Bob:
All three of the 460s I know of and our current V10 were/are all in the 6.5
to 9.0 mpg range. This was with a full height Haulmark enclosed car hauler
bringin up the rear behind an E350 van. I assume that a van is no heavier
or less aerodynamic than a Class C.
The V10 Club Wagon does get 14 mpg without a trailer when driven in the 75
to 85 mph range.
10 to 12 mpg with an enclosed trailer is amazing from my perspective. I
could see it with an open trailer maybe. Oh well. :-(
Envious is Iowa,
Greg Scharnberg
At 01:16 PM 1/5/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>You ought to get better than 7-9 mpg. Should be in the range
>of 10-12 mpg. What I get anyway..........My best unloaded
>milage was 15.6 and I was going 70-85 mph!
>--- Sam & Greg Scharnberg <samandgreg@netins.net> wrote:
> > Hi Gene:
> >
> > We tow an enclosed 24' trailer at approx. 6,500 pounds.
> > Here in the
> > flatlands, the wind resistance from the trailer seems to
> > make a much
> > greater difference than the weight of the trailer.
> >
> > Our first tow vehicle was a 1989 E350 window van with port
> > injected 460 and
> > C6 3 speed Automatic. This lasted about 100K miles before
> > the air
> > conditioning went out in 1997. The motor and C6 never gave
> > me any
> > trouble. Mileage was speed and wind dependant and went
> > from a low of 6.5
> > to a high of about 8.0. A friend with a later 460 with the
> > 4 speed
> > overdrive got about 1 MPG better mileage. According to
> > Consumer Report,
> > the 89 was a bad year!
> >
> > We traded for a 1997 E350 window van with 415ci V10 and 4
> > speed
> > overdrive. With about 75% of the 93K on the odometer
> > towing the trailer, I
> > have had Zero problems. The four speed overdrive that I
> > place in OD and
> > never touch has been flawless. Mileage is 7.0 to 9.0
> > depending on speed
> > and wind.
> >
> > I don't know which transmission you have, but the C6 is
> > really tough. At
> > this point it also seems that the C6 derived OD unit is
> > also pretty good.
> >
> > Verify that you have a transmission oil cooler. If not, I
> > would add one
> > immediately. I also believe that the added cost of
> > synthetic oil is money
> > well spent on a tow vehicle. Mobil 1 and Red Line also
> > makes synthetic
> > transmission fluid.
> >
> > Greg Scharnberg
> > Des Moines, IA
> >
> > At 08:27 AM 1/5/2003 -0500, DSRGR@aol.com wrote:
> > >I just traded in my old, tired class A motorhome with the
> > 454 Chev engine for
> > >a 91 18' Tioga Class C with the Ford 460
> > engine/trans/chassis. Had to get a
> > >new enclosed trailer to carry all the stuff I had been
> > loading in the Class
> > >A. Loaded trailer will be about 4000 lbs.
> > >
> > >Anyone have any experiences/advice/comments regarding the
> > tow vehicle since
> > >this will be my first Ford experience.... TIA... Gene
> >
>=====
>Bob Walker
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