[DamascusKnifemaker]

I’m new to the forum and hoping to get a bit of guidance about improving my fuel economy.

About 6 weeks ago I was on my way to work when I felt a loss of power in my 94 Ram 1500 SLT 4X4. I pulled over at the top of the summit I was climbing and got out to investigate the problem. Unfortunately the problem was a fire and I did not have my fire extinguisher with me. I had used it for another fire and failed to put it back in the Ram. My truck was a total loss but the ins co gave me$5300 for the remains.Prior to the fire I was seeing about 15mpg hwy with no modifications to anything on the truck. The truck had a 360/4spd auto with 141k miles most of them highway.







After searching for 5 weeks I finally found another Ram 1500 regular cab short bed for 12k. These SWB Rams in good shape are hard to find. This one is an 01 with the Off Road package and only 54k miles. The previous owner has put 315/70R17 tires on it. Everything else appears to be stock. I’m getting about 12mpg hwy with the 360/4spd auto. I’m contemplating getting a K&N filter (or something similar), a cat back exhaust and possibly a chip upgrade. Does anyone have real world experience with improved mileage #s using these mods? Additionally would going back to the stock tire size be much of an improvement on milage. The current tires are about 2 inches larger in diameter then stock tires.

It has been real depressing watching the trip computers #s while driving this truck.