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From: North Carolina
Also try running Premium gas and track the milage .. you might find that you go farther on it and when you figure it out $$ per mile you might save .. I used to in my 99 dakota 5.2L ... enough to get 30 more miles .... doesnt sound like a lot but it would cost me less than $5 more to fill up on premium .. and in that truck you didnt get 30 miles on $5 of gas (this was when gas was over $4/gal most Everywhere)
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From: Greenfield, Wisconsin
Also try running Premium gas and track the milage .. you might find that you go farther on it and when you figure it out $$ per mile you might save .. I used to in my 99 dakota 5.2L ... enough to get 30 more miles .... doesnt sound like a lot but it would cost me less than $5 more to fill up on premium .. and in that truck you didnt get 30 miles on $5 of gas (this was when gas was over $4/gal most Everywhere)
On that note, I do get better mileage with premium and the performance tune on Superchips, but only .5-1 mpg more. And that might be to the better shifting and not the fuel.
You are running the 3.7 or 4.7? That numbers a huge stretch with either...or whats your secret?
I think there was one person on here who came close to those numbers, but that was after major weight reductions, putting a spoiler on the front, making his own skid plates to smooth the underside...that is quite impressive if you get that kind of mileage. I have NEVER seen anywhere near 20 except one trip to the beach last summer when I drove like granny just to see how high I could get it, then it was only 19.2.
I think there was one person on here who came close to those numbers, but that was after major weight reductions, putting a spoiler on the front, making his own skid plates to smooth the underside...that is quite impressive if you get that kind of mileage. I have NEVER seen anywhere near 20 except one trip to the beach last summer when I drove like granny just to see how high I could get it, then it was only 19.2.
Record Breaker
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Sandy, UT. (SLC Suburbs)
I think there was one person on here who came close to those numbers, but that was after major weight reductions, putting a spoiler on the front, making his own skid plates to smooth the underside...that is quite impressive if you get that kind of mileage. I have NEVER seen anywhere near 20 except one trip to the beach last summer when I drove like granny just to see how high I could get it, then it was only 19.2.
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From: Columbus, OH
my best is 19mpg. But traveling the same road back I only got 18mpg. Seems to me it was downhill most the way going west and uphill going east. I'm pretty constant at 16mpg now. 57 miles highway and 3 miles city every day.
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Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Orange County, CA
no secret run full synthetic, change every 3k, run 91 with a splash of lucas fuel treatment, and make sure ur IAT is clean, along with your throttlebody, just do the maintnence and feather your gas pedal you willl be surprised what she pushes out....
4.7 btw
