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Miles per gallon- What are you getting?

Old Jul 4, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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Put $25 worth of 87 in the tank the day before yesterday and did alot of riding. 40% city 60% highway cruising. Did the math when i got home and i got 19 MPG... Pretty good.

completly stock truck. Its got the death flash but it still spins tires on pavement!

I have a question, I want to run some higher octane gas. Can i do that with the death flash?

Oh yea, that $25 in gas got me a quarter of a tank lol. So $100 to fill up!
 
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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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^ Using a higher octane gas wont net you ant MPG increase, unless you are experiencing pinging under throttle.

All octane does is slow down the ignition time of the fuel. It doesn't add any kind of power to a motor that runs fine on a lower octane.

EDIT: I have been getting about 10-12 MPG here lately, but that's because there have been some local S-10 ground scrappers picking on the ole beater lately. The wrongly assume that this old rig won't chit and git when it wants to....
 
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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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I know it wont give me any MPG...I just want to clean things out and give it some WOT's with some higher octane gas.
Can i run any higher than 87 with the death flash without probs?
 

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Old Jul 4, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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Just got 19MPG on my 2,000 mile road trip
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DODGEPWR
I know it wont give me any MPG...I just want to clean things out and give it some WOT's with some higher octane gas.
Can i run any higher than 87 with the death flash without probs?
It's a waste of money, if your not pinging. Course IT IS your money, but still. You wanna clean things out, go to your local parts store, or hell, even walmart and pick up a can of sea foam. Don't ask me how you do it. It's on the can, and I even have a thread about it on here.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:52 AM
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Sea Foam is the stuff! I run it in everything.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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11.2 City/11.6 HWY. Those need to be higher. I'd like to see 15 City/17 HWY.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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on my trip out to south dakota i averaged 12.5 mpg. I think that my motor might be a little on week side though. It can berly get out of its on way. On the highway going 75mph it is always shifting into 3rd gear on rolling hills
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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The overhead computer says about 14.5 mpg average with mixed highway and around town driving. Not too shabby for an Off Road Ram with the 360 in it!
 
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Old Jul 5, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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I jsut filled up this morning, it cost about $55 dollars. It filled it completely up from the light being on and "dinging." I drove about 215 miles, all town, which averaged out to about 9.87 MPG's. I have to try and stay out of the throttle more than already. I don't even have nice exhaust to make me drive hard. I guess that is what I get for having about 4 inches of lift and 35" tires.
 
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