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Old 06-19-2009, 12:18 PM
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I have a 2500 4x4 with the 360. I average around 11mpg. It dropped slightly after replacing the plenum gasket.
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 12:46 PM
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I just knocked down nearly 17MPG with only about 10 miles of freeway on that tank . Your guy's trucks are fat
 
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I have a 1500 360 4X4 and it averages WTF-city and OMG-hwy.

Actually mine is 10MPG no matter how I drive it. There's a thread here about replacing the MAP sensor so I'm going to try that and see if it improves things.
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 04:10 PM
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I have been getting 15 highway only, this week (318). And my new MAP sensor arrived today, but won't be able to check the mileage until Tuesday or Wednesday. Only thing I'll know this weekend is if it has a little more pep.
 
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Old 06-19-2009, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Ram15002ndGen
But you forget that I live in California. Believe it or not, on the average we pay 30 to 40 cents more than the rest of the nation all the time. We pay for the privilege of living here. Not to mention the privilege of paying higher taxes, getting poor state services, congestion, bad air, bad roads, and the list goes on and on. I'm sure MiamiSon can attest to this.
And your legislature continues to spend money it doesn't have and refuses to cut anything. Gotta love politicians!

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I just knocked down nearly 17MPG with only about 10 miles of freeway on that tank . Your guy's trucks are fat
Are you 100% sure your speedo is correct?
 
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Probably has something to do with dakotas weighing 1500 pounds or so less than 1500 rams
 
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I didn't think they weighed that much more.

I had a 1995 Dakota 4x4 Extended Cab that weighed just over 4000 lbs with me in it. Ram 1500 Quad Cabs weigh what, 5200 lbs? I've seen several 4x4 regular cab short box trucks weigh in at around 4600 lbs, supposedly.

I guess the Dakotas are lower to the ground to, which helps.
 
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The curb weight of a typical Ram is about 6-7000 lbs. They are heavy bishes.
 
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I didn't think they weighed that much more.
I've seen several 4x4 regular cab short box trucks weigh in at around 4600 lbs, supposedly.

I guess the Dakotas are lower to the ground to, which helps.
I have a regular cab short box 4x4 and it weighs 5500 pounds on the scale at the scrap yard.
 
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Originally Posted by jasonw
Are you 100% sure your speedo is correct?
Yep. I took it pretty easy that tank, I normally average 15-16 doing the same driving. It'll touch 20MPG and then some on the freeway.

Also besides the weight difference my truck also has a 5 speed which has a good advantage over the auto in fuel mileage. The roller rockers, manifold and exhaust also help it a little.
 
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