zman, what is that on the right of the stereo? what do ppl have there? i have the seat warmers...

 

If I remember correctly, it's his transmission fluid temp gauge.

 

oh ok. thanks. what about off the showroom floor? that space is just blank right?

 

Yup, it's like a little cubby hole.

 

oh, thats kinda cool. well thanks for awnsering.

 

The slower you accelerate the better your gas mileage will be period.... most of you who get 8-9 mpg and DONT have a blown plenum or the wrong gear/tire combination are just driving too aggressivly... when you punch the gas more than just required, gas is POURED down your throttlebody and much of it goes in to the cat unburned this way because the engine just cant utilize it all (ironically people who drive this way create the most pollution and more likely to have a gutted cat "performance mod" as well) so there's nothing to stop it from going directly out the tailpipe.

And to the guy that asked about going to 35" tire to 33's?... I'm assuming your still using the 3.55 fatory gears and if so YES... stepping down to 33 will give you a noticable power increase and better gas mileage as well as help your transmission last longer because 35" tires and stock gears spell disaster for stock transmissions...

I get better gas mileage and more power currently than I ever have with generation 3 injectors/ adjusted fuel sync and 50mm throttlebody a new cat to replace the gutted one from PO being the only recent "performance mods" I've done over what was there..

 

I have the 4.10 gears in my truck. So you think if I'm averaging only 8-9 mpgs (according to the overhead instrument gauge) I have a blown plenum an screwed up cat? I'm going to have to replace the timing chain, cover etc. so might as well do it all while in there.

 

Fix the plenum, replace the cat and o2 sensors.

 

Actually there is something, similar to a sticky or poll, for MPG here at DodgeForum.

Go to the Garage link in the black bar at the top of the page, click it. At the very bottom of the first Garage page is "Fuel Economy Chart", and to the right is "See the MPG Summary". Hit that. You will find that leads to user-inputted fuel economy reports by vehicle. "Dodge Ram 1500" is at the top of the list, go there. (Most of that is just if you want to check a different Chrysler vehicle; I've put a link below for readers of this sub-forum).

When you poke around, be sure to check the column "# of tanks", and only look at those that have a few in there. There are lots of 1-tank reports but they are basically useless.

Saving everyone some time:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/garage....ame=Ram%201500

Maybe saving even more time (as of 22May12):
36 tanks 13.06
15 tanks 11.92
12 tanks 13.66
10 tanks 12.90
6 tanks 8.45
5 tanks 11.35
4 tanks 11.51
4 tanks 14.49

 

I have no idea what size tires you have? that means a lot.
The gears are only one part of the equation... tire size works as the "second set of gears" working with the diff gears to put a particular load and gear ratio from drivetrain to ground surface.. 4.10 gears with 31 or 33" tires will have good mpg results... with 35" or 27" not so good as they both put the rpm range out of optimum range during normal driving speeds...