Ford F150 King Ranch Pickup V8 Vs. V6 EcoBoost Fuel Economy

In this video we run a road test challenge, with 2 Ford F150 King Ranch pickup trucks. One truck as an 5.0 L V8 engine, the other one has the 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 engine. which Ford F150 King Ranch pickup truck has the best overall fuel economy? This road test will reveal all the data on the 2020 Ford F150 as they happen. Does the Ford F150 EcoBoost fuel economy out score the ford F150 V8 King Ranch?
Ford F150 fuel economy
Want to know about your ford mileage? We'll examine the Ford V6 EcoBoost mileage vs the Ford F150 5.0 L V8 fuel economy. So, if you're wondering how well your 2020 king ranch F150 V8 engine will score on this fuel economy test, watch and find out.

[@dlg5485]

Clearly, just a little more speed leads to a lot more fuel burn. I finally learned this lesson and now I limit my highway speed to 70 and my avg fuel economy has increased by 2 mpg. It definitely pays to take your time and use cruise control. Good video!

[@carbuying]

Yes and remember the other thing we found is that driving behind another vehicle riding in their draft helps a lot too

[@Matp345]

James may said it best. "The faster you go the more mother nature tries to hold you back" plus the engineers design vehicles around highway speed to shut the epa up

[@danasampson818]

Really cool comparison. Did you actually calculate how much fuel was burned to calculate the exact average mpg? BTW, at 21 mpg vs. 23 mpg, at $6.00 per gallon (I live in California), that is $.02 per mile difference. If you drive 15,000 miles per year, that’s a difference of about $372 in a year, or $31 a month. If your gas is $4.00 per gallon, it is $.016 per mile difference, or $248 a year, or $20 per month. You are talking about $65k to $75k trucks. For a difference of $250-$372 a year in fuel costs, get the engine you want. For me, I am old school and love the sound of the 5.0.

[@keithkuckler2551]

I have a 2014 F150 XLT extra cab four wheel drive with the 5.0 and six speed auto. On a 500 mile trip with mixed driving, I get about 19-22 mpg. I love that Coyote, and, I never have to deal with turbos. I like a simpler truck. I also have a deluxe Leer fiberglass topper that adds at least two hundred pounds to the truck, along with the side steps shown in the video. For the differenc, I will take the 5 liter any day of the week.

[@dirkmoore4224]

Recent 1,893 mile trip in my 2016 5.0, 2wd, 3.31 rear end. I now have a little over 96,000 mi on it. 21.4 mpg. Best truck I have ever owned and at 69 years old I have had a couple. Eco boost not my cup of tea.

[@rickster1430]

Interstering comparison. Thanks for your time vested in this video. Much appreciated.

[@Trple777]

I had a 1980 Honda CM400 motorcycle two cylinder engine that loved to cruise at 7000 rpm and would do around 55mpg or more if I kept it like that (which translated to around 65 mph on the highway). One time I decided to go a little faster while riding to a town 90 miles away. After going 45 miles or so I ran out of gas, and had to use the reserve and limp back to the only gas station there was in between which I had just passed 15 miles behind. So yeah speed kills MPG, lesson learned. By the way both are world class trucks and it's your preference but I do love my 2013 F-150 3.5L Ecoboost. On a side note this video had amazing potential if it wasn't for the bad camera movement in the middle of it. Cheers and thanks!

[@dallenjolley7707]

Great and interesting video. I have tow mirrors on my F150 and love them but am aware they cost me mpg's. Thanks for testing with the mirrors folded in. Good info. My thought is if tow mirrors cost about 1/2 mpg that's not bad. Regular mirrors still create drag. I'd like to know how much difference non-towing mirrors create. Maybe a 1/4 mpg???

[@robertwright1084]

Cool comparison but most people I know that drive the eco-boost report average mileages much more similar to the V8 due to spirited and round town driving. What it boils down to is the turbo motor is either Eco or boost which consumes way more gas. I'll take the V8 sound and engine longevity over the V6 turbo any day. JMO

[@RidgelinePatriot]

Ugh, Costco is such a hassle trying to fill up that it's not worth the savings. They really need to expand their fueling stations across the country to allow for about twice as many pumps.

[@AlexanderNekrasov-xu9oe]

it looks like there was a difference in altitude between the ends of the trip. This test really needs to be done both ways in each configuration.

[@curtis1951]

Can you do this test again with the new 2.7? Or maybe two identical trucks but with different gear ratios? Like 3.55 vs 3.73?

[@william6670]

I have a 2016 with a 3.5 eco. I might have gotten the kind of mpg going downhill with the wind at my back. The best I've gotten is 22 mpg and thats what its rated at.

