Gear Vendors for Excursion V-10 4.30 rear
I have a 2001 Excursion with a V-10 and 4.30's. I tow a 33 foot high profile TT that has a gross weight of 9,000 pounds. I found a great tune, 5-star 87 performance, that made a big difference. I...
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Interesting....would you DIY the install or have a shop do it?
Doing a little reading on the website and not sure if your X is a daily driver, but with those deep 4.30's it says the fuel savings when running empty add up quickly and pay for the unit. I have 161k on the burb now and in a similar situation as you...the burb is my daily driver and I get about 10 mpg around town with the 4.10 gears, about 12 on the highway. At 10k miles/year, a 3 mpg increase would net me about $500 in fuel savings, so clearly I don't drive as much as I need to....
It would definitely help when towing though, if I had an extra $3k sitting around I would consider one of these units. Let us know if you go ahead with it, I would be very interested to see how you like it.
Doing a little reading on the website and not sure if your X is a daily driver, but with those deep 4.30's it says the fuel savings when running empty add up quickly and pay for the unit. I have 161k on the burb now and in a similar situation as you...the burb is my daily driver and I get about 10 mpg around town with the 4.10 gears, about 12 on the highway. At 10k miles/year, a 3 mpg increase would net me about $500 in fuel savings, so clearly I don't drive as much as I need to....
It would definitely help when towing though, if I had an extra $3k sitting around I would consider one of these units. Let us know if you go ahead with it, I would be very interested to see how you like it.
