Miles per gallon- What are you getting?
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Believe it. My 06 MDS Hemi can get 20mpg with cruse set at 70mph. Only mods I have done so far is a K&N Filter and my Superchips is set to performance so I am running 91+ in it. I saw 4+mpg jump when I added those 2 items.
I have a small video on my cell phone showing me at 70mph then moving it to my display showing 20.x mpg. I will try to get it posted so it can be seen. I had filled up that morning and reset my trip and mpg before I left the gas station. I was in the middle of a 150 mile trip and checked and was suprised to see so I took a video of it. I had to drive 5 miles from the gas station to get to the highway so I had a little city but not enough to hurt the reading.
Believe it. My 06 MDS Hemi can get 20mpg with cruse set at 70mph. Only mods I have done so far is a K&N Filter and my Superchips is set to performance so I am running 91+ in it. I saw 4+mpg jump when I added those 2 items.
I have a small video on my cell phone showing me at 70mph then moving it to my display showing 20.x mpg. I will try to get it posted so it can be seen. I had filled up that morning and reset my trip and mpg before I left the gas station. I was in the middle of a 150 mile trip and checked and was suprised to see so I took a video of it. I had to drive 5 miles from the gas station to get to the highway so I had a little city but not enough to hurt the reading.
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I have an 05 Hemi Quad Cab 4x4 and I average about 13 miles per gallon. I have found that when I have the bed loaded I do get better mileage at around 15, 16 miles per gallon....anybody else find the same?
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first road trip with my hemi. quad cab 1500, 20 inch wheels 3.55 rear. 17 mpg. doing 85 most of the time. just did my first oil change over to synthetic. 3000 miles. i think i would have done better if i had a tannue cover.
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I can pull off 13.5 - 14.2 MPG on the highway (I tend to drive 100 mile stretches). I have a 2005 1500 with reg cab, long bed, and 4.7L. But, when I tow, I'm typically in the 4 - 6 mpg range... makes me want a diesel SOOOO bad. Around town I tend to floor it a lot so i'm in the 10.5 - 11.5 range.
I can pull off 13.5 - 14.2 MPG on the highway (I tend to drive 100 mile stretches). I have a 2005 1500 with reg cab, long bed, and 4.7L. But, when I tow, I'm typically in the 4 - 6 mpg range... makes me want a diesel SOOOO bad. Around town I tend to floor it a lot so i'm in the 10.5 - 11.5 range.
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I changed the plugs from the short electrode to the original yesterday, new rotor also. My goal is to reach 14 mpg. I'm ordering the K&N cold air intake soon as well. I think the next truck will be diesel as well.......
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I don't see how you guys are getting anything above 16mpg with gas. Mine is a 2006 1500 QC Hemi 4x4 that just tipped over 10K miles. Got 12.5-13.5mpg routinely when I had my foot in the floor on the highway all of the time. Now I have discovered that driving the speed limit with the cruise on (no A/C, go MDS go!) gets me about 15.7mpg. This is all calculated at the pump (89 octane), and I'm doing about 60% highway, 40% city. Actually got that stupid little fuel economy gauge to read 18.5mpg at it's peak. I felt proud.
