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07-31-2011, 06:53 PM
#11
Jesse
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The exhaust did help, when i bought the truck it had only a 2.25" glasspack welded on after the cat and nothing else, not even a turn down. It is all 2.5" right after the cats into a Cherrybomb glasspack and appropiate bends and straight pipe to put it past the axle and utilise the factory hangers and exit. I can't recall the exact difference in mpg it made, but it definitely got rid of the cabin drone that the PO's exhaust had, since the glasspack exited right under the back bench in my truck.
07-31-2011, 07:02 PM
#12
Originally Posted by ndnJedi
The exhaust did help, when i bought the truck it had only a 2.25" glasspack welded on after the cat and nothing else, not even a turn down. It is all 2.5" right after the cats into a Cherrybomb glasspack and appropiate bends and straight pipe to put it past the axle and utilise the factory hangers and exit. I can't recall the exact difference in mpg it made, but it definitely got rid of the cabin drone that the PO's exhaust had, since the glasspack exited right under the back bench in my truck.
07-31-2011, 07:14 PM
#13
Jesse
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Originally Posted by Forge-World-FORD
I just have the stock exhaust. Minus one hangar and plus a couple holes in the pipes. (Small and after the muffler) wasn't sure about trying to do anything to the exhaust before I left. Used to make it anywhere between 200-220 on a single tank. Now it takes me at least 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 to get the same distance.
07-31-2011, 07:31 PM
#14
Originally Posted by ndnJedi
I average 300-ish miles per tank front and back, but the front is almost always at 1/4 and rear tank at 1/8. When I bought the truck 200 is what it usually got. After the 750 mile trip to my hometown in Northern BC it really cleared alot of junk out of it's system I guess, also that is where I put the exhaust on is my hometown. I thought the increase in mpg on the way back to Vancouver was due to less weight in the bed of the truck, but found it was constant now. Lol!
Really been trying to find out what I can fix/clean/change for as little cost as possible. They way I figure it now its gonna cost me around $1500 in gas alone to make it back home.
I don't mind sleeping in my truck so ill save on lodging. And I can eat pretty cheap.
Did the trip once with a friend in his jeep. Took about 4 days I think, of almost constant driving. We stopped once a day to sleep for like 4-5 hours then would keep going.
07-31-2011, 07:44 PM
#15
Jesse
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That 1500 mile round trip costed me about $600 for fuel, that was filling just before leaving Vancouver and again after driving about 450 miles, then on the way back I filled up in my hometown and made it 580 miles with same amount of fuel that used to take me only 450. All with a 300lb old fiberglass topper and 5 adults and about 500 lbs of stuff on the way to my hometown and only 200 lbs of stuff heading back to Vancouver. BC being almost exclusively mountain passes and large 6-8% hills up to 5 miles long that was pretty good I'd say. And Canadian fuel prices being about $4.90-5/gallon.
07-31-2011, 08:03 PM
#18
Originally Posted by ndnJedi
2wd S-cab long box 5.0 with an E4OD transmission.
07-31-2011, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Forge-World-FORD
Hmmm....I got 4x4, reg cab, long bed, 5.0 and E4OD..... guess I still have a little work to do. Id gladly spend money to improve my mpg if it meant id save what I spent (or more) on gas.