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What mileage you getting in your 03?

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Old 08-09-2010, 01:22 PM
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What mileage you getting in your 03?

I am getting 17.2 highway, and 16.8 in town. Is this good or bad? How can I get more out on the highway? I only roll down the highway at 70. I drive it real easy around town. What am I missing?
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That's not bad if it's a 4wd. I average 13 towing and all my empty miles is mixed - driving in to town to run errands. I get 18.3 summer and 19.8 winter. I'm never on the hiway long enough empty to tell. Craig
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23 in the summer and 19 in the winter hand calculated. 6sp, 3.73 with 35" tires. Its been that way for a few years now. City and hwy driving at 75mph. I can get 800 mi to a tank beleive it or not. I do run a smarty jr. on level 3.
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20-22 cruising 70, around town 17.5
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I usually get about 17-18 around town takin it easy.

Average about 19 MPG on the highway. Thats going around 70-72 MPH.

Have seen as high as 21 MPG highway and as high as 24 MPG on slower two lane (60-65 MPH).

Thats with the Smarty on SW5. I'm playing with the TST to see it helps mileage at all.
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16-17mpg around town and 20+ on the highway.

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Long term average is 15.2 mostly in town unloaded......Ben
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JonnysDodge, that is about what I have been gitting since ULSD came on the market. I also have 60hp tips on rebuilt injectors to get back to that. It was getting worse before that upgrade. Speed is the biggest factor. I could get in the mid 20's if i wanted to run 60 all the time. I get the best mileage with tst on HP 7 and TQ 2. If you have low boost fueling cranked up on your Edge it can have an effect on MPG. Not sure if the EDGE runs the timing the TST or the SMART does and that can affect it. I think you're about normal.
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15-16 town 18-21 depending on how fast on the hwy
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with my SO, on average with mixed Highway/City - 19MPG.
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So would you recommend dumping the Edge and going with a Smarty? I heard that is the way to go. Would it be worth the change?
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When closer to stock, I saw a solid 22 hwy. As much as 24 on some runs... All hand calc.
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