First trip with the Raptor

[got3fords]

Tomorrow I head out to Ohio from Central Va., about 550 miles one way. I have less that 1900 miles on it so this will be my first significant trip. Looking forward to some me time with the Raptor.

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[superj]

Nice. It will be a comfortable and smooth trip, judging how my stx did

 

[RJ-TexRaptor]

Going to be surprisingly smooth trip. We went from Houston to the Grand Canyon-Las Vegas- Los Angeles and back during thanksgiving and put like 7k miles on our raptor. Went smooth and fun. Only seen 1 other raptor total and in Vegas. Lol. Got about 24mpg and averaged 450 miles per tank on 93. So it went well.

 

[got3fords]

Well I am overnighting in Charleston, WV. What an awesome smooth trip except for this. On slight down hill in traffic with moderate on and off throttle, I noticed a bumping feeling. I looked at the tachometer and it was bouncing between about 1800 and 2100 RPM, corresponding to the bumping in the engine/driveline. It recovered quickly and the rest of the trip to Charleston was uneventful.
Thoughts?

 

[SplytSecond]

Going to be surprisingly smooth trip. We went from Houston to the Grand Canyon-Las Vegas- Los Angeles and back during thanksgiving and put like 7k miles on our raptor. Went smooth and fun. Only seen 1 other raptor total and in Vegas. Lol. Got about 24mpg and averaged 450 miles per tank on 93. So it went well.

nice mileage along the way - what were you cruising at??

 

[RJ-TexRaptor]

Thanks. Was cruising about 75-80ish in 2H on normal mode. Sometimes a bit higher. I’ve experienced better mpg at a higher speed with less throttle if that makes sense. My wife’s explorer st was quite excellent on road trips with the same mods. The raptor has a ford performance tune, cvf intercooler, K&N intake and gfb bypass valve. But hers was getting like 26-28 mpgs.

 

[RJ-TexRaptor]

Well I am overnighting in Charleston, WV. What an awesome smooth trip except for this. On slight down hill in traffic with moderate on and off throttle, I noticed a bumping feeling. I looked at the tachometer and it was bouncing between about 1800 and 2100 RPM, corresponding to the bumping in the engine/driveline. It recovered quickly and the rest of the trip to Charleston was uneventful.
Thoughts?

I can’t tell you what could be causing that? I have never experienced that. Was it 4A? Or 2H? What mode was it in? Was it shifting up and back down? Not sure. I really couldn’t tell you. Sounds like shifting back and forth or something.

 

[got3fords]

nice mileage along the way - what were you cruising at??

I usually cruise no greater than 5 over the posted speed, which the highest was 75 I think.
Arriving at my destination in Ohio I have 20.9 after filling up in Charleston.

 

[got3fords]

I can’t tell you what could be causing that? I have never experienced that. Was it 4A? Or 2H? What mode was it in? Was it shifting up and back down? Not sure. I really couldn’t tell you. Sounds like shifting back and forth or something.

It was normal 2 WD mode. It was heavy traffic, almost like adaptive cruise was weirding out. Even though it was off at the time.

 

[got3fords]

What a trip so far. Some guy tried to pick me up in Charleston. And this morning my CC company called and confirmed attempted fraud attempts. Good thing I keep a spare CC in the truck.
I should be flattered that some late 20's to 30's dude was hitting on me. But he was being as ass trying to.

 

[RJ-TexRaptor]

Just wanted to post an update on my recent trip to Los Angeles(Disneyland and Universal studios) I made this similar trip last November, not sure if I mention this before on this posting. I forgot to rest my trip setting before I left Houston but I reset it on my way back home. The truck ran great as always. I got a lower mpg this time because I was running a bit quicker on the highway that before but I’m still happy with the outcome of mpg and performance overtaking slower vehicles. Don’t mind the Distance to empty LOL. I had just got home and hadn’t fill back up

 

[got3fords]

On my round trip to Ohio I averaged just shy of 20MPG. This includes the mountains of WV.

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