nontriton 5.0L vs triton 5.4L

kmccune

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I have an F 150 with a 5.0 L engine (non triton) and it is a little sleepy pulling our camper with bikes in the back. Does anyone have a triton 5.4L who could tell me the difference in pulling between these two engines. I ask because Amy is getting a new (er) truck and I thought it may be a good idea to upgrade our towing capacity. She does wants an excursion though, I’ll have to work on that... those F250 crew cabs sure look nice! ;) now if I could only talk her into a diesel
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The 5.4L will pull anything you feel like towing. Fuel economy will be only slightly better at best compared to the 5.0L. I have a 4.6L and a 5.4L and the 5.4L get 12-14mpg towing and maybe 15mpg when empty. This is in a 4X4 F250 with a 411 rear end.

 

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BSWIFT said:

The 5.4L will pull anything you feel like towing. Fuel economy will be only slightly better at best compared to the 5.0L. I have a 4.6L and a 5.4L and the 5.4L get 12-14mpg towing and maybe 15mpg when empty. This is in a 4X4 F250 with a 411 rear end.

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Sounds right to me. You could try and talk her into a Powerstroke Excursion! :aj:

 

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From what I understand, the 05 Excursion will be the last year and supposedly only come in a diesel.

I've owned the 5.0, 5.4 and now a 7.3 diesel. The 5.4 does okay as long as it doesn't have to rev and shift a bunch...if it does plan on less than 10mpg. In hill country it runs out of steam...go w/ the diesel if you can swing it. You'll get 16-17mpg towing plus it will cruise @ 80-90mph and never even think about downshifting.

 

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03 F150 4x4 FX4....last mileage check was 12.2 mpg. That was a freeway trip with no load 85-95 mph across the desert.

Heaviest load was about 4500 lbs. It did ok with the od turned off.

 

kmccune

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WE :ugg: went window shopping today, mostly so that I could sell the pickup idea. She made all kinds of excuses for not getting a pickup ( some of you may say truck.... :nener: ) but I think that she knows what she wants ( funny thing about her :yeehaw: ) I found out that she already has HER Excursion picked out, so I guess I should have went riding instead of window shopping, what with winter coming and all . I did talk her into the 5.4 L though, thanks for all the input and as far as hills go, we live in WI and what you guys call hills out west we call mountains. :laugh:

 

kmccune

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Well we brought the Expedition home yesterday, it has a lot more power then the pickup so I'm sure it will do fine. Thanks again for all the input.

 

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I have the 5.4 in my 04 150. Just got home from stillwater and got about 12mpg with a full load and pulling trailer. Two weeks ago I drove it to Texas on business with no trailer and got 19. Wade is right...it runs out of steam in the hills.....seems to be a little short on torque. Makes good hp and accelerates hard as long as it is wound up :aj:

 

kmccune

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Thanks for the input I'll let ya know how it works for me.

 

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Open up the air intake with your choice of aftermarket systems then add a mild chip and free flowing exhaust and it will make a noticable difference. Then again you could always just "pressurize" it :)

 

kmccune

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That may take awhile as Amy hasn't even given me a set of keys yet! :| :)