so what am i going to want to do to keep my mpg at a good number?
are there mods that i can add to help this out, or things that i can change without spending another fortune?

thanks guys.

 

Keep your foot out of the skinny pedal. Good luck.

Keep your tires properly inflated. Again, don't smash the go fast pedal any more than needs to be. Drive the speed limit or under. Good luck with that one too. My EZ box added a wee bit of mpg, although not too much, maybe .5 to 1 mpg. The $450 or so sure does take a long time to catch up with the mpg fuel savings though. Unless you dress it out by taking out the rear seats, passenger seat, spare tire, hell, take out the bed while you're at it, you'll be doing okay.

I get around 20 to 21 doing 80% highway driving 50 miles to work and back 5 days a week and the normal putzing around town. That's pretty awesome for a 7000# plus truck.

 

Well it just depends on how much you want to spend. A mild box (edge ez) and some mild injectors (275's) should help some, if you keep that right foot off of the floor. But I'm guessing blind here.....please fill in your signature so we can give you some more definate answers.

 

HAHA, it looks like me and phx ran into the same prob, the window taking too long so we hit the submit button one to many times. Moderator, do your good job and fix this mess!!!

 

You broke it, I didn't do it. Now, I've got to live in fear today looking over my shoulder for the big moderator from the sky tapping me on my shoulder and making me fix my booboos! That was pretty funny.

 

Keep your foot out of it and drive the speed limit or below.

You'll get good mileage. I have an Edge box and RV275's and have not seen any difference in mileage. It's all about the go pedel.

-CM

 

Agree with CM. Have never seen one mpg gain on any mod I added! Many claim they have. I believe them but... I have not.
Good news is never lost any either.
Suspect how fast you drive is 95% of the answer but I always seem to have too much fun to test the theory!

Rowland

PS: Just read your profile; you could try some roman candles or rockets out the rear end to reduce fuel consumption.

 

The go pedal means so much. I usually get about 16 to the gallon. I floored it like 4 times last tank and it pulled the mileage down to 12.

 

That's funny BigBlue, I usually fillup at a station just off the interstate. There is a long entrance ramp and I like to let it unwind after filling up. It seems like it costs about 1 mpg for this. It reminds me of the dog after she takes a dump in the neighbors yard....she always runs around like h..l for a minute of so.
I guess the feeling is similar

bentwings

 

Lay off the "Git Sum" pedal and you will see the mileage go up. Jackrabbit starts tend to eat up most of your fuel.

I usually get 17 - 18 mpg without being too careful but yesterday I drove 120 miles and managed to coax 22.9 out of her by driving 55 and under.

If you have the auto tranny, keep the bands adjusted. If you are slipping, you are wasteing fuel.

PISTOL

 

EZ
Mach 1.5s
Synthetics front to rear
Proper Tire Pressure and hwy tread
slow down
Drive carefully

Justin

 

i just ordered an afe intake for my ctd. if anyone has one, have you noticed a change in your fuel milage?

muleyman

 

Between the Scotty II, straight pipe, EZ, and 275 injectors, I picked up a couple of mpg. Now let me get this straight, you mean you can drive a whole tank and not floor it? I have never managed that

 

The whole tank??? I'd be lucky to get one run out without the pedal touching carpet.

 

i'm having some of the same problems with fuel ecom. 1999 chiped i'm only getting 13-14-mpg. Part of my problem is short dist drives. only 5 miles to work. i was hoping to do better with mpg after chipping it but now its to easy and fun to put peddle to carpet. longer trips i've reached 17-18 mpg.