3rd Gen High Performance and Accessories (5.9L Only) Talk about Dodge/Cummins aftermarket products for third generation trucks here. Can include high-performance mods, or general accessories. THIS IS FOR THE 5.9L ONLY!

600 getting 20 MPG???

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:06 PM
  #1  
Dave04600's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 171
Likes: 0
600 getting 20 MPG???

I got my ramifier installed this weekend and I am totally amazed. My overhead went from 13.5 to 20.1 mpg. Hand calculated was about 13.8 before so it is pretty accurate. I only have about 90 miles on the truck from my last fillup. This truck feels like a rocket ship now, it just sounds so sweet at 41 psi of boost. But anyways has anyone else seen this kind of jump in mileage or is the increased pressure messing with the overhead.
Reply
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:23 PM
  #2  
bulabula's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,239
Likes: 0
From: Eastern & Western Merryland
Did you hand calculate a 20mpg figure as well?
Reply
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:26 PM
  #3  
dieselnewbie's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 455
Likes: 0
From: Massachusetts
What is a "ramifier"?

Thanks...
Reply
Old May 25, 2004 | 06:29 PM
  #4  
Dave04600's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 171
Likes: 0
Haven't hand calculated yet, my tank is still full. A ramifier is TS performance 100HP pressure box
Reply
Old May 25, 2004 | 07:12 PM
  #5  
thumper 549's Avatar
Banned
 
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 849
Likes: 0
From: coupeville wa.
yea what he said WHAT is a Ramifier anyway??????/
Reply
Old May 25, 2004 | 07:35 PM
  #6  
Berak's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 726
Likes: 0
From: Sayre, PA
Originally posted by Dave04600
Haven't hand calculated yet, my tank is still full. A ramifier is TS performance 100HP pressure box
Yeah, it's amazing the mileage you can make that computer show when it HAS NO CLUE how much fuel your dumping in because of an aftermarket cumputer/injector/rail pressure box.
Reply
Old May 26, 2004 | 04:38 AM
  #7  
Dodgezilla's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 8,803
Likes: 0
From: Northern Virginia
Hate to burst your bubble but it's probably not accurate anymore. My truck with the EZ box tells me I have a 2 mph increase when in fact it has a 2 mpg decrease which = 4 mph off.......
Reply
Old May 26, 2004 | 12:25 PM
  #8  
rjordan's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 441
Likes: 0
From: mesa az
Hmmmmm, My truck (02) with an EZ is dead on accuate with the hand calculated, i guess its just different for different trucks
Reply
Old May 26, 2004 | 06:13 PM
  #9  
Fummins's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 267
Likes: 0
My Ramifier equipped truck mileage is 13.5 to 14 in town,17.5 to 18 on the road,with 315's and 3.73's.Im sure i could get near 20 with my stock tires.
Reply
Old May 27, 2004 | 03:59 PM
  #10  
Dave04600's Avatar
Thread Starter
Registered User
 
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 171
Likes: 0
Just as an update, I am nowhere near 20 mpg. Hand calculated 13.88 when the overhead said 19.5. I guess these boxes fool the overhead into thinking you are getting good mileage. I am sending the Ramifier back because it makes my converter clutch slip under WOT and has a miss at 2300 rpm. I think I am going to put my bucks towards a suncoast tranny and converter. It was fun while it lasted but I don't want to smoke the tranny.
Reply
Old May 28, 2004 | 12:57 AM
  #11  
Vaughn MacKenzie's Avatar
Registered User
20 Year Member
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 509
Likes: 2
From: Desert Northwest (Pasco WA)
Dave yeah the computer is stupid. I believe it takes speed, RPM and throttle position to calculate MPG, and therefore when you add a box it requires less throttle depression and it throws it off.

The REAL MPG measurement that Cummins uses with their ECM is by fuel flow rate, which Dodge decided not to interface with and utilize with their system. Actually that was on the last truck, I thin the ECMs are now 100% Dodge

Vaughn
Reply
Old May 28, 2004 | 09:53 AM
  #12  
Berak's Avatar
Registered User
 
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 726
Likes: 0
From: Sayre, PA
Interesting. Are you saying with the '03 and early '04 trucks with the hybrid Dodge / Cummins ECM system may actually use true flow rates and therefore still be accurate with aftermarket add ons whereas the new '04.5 trucks that use and all Dodge ECM won't?

Maybe that explains the discrepencies in what has been reported.
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
AaronT
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007
73
May 3, 2004 11:54 AM
IA_James
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007
2
Apr 23, 2004 08:27 AM
Patrick Beyers
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007
5
Apr 22, 2004 10:55 AM
BASSMAXX
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007
13
Apr 9, 2004 08:16 AM
dwhite
3rd Gen Engine and Drivetrain -> 2003-2007
4
Apr 6, 2004 10:44 PM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:21 AM.