How bout we all take a step back and think.

Obviously he cant now.. he already did those tests. Attacking him wont get you anywhere.

Sadly if all this crap continues I may be forced to close this thread down, and I dont want to.

 

ok. but when someone claims to get 28mpg out of a dakota people will see the bs in that statement. his tests would have cleared things up (what he actually gets) by using the odom. not overhead. his time and money would have been spent better by doing it that way. all he proved was that his overhead can show the number 28.

 

Seeing how it was his test he was wanting to do, the way he wanted to do them... shouldn't matter. Maybe next time he will or someone else will do it and then they'll use the odom. But until then..

None of this bickering would have happened if people would have read his first post which said he stated he was using the overhead.

 

Thanks again.

thunder98110, how do you suppose I use the ****ing odometer? Tell me the process. Because, frankly, I don't think you understand what you are asking.

 

Hes wanting you to use the mileage that you put on your truck and divide by the gallons used.

Like lets say you have a full tank of gas and go 65 miles total.. Then you fill the tank back up.. divide the 65 miles by how many gallons it takes to make you back to a full tank.

 

LOL, i'm not that dumb, I can figure mileage out with the odometer. I am saying, how does he want me to do 3 tests of only 15 miles (accurately) with the odometer? See what i'm saying?

I can't drive for an hour at 55 then fill up and then repeat for 65 and 75, that's much too time consuming. Not to mention, that wouldn't be the best results because the road would change more than it did for these tests.

 

lol..

That could be something that we all could have over looked. I know I did.. But sadly only going 15 miles total wont even come close to a good idea for mpg's.

 

Ah, but it is. On the site "Ecomodder.com" (where all they do is gas mileage) A:B testing is VERY reliable on distances similar to this.

I will run 65 on that 6 hour trip, and if I get around 23 according to the overhead... I am trusting it. If I don't, I know about how much of an error to calculate for.

 

i actually kinda believe these tests, the differences in mpg between the types of driving i.e. 1-2mpg, that actual mpg number i dont trust but thats just me i dont trust those overhead computers

but on a side note the sct definately adds some mpgs, my gas light will come on usually at 230mi (16gal used) but with this tank ive been running 93 octane on the performance tune and ive hit 115mph at least 5 times on it and ive been punching it everywhere, my gas light just came on yesterday at the exact same mileage, so my next tank ill drive it normal so i can see what my differences is, i usually get 15mpg if i can get up to 19mpg that would be awesome and i would keep putting 93 in it, if i dont see much of a difference im switching back down to 87octane and running that tune to see the differences

 

Billiam, I get upset because Madison acts like he knows EVERYTHING and that we are just a bunch of dumb kids that know nothing. If he wants to do this test, you might as well do it right. Yeah he can do it however he wants, but if he wants it to be legit, he should do it right. If the numbers are not accurate then the difference between the three speeds are not accurate.

Understand? So basically all we get out of this test is that you get better fuel milage at 55 then you do at 65, then you do at 75. But we all already knew that. If he did it accuratly then we could find out just how much of a difference there is. But when we all know the numbers are not accurate meaning the difference between speeds is not accurate, which means the whole thing is pointless...

Does that make sense?

I think his whole project is a good idea. Especially the clutch fan and other mods. But they have to been done accurately to mean anything. Just saying you do better w/out a clutch fan is pointless because again, we all knew that.