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Old 11-23-2010, 07:18 PM
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I have a 2011 3500 with 3:73 gears. I run a steel erection business and have had Ford's. I can honestly say my powerstroke would leave this cummins in the dirt but my cummins will pull the gates of hell down. I love the torque and the exhaust brake. the fuel mileage is not the best about 14.5 to 16. I notice sometimes if it is warmer outside that it can affect the mileage. I pull a gooseneck trailer with gang boxes and diesel welders, I can't even tell its back there. This is my first Dodge, I hope it does good because this is how i make my money. I don't have time to work on trucks when I should be hanging steel.
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Here a pic of my evic, I have around 100 miles on the rest. I couldn't beleive it either, so I took a picture. Originally I was getting 12-14mpg and around 9 towing. I average between 600-650miles per tank of fuel.
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Originally Posted by Iron Monkey
I have a 2011 3500 with 3:73 gears. I run a steel erection business and have had Ford's. I can honestly say my powerstroke would leave this cummins in the dirt but my cummins will pull the gates of hell down. I love the torque and the exhaust brake. the fuel mileage is not the best about 14.5 to 16. I notice sometimes if it is warmer outside that it can affect the mileage. I pull a gooseneck trailer with gang boxes and diesel welders, I can't even tell its back there. This is my first Dodge, I hope it does good because this is how i make my money. I don't have time to work on trucks when I should be hanging steel.

LOL,,, that's funny. Yes, the cummins has monster torque. The speed thing can be fixed with a little upgrading. I would leave it stock though since it is a true work truck. The only thing I would consider is someday waving good-bye to all the EPA stuff....
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I bought the 3500 4x4 Auto 373 with 35 inch dia tires. So far avg corrected 14-15.5 mpg at 65 mph carring 500 lbs in the box, no mods and 3200 miles almost all freeway miles. My 2005 3500 Manual got 21-25 mpg.
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Originally Posted by kevellis32
with my modifications I am getting 21.5 hand calc through the mtns of Colorado while my comp reads 22.4
Can you tell a difference in torque and power with mods? What did this do to your warranty and what kind of deletes have you done?
Old 11-26-2010, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Holmen
Here a pic of my evic, I have around 100 miles on the rest. I couldn't beleive it either, so I took a picture. Originally I was getting 12-14mpg and around 9 towing. I average between 600-650miles per tank of fuel.
I'm confused - the truck is noting Kilometers for traveled mileage, yet you're quoting miles for fuel mileage. Wouldn't the EVIC Average fuel mileage number when you're in metric be metric (kilometers per gallon)? Just curious - I've never switched mine to see what all switches with it, but it would seem to me it would be all indications, versus just some.
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Mine seems to be getting better as I
get more miles on it.
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Originally Posted by ramtradxb
I'm confused - the truck is noting Kilometers for traveled mileage, yet you're quoting miles for fuel mileage. Wouldn't the EVIC Average fuel mileage number when you're in metric be metric (kilometers per gallon)? Just curious - I've never switched mine to see what all switches with it, but it would seem to me it would be all indications, versus just some.
The truck does all the math work for you. Its litres per 100km's, just a different way of looking at fuel mileage. The truck does the conversion. I've never done the hand calculation for my 2010, but pretty sure its accuracte. The canadian odometer is in kilometers. Good catch.
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I think winter fuel is here. I'm getting 18-19mpg average or the extra warm-up period.
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My truck has 1150 miles and i average 13 city 17 hwy...
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Just went to Florida and back to Texas. Used cruise at 75 for 75% of the trip and 80 for the rest. My overall MPG average was 17.1 hand calculated. Not bad IMO for only 7k miles.
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