new truck-looking for mpg mods
03-05-2010, 09:53 PM
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How would 3.73 gears and a limited slip affect my gas mileage? Different things to different types of driving?
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03-06-2010, 07:54 AM
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What gears do you have now? 3.31 or 3.55?
If you have 3.31, then your highway MPG will suffer, but your city MPG will probably increase (or at least stay the same).
If you have 3.55, then you might see a small decrease in highway and probably no change in city.
The LS shouldn't affect either one.
If you have 3.31, then your highway MPG will suffer, but your city MPG will probably increase (or at least stay the same).
If you have 3.55, then you might see a small decrease in highway and probably no change in city.
The LS shouldn't affect either one.
03-06-2010, 06:37 PM
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I just watched that Mythbusters youtube vid posted on page 1.
Does anyone think that them getting 10.57 MPG @ 55mph is extremely ****ty for a stubby Dodge that is empty?
They got a little over 11mpg's with the mesh, however in my truck that is completely stock and with a load of 3 people in the cab, I got 19.8mpg on a drive from Fairbanks down to Palmer on the Richardson Hwy basically cruise-controlled at 55 mph. I figure about 18.2-5 mpg when cruise controlled at 65mph.
Does anyone think that them getting 10.57 MPG @ 55mph is extremely ****ty for a stubby Dodge that is empty?
They got a little over 11mpg's with the mesh, however in my truck that is completely stock and with a load of 3 people in the cab, I got 19.8mpg on a drive from Fairbanks down to Palmer on the Richardson Hwy basically cruise-controlled at 55 mph. I figure about 18.2-5 mpg when cruise controlled at 65mph.
03-07-2010, 07:23 PM
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Sh***y gas here in Cali huh??? Other than the winter blend I am confused on that. The fact that the industry is so heavily regulated that myth went out the door 30+ years ago. Remember where you live, we have more attorneys here than illegal aliens, if there was a provable bad gas distributor, someone would have proven it and sued the **** out of the bad refiners/stations. By paying $.10 more per gallon for the 89 octane you are not really helping the truck just the gas station/refiner... Your truck says to run 87, unless you have a tune or a supercharger anything else is a waste of your money.
03-08-2010, 04:39 AM
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Sh***y gas here in Cali huh??? Other than the winter blend I am confused on that. The fact that the industry is so heavily regulated that myth went out the door 30+ years ago. Remember where you live, we have more attorneys here than illegal aliens, if there was a provable bad gas distributor, someone would have proven it and sued the **** out of the bad refiners/stations. By paying $.10 more per gallon for the 89 octane you are not really helping the truck just the gas station/refiner... Your truck says to run 87, unless you have a tune or a supercharger anything else is a waste of your money.
03-08-2010, 09:20 PM
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all I count on is that I've tracked the mpg with multiple vehicles (using odo and math, not computers) and have noticed an increase. I attribute it to sh*tty gas. It could be a number of things. It seems strange when 87 is twenty or more cents cheaper than 89. Whatever it is, it won't matter when I get my programmer.
Again, anybody notice a difference with mpg after camper shell install?
Again, anybody notice a difference with mpg after camper shell install?
03-08-2010, 10:36 PM
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It can also be a mental thing since the right foot is controlled by the same brain that is wanting to see an increase in the MPG to justify the extra cost of the 89 octane.
03-10-2010, 02:30 PM
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I just watched that Mythbusters youtube vid posted on page 1.
Does anyone think that them getting 10.57 MPG @ 55mph is extremely ****ty for a stubby Dodge that is empty?
They got a little over 11mpg's with the mesh, however in my truck that is completely stock and with a load of 3 people in the cab, I got 19.8mpg on a drive from Fairbanks down to Palmer on the Richardson Hwy basically cruise-controlled at 55 mph. I figure about 18.2-5 mpg when cruise controlled at 65mph.
Does anyone think that them getting 10.57 MPG @ 55mph is extremely ****ty for a stubby Dodge that is empty?
They got a little over 11mpg's with the mesh, however in my truck that is completely stock and with a load of 3 people in the cab, I got 19.8mpg on a drive from Fairbanks down to Palmer on the Richardson Hwy basically cruise-controlled at 55 mph. I figure about 18.2-5 mpg when cruise controlled at 65mph.
03-10-2010, 07:39 PM
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