Its about time .....

[ramhunter9]

we dont have a thread started for this but wondering what you all are getting for MPG's ?

what MPG'S ?
engine ?
mods before /after ?

myself ...

stock i was getting 14-15 hwy and 12-13 city

after mods .... gears , tires , exhaust , cai new plugs ect . i went down lol heavy ass tires .
im now city 10-11 and hwy 12-13

 

[Silverbullet08]

12.5 i havent noticed an increase in anything. but im not complaining its a truck lol

 

[DisturbedGator]

lets see, 12-13 stock than i got the mud grapps went to 8-10. now i have gears, efan, exhaust, and tuner and cai and im hittin 13-15. with the all powerful 4.7

 

[AF_Hemi]

12 city, 16 highway. 14 combined.

Mods are in the sig. biggest mpg improvements came from gears and efan. biggest loss came from tires and a heavy foot.

 

[ramhunter9]

i guess it must be that my truck weights in at 8450 pounds that kills my mpg's

but like my man bullet said .. its a truck . if i wanted mpg's i would walk .

just curious like i said , i had a feeling some guys wit bigger tires would suffer .

 

[ramthis9501]

about 13 city and 16-18 hwy mostly stock...for now

 

[AF_Hemi]

its definitely the tires that kill it for us. with each tire being over 100 lbs, thats a TON of unsprung weight to turn over.

FYI, unsprung weight is any rotational weight. It has the effect of 4 times as heavy as sprung weight.

For example. If your tires are 50 lbs heavier than stock (not unrealistic by any means), you've got 200 extra lbs of rubber on all the corners. The truck has to work as hard to turn those tires over as it would stock tires with 800 lbs in the bed.

 

[ramhunter9]

^^^ good to know

 

[Off_Road_Teacher]

Highway over 20 mpg, usually around 21 or 22. Here is a vid I made of it bc no one ever really believes that I get that kind of mpg's out of a truck. Best mod for mpg's that I have done is the e-fan.

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[truckin151]

16.7 mixed city/highway.... and thats driving with a lead foot. I could probably squeeze a little more if I drove nicely but why?

 

[ramhunter9]

dam teach , thats good .... and the zep was good to

 

[Off_Road_Teacher]

dam teach , thats good .... and the zep was good to

I just lucked out that was playing when I pulled out the phone to make the vid .

 

[Silverbullet08]

jason do u reset the overhead when u go for a long drive? my overhead never moves no matter how i drive. ive only reset it once...

 

[AF_Hemi]

teach is case-in-point about the tires lol.

 

[Off_Road_Teacher]

jason do u reset the overhead when u go for a long drive? my overhead never moves no matter how i drive. ive only reset it once...

The only time I reset it is when I do my oil changes. I use the odometer on there to track how long it has been between oil changes so about every 5k I reset the mpg's and odometer.

 

[Silverbullet08]

alright. i know i have a heavy foot but man i still would like to get a little better ya know? im on the performance tune and still didnt see anything. i do need a plug change is that hurting me?

 

[AF_Hemi]

^^ unless they're REALLY bad it wont hurt it that much. have your fuel filters ever been changed?

 

[cwboyjohnny24]

I'm getting around 9-10 in the city and 12-15 depending on how I drive on the highway. I really need to get that efan mod done. From the sounds of it, it pays itself off just in gas and hp. This is my 287 btw. (4.7)

 

[Silverbullet08]

^^ unless they're REALLY bad it wont hurt it that much. have your fuel filters ever been changed?

umm not that i know so prob not lol

only thing ive done is oil changes(full syn), dif change, and cleaned the tb and egr valve

 

[quietpeen]

Highway over 20 mpg, usually around 21 or 22. Here is a vid I made of it bc no one ever really believes that I get that kind of mpg's out of a truck. Best mod for mpg's that I have done is the e-fan.

[yt]Yh-68B0FezA[/yt]

awesome song playing in your video

as for mileage. Before I had the moto metals and toyo mt's I was getting around 17.5 on the highway and then 12 to 13 in the city. With the moto metals it dropped me down to 15 on the highway and I don't know what in the city.