beater car mod

[djfllmn]

well i got a new job 45 miles from home...i wasnt about to run my truck 90 miles a day so i picked this up off of a friend...96 Civic DX only paid 500 bucks for it


5spd

40MPG lol

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[pockets]

40mpg nice!

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And 500 bucks is a good deal.

[djfllmn]

yea cant complain for that amount of money

[pockets]

I need to look into buying a beater so that it doesn't cost me so much to go see my boy. Although his going to be excited when he sees my truck.

[djfllmn]

Yea I'm just trying to keep the miles off the truck

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[pockets]

Well I'm getting 12 mpg right now which is horrible.

[baldyman]

my '04 4.6 is only getting about 13.5mpg so 12 seems about right for a '91 5.0. but i may be wrong and have bad mileage

[pockets]

I'm not sure this is the 1st truck I've ever owned and I think the newest vehicle I've ever owned besides the sunfire I once owned.

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The good news is I just landed a good job that pays decent so I should be able to afford to gas now :p

[baldyman]

you could probably find some mpg specs for your truck when it was new and compare that to its current mpg. older vehicles with higher miles tend to run a little less efficiently in my experience. a good job is definitely helpful if you want/need to drive a truck

[pockets]

Thank you for that tip. I'm definitely going to look up specs, or at least try too. And yeah a good job is definitely a pluse their is no way I could afford this truck before hand.

[Raptor05121]

fueleconomy.gov is a good starting point, however keep in mind when the EPA tests were done on our engines, they were done on non-ethanol fuel. Meaning that E10 you stuff down your tank kills about 2-3mpg. I remember back in 2009-2010 before Florida mandated E10, I used to get 500-550 miles a tank, getting 22mpg in my V6. Now I see 18 if I'm lucky.

[pockets]

So when I look up specs on there should I add 2-3 mpg to get an idea of what it use to be?

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Ok so 11 mpg in town and 15 mpg highway. Avg. 13 mpg so 12 mpg isn't to bad for its age. I'm glad I looked up the specs. now.

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I'm not sure what the ethnol levels are here I think it's somewhere between 5-10% though. And it sucks that you're getting 4 mpg lower then what you use to.

[RhinoZ24]

Well I'm getting 12 mpg right now which is horrible.

I'm getting around the same, 12.5

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my '04 4.6 is only getting about 13.5mpg so 12 seems about right for a '91 5.0. but i may be wrong and have bad mileage

I'll take that extra mpg lol.

[pockets]

I'm with rhino on taking that extra mpg

[joshpickworth]

My old '96 f150 with the 5.0 got 18mpg highway, it was two wheel drive, but then the torque converter started going along with the y pipe so after that it was still about 12 I got about 17 highway with my 2006 4wd 5.4 but that was cruise set on a nice pretty flat highway

[RhinoZ24]

The only time I got 17 was when I went to the desert with my 2005 4.6L 2wd, but that had a mountain pass to get over lol, so it would probably be higher without that.

[djfllmn]

filled it up yesterday with the needle on E...32 bucks :D

[RhinoZ24]

nln/ I'm giving you the finger right now DJ, 32 bucks would buy me like 7 gallons, just over a quarter tank lol.

[djfllmn]

Lol lasts me 400 miles too

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[RhinoZ24]

Yeah 7 gallons would get me like 100 miles haha.

[djfllmn]

sold the honda tuesday night and bought this off my dad...97 SL1 with 238K miles

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[Jersey_Joe]

Pimpin. Whoop whoop!

[djfllmn]

our 3rd saturn lol

[RhinoZ24]

Is this an F-150 forum anymore? All these imports and Government Motors vehicles lol jk jk. At least yours is American made DJ.

[djfllmn]

Is this an F-150 forum anymore? All these imports and Government Motors vehicles lol jk jk. At least yours is American made DJ.

lol this is pre gov't motors GM lol

[Jersey_Joe]

Haha

[Ford Fan#1]

lol this is pre gov't motors GM lolso it not junk. ( as much ) ha ha jk mpg is good

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[RhinoZ24]

lol this is pre gov't motors GM lol

Haha

[Carolina Boostin]

I get miles and smiles per gallon on this


7257



7258

[RhinoZ24]

Lucky...

