 mpg on the ultra gauge, like a scan gauge.
That is at 70 mph.
No trailer 19 mpg at 70 :)
Of course I have added serious mods, like efi live custom tune, 1.6 scorpion dual roller rockers, ported throttle body, VMAX manifold spacer, ceramic coated long tube headers and custom 3" exhaust , electric cooling fans, 180 thermostat, k&n filter, etc.
But I still wish I had a diesel or v10 for the big hills.
