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View Poll Results: What is your fuel economy?
12 and under
1.90%
13
1.90%
14
4.27%
15
11.37%
16
15.64%
17
23.22%
18
24.17%
19
16.11%
20
16.59%
21 and over
19.43%
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Fuel Mileage Settled!

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Old 05-01-2007, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BigBlue
More like around the time the big injectors went in.
I got 19-21 with my 200+ HP injectors do 65. Are you doing a lot of in town driving?
Old 05-01-2007, 07:16 AM
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i get 23 plus with the little truck and 17 is the average with my dually.
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i average 14-16 with all the city/stop and go/ short trips, but can get right at 20 with easy take offs, no head wind, on the long trips from nc to tx ive made. with head wind, and retards on the hwy, around 17-18. im happy. got buddies with 3/4 ton gassers, and half ton gassers that get the same, or less. it just ticks them off.
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1st by hand calculation on new truck 17.7
Old 05-01-2007, 09:33 AM
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Used to get 20-21 hand calculated. After the 285's a month ago it dropped to about 17
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Old 05-01-2007, 10:48 AM
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17.8 by hand..use to be 23 but dropped after the chip was installed 2000 dually with 33s..
Old 05-01-2007, 04:26 PM
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I voted 18/21 town/highway ...as long as I stay out of the volume control...
Old 05-01-2007, 04:58 PM
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I would say 18-19 is average with some 17's and 20's every now and then. Colorado is just so mountainey.
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Why don't the percentages on the polls ever add up to 100%? What is significance of the percentage if it is not the percentage of the whole?
Old 05-02-2007, 02:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ratsun
Yeah but I wouldn't want to blame the problem, besides there hasn't been any good tranny bashing going on for a long time
I thought you run a set of Mach 4s before the DFs you have now? The reason i ask is I have seen many sets of injectors put out their advertised power ( and some that don't) but with less than desirable side effects?
I wish. I was running a set of BD 155's. Definately not what I'd call a great injector. The DF's are a lot better than the BD's. Idle smoother, drive better, make lot's more power. I'm very happy with them. Now if I could only get the air to burn them.

95ram, I mix a lot of city and highway. And my highway is all 70mph up and down hills and constant slowing and speeding up and passing people (2 lane black top). Definately not the best conditions for mileage. I did make a trip to dallas and back which is around 200-250 miles but I played around to much for a good average. I just think it's my injection pump getting weak so I'm not to worried. Also doesn't help having front and rear replacement bumpers, 4.5" of lift, 35's, 3.54 gears, full sound system, tool box, etc.
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Having just purchased this truck about a month ago and owning a 93 CTD since new that got 23+ mpg before this one, I'm more than interested in what this one could achieve mpg wise. I never checked the mileage until I serviced the truck, had the valves adjusted, added a new stage 2 air box, had new Toyo tires put on all the way around and even installed new shocks (not that that probably has much to do with mpg). I even started adding up to 20% biodiesel in the tank. Anyway, after all of that, I checked the mileage around town and back & forth to work on my 65 mile daily commute and this truck under NORMAL driving is getting:

20 mpg right dead on the money even

Am I happy with that?? I think so. This truck IS heavier than the 93 by about 700 lbs, has more hp and torque and even though they say the gear ratio is the same 3.54's on this truck and my old 93, this truck seems lower geared (to me). I just purchased a Diablo Power Puck to be installed after the FASS kit and Draw Straw upgrade and the Commander gauge setup, so I'm hoping for another 1-2 mpg, maybe even better than that. We'll see.....
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I was on the short side of the bell curve (darn tools & equipment!)
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