[Carolina Boostin]

Lucky...
Put 200 miles on it today lol

[RhinoZ24]

That would've been like a half a tank of gas for me depending on if it was city or highway lol.

[Ford Fan#1]

That would've been like a half a tank of gas for me depending on if it was city or highway lol.mine would be like a quarter of a tank on 200 miles

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[RhinoZ24]

mine would be like a quarter of a tank on 200 miles

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Do you have the 36 gallon tank? I have the 27 gallon (gauge only registers about 24 because of Ford's "reserve tank") and even when I'm getting 17-18 on the highway 200 is just less than a half a tank used.

[Ford Fan#1]

Do you have the 36 gallon tank? I have the 27 gallon (gauge only registers about 24 because of Ford's "reserve tank") an even when I'm getting 17-18 on the highway 200 is just less than a half a tank used.its actually a 25 gallon tank

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its actually a 25 gallon tank Sent from my iPhone using F150 Appbut I was assuming I can get about 500 miles per tank

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[RhinoZ24]

That'd be 20mpg if you ran it dry, so it's a little bit more than 20 if you hit 500 with gas left, that's pushing the mileage limit of the 5.4 especially for an '03.

[Ford Fan#1]

That'd be 20mpg if you ran it dry, so it's a little bit more than 20 if you hit 500 with gas left, that's pushing the mileage limit of the 5.4 especially for an '03.i could get that on highway but in city around 16

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[djfllmn]

so it not junk. ( as much ) ha ha jk mpg is good

Sent from my iPhone using F150 Apphaha no way...we swear by these 90s saturns lol

[Ford Fan#1]

haha no way...we swear by these 90s saturns lolyou work for ford right DJ?

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[djfllmn]

you work for ford right DJ?

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yes sir(well dealer anyway)

[Ford Fan#1]

yes sir(well dealer anyway)do you detail the cars?

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[djfllmn]

do you detail the cars?

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yea i work in recon

[Ford Fan#1]

yea i work in recon( and my mom said you don't make much money detailing cars ) nice

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[djfllmn]

( and my mom said you don't make much money detailing cars ) nice

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all in how you budget it

[Ford Fan#1]

all in how you budget ittrue

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[RhinoZ24]

i could get that on highway but in city around 16

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I get like 13-14 because SoCal sucks lol.

[Ford Fan#1]

I get like 13-14 because SoCal sucks lol.the truck In you profile picture looks a lighter blue then yours what happened to the wheels?

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[RhinoZ24]

the truck In you profile picture looks a lighter blue then yours what happened to the wheels?

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Nope same blue just in the shade instead of the light. And that was when I first put on the wheels I have now, the ones from an '06 FX4, replacing my stock '05 XLT ones. I didn't have the center caps for them yet so the lugs were exposed for a bit until I got them. I guess I should update my profile pic lol.

[Ford Fan#1]

Nope same blue just in the shade instead of the light. And that was when I first put on the wheels I have now, the ones from an '06 FX4, replacing my stock '05 XLT ones. I didn't have the center caps for them yet so the lugs were exposed for a bit until I got them. I guess I should update my profile pic lol.ah

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[djfllmn]

say hello to the new beater...1992 Cutlass Ciera 3300 V6 3spd auto 170k

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[RexReid]

I get like 13-14 because SoCal sucks lol.


Hey Rhino,

My 5.0 is getting 17. I love San Diego.

[Jersey_Joe]

My 5.0 gets about 18-19 normal. I did a trip to the mountains last weekend with a half a cord of wood in the back and got that up. Down? 23. And that's the best I've ever seen that # climb yet

[RhinoZ24]

Hey Rhino,

My 5.0 is getting 17. I love San Diego.

You get the finger from me now Rex lmao jk. Anywhere else I'm sure I'd get at least 15 or so in the city.

Dodge Sucks, Chevy Swallows

[djfllmn]

shined up and water leak fixed...seam was split causing water to get in there and make its way into the car...was also a soft area of metal there...but not no more :D

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