[@samtullier7566]

Yeah but the 17 + 3.5 has that 10 speed that helps a ton with fuel economy

[@hughhemington9559]

So that extra speed is EXPENSIVE! It would be interesting to see how they do while towing.

[@carbuying]

A Lot of drag!

[@fordf1507]

5.0 is better at both towing and not towing I've tested this ecoboost has the power but sucks gas like crazy

[@paulhunter9613]

@@fordf1507 that’s your opinion, not a fact

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheretrix]

The turbo will get worse fuel economy because while a naturally aspirated engine can run stoich, a turbo engine has to run rich under boost to prevent pre-detonation or a lean fuel mixture which will burn a hole right thru a piston or head gasket. So running rich under boost burns more fuel for a given amount of power conpared to a naturally aspirated engine. However when not towing and not under boost the smaller turbo engine will get better fuel economy.

[@paulhunter9613]

@@Jackmerius_Tacktheretrix the eco engine isn’t something made in the 1980’s…quite easy to stay out of the turbos working at all using just the engine power alone

[@BillKim-z1d]

I've got a 2020 F-150 EcoBoost. It's not my first rodeo with a turbocharged vehicle, but just like the others I have a hard time keeping it out of boost. I get about the same economy as with my V8 naturally aspirated Nissan Titan 5.6 liter... which isn't super good because I was not good about keeping my foot out of that either.

[@josephlarsen7542]

I see you are in FL. if you do 50mph on I-95, you're prone to cause a collision or be in the collision. Overall interesting test.

[@thomasworatschka9657]

What would the fuel economy be if you drive side by side?

[@03tj_on_rocks47]

So what is the total miles driven to gallons of fuel used? We all know you can’t trust the dash readout to be very accurate. My 2016 3.5 Eco was about 3 mpg off (actual MPG was lower) of the dash reading.

[@carbuying]

Our test was fairly accurate to the window sticker, but keep in mind both trucks were running the same parameters, and speed and everything, so relative mileage between the do almost exactly matched the window sticker.

[@duanebrown3877]

Yes distance traveled, devided by gallons used.

[@paulhunter9613]

@03tj_on_rocks the “lie o meter” on the dash of my 2018 is off by 1 mpg, saying I’m getting better mpgs than I actually get

[@Kam-Bogey]

I’ve had a 2017 ecoboost lariat sport FX4 since new. My truck has NEVER averaged over 20 mpg. Driving around town and casual highway driving I fill up my tanks with the onboard MPG average around 13-15 mpg. I’m a Ford fan, but these Ecoboost motors are deceptively rated.

[@carbuying]

Seems everything the carmakers do just buys you a few MPG

[@paulhunter9613]

It could be the way you drive, I get almost what the window sticker says, I’m happy with that

[@Kam-Bogey]

@@paulhunter9613 even with the cruise at 65 on the highway rarely to I get above 17. Normal driving, I don’t hammer on it or accelerate too fast.

[@paulhunter9613]

@@Kam-Bogey so far with 90% city driving I’m averaging 19.8 and have at times got 26.8 hiway. Sticker says 20/26, but I do have the 2.7 with a 3.55 gear an 2wd

[@barryhallsack8852]

I get 23 on the highway and about 19 in the city and about 12.5 with a 8000 lb trailer. My truck is a 2021 with a 3.5 EcoBoost and 10 speed transmission. My buddy 2017 gets about 18 average he only has a eight speed.

[@OttoMatieque]

good work on the video and info!

[@carbuying]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OttoMatieque]

it would be interesting to test aerodynamic mirror fairings - a nice pointy nose cone might make those flat-faced mirrors slip through the wind better

[@carbuying]

We would like to see something like that, these mirrors are big and square.

[@rcud1]

Those trip computers can be way off on vehicles, their just an estimate. Need to take a few short trips and calculate actual mpg.

[@carbuying]

It's all relative, that's how we ran the test, at the same time and relative to one another

[@paulhunter9613]

@rcud1 The trip computers do vary between trucks and they can be recalibrated to show a truer mpg. It is best to calculate with gas used and mileage

[@curtis1951]

My mpg readout in my 2011 is a little conservative. 3.7L v6. Last tank the truck said 19 mpg average but calculated at the pump I got 20.

[@seanmoore7207]

You'll be spending $3,000 to replace those turbos on the 3.5L engine every 110.000 miles. Get the 5.0L V8. The $$ you will spend on maintenance for 3.5L far exceeds what you'll save on fuel.

[@andyd5492]

V8 had a 3.31 rear end and the V6 had a 3.55. Would have been interesting to see which gear they were in during the test. V6 also had a pano roof.

[@carbuying]

There are so many variables, we tried to keep it simple.

[@uttamgala7186]

carbuyingtipscom gear ratios are more important than mud flaps

[@altontsinnijinnie5990]

Had a 2015 4x w/ 2.7 , was getting 16.7 according to the dash.

