Maxing

[TexasCornBread]

What are you ladies and gentleman getting MPG wise in your 3rd gens

I am getting 12-13 City ..

Not sure on highway yet .. most ive seen is 15

I want to try to maximize my MPGS in my 08 ram 1500 4x4

Programmers tunners etc......

Also .. Where do i buy a catch can or how do i make one .. id like to install one ..

 

[Bigboytoys]

If I drive about 63 mph I can average about 18 mpg

 

[NHDuckHunter8003]

City=crap. Just got my tuner in today and with the mileage tune I'm getting 21 mpg at 60 mph.

 

[HolyRamBatman]

For best MPGs put your right foot on a diet so it's not so heavy.
You can get a catch can from Moe's Performance.
He's a vendor on this site.
Moe's Performance

 

[TheSatinPumpkin]

You will have to diy with a catchcan due to our internal pcv vs 4g setup. Prob going to need to search deep if there is a diy 3g catchcan thread.

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[LS5DodgeRam]

When I'm cruising at 45 I get about 24 mpg. but when I'm waiting in the long line at my school... drops my average down to 11 mpg. when I'm not going to school and not hammering the pedal I get right around 15 mpg highway/city average.

I am also on the quest for better mpgs, I already have an exhaust and I think my next step will be an intake to get around 2-4 mpg untuned

 

[TexasCornBread]

Well the mods i have that come with the truck are ..

Cold air ..
Exhaust .. little to me but average to eveyone else ..
35's

I have 3:92 so i think i will be getting a tuner here soon ..
ALSO !!! what brand tuner did you get ?

 

[Hemi450hp]

I would grab a Superchips Flashpaq. Easy to use and very effective. Its also 1 of the cheaper tuners available for your truck.

Superchips Flashpaq 03-09 Dodge Ram Gas Trucks

 

[Bigboytoys]

+1 on the Flashpaq. Especially if you have exhaust and intake done.

 

[truckin151]

lately 16-18 mixed city/hwy

 

[Jeff9329]

Generally 13 to 14 mpg with a mix of hwy and city in the daily 24 mile roundtrip commute.

I have seen as low as 11 in the winter and saw 16 mpg one time on a highway trip. It has never done 16 mpg again, and I have tried many times.

 

[NHDuckHunter8003]

The biggest gains I saw were from the flashpaq mileage tune and my headers. A little from a new TB and a decent gain from a full tune up.

 

[rdlangston13]

My onboard computer mileage counter claims I average about 19.6 on my monthly drive from Houston to Lafayette but when you hand calculate it it is actually closer to 17.5. Don't due alot of city driving, I would say around 13-14 in town if I had to guess.

2wd bone stock


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[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

16-18 here also in mine

 

[pilotpip]

Bone stock 1500 crew cab 4x4 getting 15mpg mixed. I do about 65-70 on the highway and get about 17.

Probably do a tune up and new fluid in the diffs but I can't see the point in spending hundreds of dollars on tuners and chips for a mile or two per gallon.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

The tuner is more fun to add some HP/TRQ and fuel mileage is just a bonus. Take me and Ryans's trucks with alot done to them and are a blast to drive around town, added MPGs are just a bonus to us.

 

[inktoxicated]

11-12 ON 35S 6 INCH LIFT 2008 4.7 LOTS OF STOP AND GO NO HIGHWAY

SINCE I PUT SUPERCHIP IN ON 91 TUNE 13-14 TRUCK HAS NEVER SHOWED A 15MPG IN THE DISPLAY
i try to do 65-70 on highway( when im on one) but when someone gets in front of me i have to hammer past them and im doing 100 again

 

[Nightrunner06]

I just installed a S&B cia and 87mm throttle body from Moe's and I get 17 avg both city and Highway I can't complain lol

 

[truckin151]

The tuner is more fun to add some HP/TRQ and fuel mileage is just a bonus. Take me and Ryans's trucks with alot done to them and are a blast to drive around town, added MPGs are just a bonus to us.

yep, making it fun to drive was all I was after..... truck drives like a beast and gets decent mpg to boot, win-win if you ask me.

 

[Outlaw3023]

I've heard good things about Volo chips might be worth a look.