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Additional HP = Lower MPG??

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Old 12-22-2002, 09:40 PM
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Re:Additional HP = Lower MPG??

[quote author=rshelton88 link=board=7;threadid=8635;start=0#83498 date=1040575334]<br>HC,<br>I forgot to ask, are you running stock? You have no signature information so I can't tell.<br>[/quote]<br>Sorry about that. It should be there now...<br>My bombs are very mild. I was searching mainly for mpg, as I drive 50 to 60k per year. In addition to the RV275's I'm running now, I ran a VA box in the past (w/o injectors) and an EZ box both with and without injectors. I had over 90k on the truck when the injectors went in, so warranty was no longer a big issue at that time. I had over 40k before I tried the first box.<br><br>It was fun having the extra power of the boxes, but I just didn't see the big mpg gains others claim, and worried a little bit about long term reliability. (By long term I mean 300k, 400k and more. I know many have over 100k even with heavily modified engines.) For a combination of reasons I ended up going back to just the RV275's as my only power-enhancing mod. Probably the final straw that led to this decision was a series of test runs which convinced me that one of the boxes was costing me 0.2 to 0.5 mpg instead of increasing mpg as most claim. I think the RV275's do improve my mileage a little bit, but even with my 50k+ miles per year it is still going to take me several years to &quot;save&quot; any money.
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