1500 Gas mileage
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From: Beaverton, OR
RE: 1500 Gas mileage
Mileage can depend on if it'squad cab or reg cab. My 01 off road 5.9 is getting around 10 in town and I don't drive it hard. Of course with 34's and heavy wheels it doesn't help either.
I've heard dropping the spare tire, taking off the tailgate, anything you can do to lessen the weight should help fuel mileage. I've just accepted the fact that I'm driving a heavy beast with a thirsty V8 and take the mileage it gives me.
I've heard dropping the spare tire, taking off the tailgate, anything you can do to lessen the weight should help fuel mileage. I've just accepted the fact that I'm driving a heavy beast with a thirsty V8 and take the mileage it gives me.
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RE: 1500 Gas mileage
I bought my Ram 1500 with the 5.9 in the Fall shortly before winter took hold. She got about 11-12 MPG in town when temps were 60 to 40ish but then it dropped below freezing. I now get anywhere form 9 to 10.5 MPG. But thats mainly because I am heavy footed, I admit it. And then I threw in the K&N drop-in filter, thinking better mileage, but made the acceleration better which = even heavier foot.
Soon I'll have enough money to do a new custom exhaust system, Fastman TB, and K&N CAI. Then we'll see if I can ease off the gas a bit and see what mileage I get.
Soon I'll have enough money to do a new custom exhaust system, Fastman TB, and K&N CAI. Then we'll see if I can ease off the gas a bit and see what mileage I get.
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RE: 1500 Gas mileage
Do you honestly think souping your truck up to go fast is going to help you keep your foot off the gas? If i were you I'd go search out a good hypnotist right now and have him hypnotize you to believe you like paying for gas. That way it won't bother you anymore 
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RE: 1500 Gas mileage
13 to 15 is normal for mixed driving.
13 is the most often reported mpg by Ram owners in hundreds of posts
Some real world 1995 Ram mpg from an old post:
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Here's the results of several tanks of gasoline I kept track of with the OD
either on or off in city driving. After each tank fill up, I alternated
keeping the OD on or off.
I have since made 3 more 300 mile long mpg tests in city driving since i
posted the original 6 tests. My test results now look like this:
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OD turned off runs:
7-19-00 14.32 mpg Amoco87
7-29-00 15.17 mpg Amoco87
8-08-00 14.23 mpg Amoco87
9-08-00 13.53 mpg Amoco87
---------------------------------
average 14.31 mpg
Standard Deviation =0.67
OD turned on runs:
(these were run inbetween the runs above)
7-12-00 14.16 mpg Exxon87
8-17-00 14.25 mpg Amoco87
8-24-00 15.49 mpg Amoco87
9-01-00 15.03 mpg Amoco87
9-12-00 14.35 mpg Amoco87
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average 14.66 mpg
As you can see, so far the OD on/off difference seems to be small with a
slight 0.3 MPG edge to leaving OD on while in city driving.
That is about a 2% difference and may be due to 'scatter.'
Note also how much the MPG jumps around.
All realworld tests have 'random variation.'
The Standard Deviation of all 9 tanks of gasoline = 0.61
and the average of all 9 tanks was 14.50
so that 98% of the time
the MPG will 'naturally' be expected to jump around
in a range from 13.3 to 15.7
If I had done just two tests, and had by chance gotten the low 14.16 for the
OD on, and the high 15.17 for OD off, I would have falsely concluded that OD
on really hurts in city driving.
To get more reliable MPG numbers for Rams in city driving you need to do
multiple tests in a before/after/before/after sequence. Even better would be
to do SAE/TMC type IV testing with two or more vehicles following one another
'convoy' style.
Most fraudulent MPG improvement devices continue to sell because of this
'jump around'
MPG during normal driving.
If a MPG device DOES NOTHING AT ALL, out of 100 people who try it, 50 will
find that their next tank of gasoline got them better MPG, and they will then
boast what a wonderful device they just bought.
Out of the 50 who get worse MPG on the next tank, quite a few will be a little
ashamed they got gypted and stay quiet, and only a few will be brave enough to
post that the device is a fraud. Some of these will say: "Maybe I did
something wrong and I will check the MPG on the next tank and will drive more
carefully." Half of these will "by chance" find better MPG on the second tank
and get the percentage reporting better MPG with the worthless device up to
75% !
13 is the most often reported mpg by Ram owners in hundreds of posts
Some real world 1995 Ram mpg from an old post:
----
Here's the results of several tanks of gasoline I kept track of with the OD
either on or off in city driving. After each tank fill up, I alternated
keeping the OD on or off.
I have since made 3 more 300 mile long mpg tests in city driving since i
posted the original 6 tests. My test results now look like this:
-----------
OD turned off runs:
7-19-00 14.32 mpg Amoco87
7-29-00 15.17 mpg Amoco87
8-08-00 14.23 mpg Amoco87
9-08-00 13.53 mpg Amoco87
---------------------------------
average 14.31 mpg
Standard Deviation =0.67
OD turned on runs:
(these were run inbetween the runs above)
7-12-00 14.16 mpg Exxon87
8-17-00 14.25 mpg Amoco87
8-24-00 15.49 mpg Amoco87
9-01-00 15.03 mpg Amoco87
9-12-00 14.35 mpg Amoco87
-------------------------------
average 14.66 mpg
As you can see, so far the OD on/off difference seems to be small with a
slight 0.3 MPG edge to leaving OD on while in city driving.
That is about a 2% difference and may be due to 'scatter.'
Note also how much the MPG jumps around.
All realworld tests have 'random variation.'
The Standard Deviation of all 9 tanks of gasoline = 0.61
and the average of all 9 tanks was 14.50
so that 98% of the time
the MPG will 'naturally' be expected to jump around
in a range from 13.3 to 15.7
If I had done just two tests, and had by chance gotten the low 14.16 for the
OD on, and the high 15.17 for OD off, I would have falsely concluded that OD
on really hurts in city driving.
To get more reliable MPG numbers for Rams in city driving you need to do
multiple tests in a before/after/before/after sequence. Even better would be
to do SAE/TMC type IV testing with two or more vehicles following one another
'convoy' style.
Most fraudulent MPG improvement devices continue to sell because of this
'jump around'
MPG during normal driving.
If a MPG device DOES NOTHING AT ALL, out of 100 people who try it, 50 will
find that their next tank of gasoline got them better MPG, and they will then
boast what a wonderful device they just bought.
Out of the 50 who get worse MPG on the next tank, quite a few will be a little
ashamed they got gypted and stay quiet, and only a few will be brave enough to
post that the device is a fraud. Some of these will say: "Maybe I did
something wrong and I will check the MPG on the next tank and will drive more
carefully." Half of these will "by chance" find better MPG on the second tank
and get the percentage reporting better MPG with the worthless device up to
75% !
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Do you honestly think souping your truck up to go fast is going to help you keep your foot off the gas? If i were you I'd go search out a good hypnotist right now and have him hypnotize you to believe you like paying for gas. That way it won't bother you anymore
Do you honestly think souping your truck up to go fast is going to help you keep your foot off the gas? If i were you I'd go search out a good hypnotist right now and have him hypnotize you to believe you like paying for gas. That way it won't bother you anymore
Thats how I justify it to friends and family [sm=goodidea.gif]