[@02LM7]

And what was your average speed throughout the test?

[@carbuying]

40 to 50 MPH when moving, and there were probably a half dozen traffic lights

[@mygooglestuff7458]

My V-8 F-150 gets better mileage than my V-6 twin turbo explorer. Also. I get better mileage in Sport mode than economy. I have a theory on that.

[@johnmalph2727]

So guys if i buy an 2006 5.0 v8 really get mix 10l / 100km? For real?

[@benbraceletspurple9108]

The 32mpg was downhill?!

[@carbuying]

LOL, no flat highway

[@benbraceletspurple9108]

@@carbuying yeah. I'm interested in the 25mpg the EcoBoost v6 2.7L 2018 or 2019

[@coojoza]

Good stuff

[@carbuying]

Appreciate it

[@02LM7]

What was overall average of each?

[@carbuying]

It's all explained at 14:30

[@bradbruggeman6745]

Seemed concerned about wieght difference with the extra step for the bed but never mentioned wieght difference of engines?

[@carbuying]

Looks like you missed the whole point. The window stickers of both trucks tell you the weight of each truck so we already know the weight difference we don't need to know the weight of the engines that's irrelevant at this point so we knew that one truck needed to have a certain amount of weight added to it to equal the other truck.

[@xxdropdeadxx6679]

I get 19 to 22 n sometimes a bit over

[@georgehuerta1990]

I don’t buy truck for fuel efficiency I buy them to be able to carry and pull things that I want but the most important thing is longevity and no problems but just changing oil and oil filter. The 3.5 is a fantastic motor it has more torque than the V 8 it is a great motor to toe with but due to the chains on the phasers and stuff like that stretching turbo issues also the tube that feeds oil to the turbo has a screen that clogs up due to the Blow by on the Pistons and dirtying up the oil causing all kinds of issues I just don’t want to deal with that. A engine like that also has a high-pressure fuel pump another issue it’s basically a small Diesel engine. But I know a lot of guys that love the 3.5 so to each his own

[@edparker4721]

Driving unloaded skews the results. Put the eco under load, and the fuel economy drops fast. I have the 3.5 with a 3.73 rear end, and I'm lucky if I see 10 mpg pulling a 20ft bass boat.

[@carbuying]

Driving unloaded does not skew results, they were both unloaded the same. You simply get different results with a load then you would with no load. This doe snot mean our test is invalid.

[@edparker4721]

Sorry. I should have been more clear. It skews the results to top of range for both. This is a 'blue skies' test. Put both under a load, and I bet you'll see the ecoboost mpg to drop like a rock and likely worse than the 5.0.

[@BenGone]

My 2018 3.5 EB averages about 20 unloaded, 17 in the city. With my 18 ft Crownline ski boat, it goes down to 10 to 11 mpg. With my Yamaha Wolverine on a single axle 7x12 toy trailer, it gets around 14.

[@paulhunter9613]

Put the five oh under the same load and will be lucky to see 10 mpg

[@user-cz2jq1fe6m]

Doesn’t matter about fuel economy, they both have Ford’s garbage ten speed transmission. Buy at your own peril.

[@dkrawk8309]

ugh, you can consider all of this fuel wasted, FOLLOWING truck, will show better fuel milege over the front one. Because rear truck has less air to go through, I can get my 04 F150 get 9.8L/100k if I follow transport truck. You never mentioned what gearing truck have. And using Costco gas......seriously? I am surprised that stuff even ignites

[@carbuying]

Drama, lot of people like to toss up that term watered down gas and apply it to all sorts of companies, without any research, without producing and lab chemical analysis breakdown. Surprised it ignites? Please. Octane is octane, strictly regulated. I have bought gas from many gas stations over the years 7-11, BP, Tenneco no matter who it was I've never had a problem with the gas that I put into my car.

[@Matp345]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGGXfoubpb6ceNU Its not what you drive, it's how you drive it

[@carbuying]

correct

[@duanebrown3877]

Admit it, you guys are Ford dealers, and you're just doing a soft sell.

[@carbuying]

Man we wish we were, two of us own F150 King Ranch Pickup trucks, one is a 2019, the other is a 2020. We film videos of all the products we buy and test out on them.

[@coyoteslugger3936]

Who cares

[@julianbarbieri8546]

Here.

[@carbuying]

yeah man

[@lcouvaras]

False the turbo is engaged the waste gate is open not closed

[@carbuying]

Not sure what you are arguing, we never mentioned the gate.

[@OttoMatieque]

okay Dwight

[@paulhunter9613]

@@carbuying Lukas doesn’t know what to argue about, so he picked the waste gate, next time he will bring up tire pressures..