building a most fuel economic ram 1500 5.2L
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I'd give my left ******** for 17 mpg out of these trucks, therefore I'm calling shenanigans
Your overhead thingy is inaccurate, they all are. Only way to know real mpg's is with good ol' fashioned math.
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To drag us (kicking and screaming) back on topic....... To improve gas mileage.....
Make sure ALL sensors are working properly. If your O2 sensors have more than about 80K miles on 'em, replace 'em.
Tune up. (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, air filter.)
Oil Change. (yes, this makes a difference.)
Tire pressures are up to snuff.
All fluids are fresh, and clean.
Wax the truck. (yep, this helps too....)
Make sure the cat isn't clogged, and the plenum don't leak....
Not much else you can do..... these trucks didn't get that great of mileage when they were new. Now, the newest is at least 10 years old..... gas mileage doesn't get better as they get older......
Make sure ALL sensors are working properly. If your O2 sensors have more than about 80K miles on 'em, replace 'em.
Tune up. (plugs, wires, cap, rotor, air filter.)
Oil Change. (yes, this makes a difference.)
Tire pressures are up to snuff.
All fluids are fresh, and clean.
Wax the truck. (yep, this helps too....)
Make sure the cat isn't clogged, and the plenum don't leak....
Not much else you can do..... these trucks didn't get that great of mileage when they were new. Now, the newest is at least 10 years old..... gas mileage doesn't get better as they get older......
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Today I ran out of gas 17 miles away from home with no wallet. I was able to get 1gallon of gas from roadside assistance. I drove 17 miles about 40% city miles in my dodge ram to get to my wallet at home. No math is needed, 1 gallon = 17+ miles in my dodge ram.
This is with little modification, the thing I that helps my truck the most is the 5spd. In the future I will be adding a electric rad. fan in the pursuit of more power and gas millage.
Last edited by jmbishop; Jan 15, 2013 at 02:34 AM.
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silverss, i used the stock pan and bolts, only thing i did is put cooper gasket compond on both side of gasket, thoes compond contains real cooper should raise the height of the gasket and give better seal, also i put the compond outside in between the pan and plenum, the vacumm will suck in the compond to fill in any gap it has. hope this works, i will check after next oil change.
I would have followed instructions...Oh, wait. I did, and it is still holding!
Priceless.....
Check EPA webiste for the bogus way they calculate mpg. It will p1ss you off....
But the hand slap photo made me laugh!I could not make it all the way through this thread. I missed it when it first started during my move.....
I did not know whether to laugh or cry. Someone please let me know how it ends....
