Ways to increase mpgs?
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Ways to increase mpgs?
Looking for ways to increase gas milage. My dodge is 4x4 with 35 inch tires and getting an average of 13mpgs. Looking for some way or anyway to up that, any suggestions?
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As much as it pains me to say it, assuming your truck is properly up on it's maintenance, the single best thing to do is to go with smaller, thinner tires and lighter aluminum wheels.
As far as mods go, an e-fan will help (boy, that's come up a LOT lately), but about any other mod will cost you more than the fuel savings you can expect.
I've got damn near all of 'em (CAI, e-fan, LT headers, free flowing exhaust, tuner, etc., etc.) and I'm right at about 12.8 in my average driving...
As far as mods go, an e-fan will help (boy, that's come up a LOT lately), but about any other mod will cost you more than the fuel savings you can expect.
I've got damn near all of 'em (CAI, e-fan, LT headers, free flowing exhaust, tuner, etc., etc.) and I'm right at about 12.8 in my average driving...
Last edited by HammerZ71; Sep 29, 2010 at 04:27 PM.
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Dude get an intake and exhaust from afe. ull get like 4 mpg more! itll pay for itself.
http://www.afeintakestore.com/home.aspx
http://www.afeintakestore.com/home.aspx
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Do you work for aef...? no way will a CAI and exhaust alone get you you 4mpg better. Sorry man...
An to the original poster. Sad truth is you do drive a truck. i have found that driving habits r a major effect.
An to the original poster. Sad truth is you do drive a truck. i have found that driving habits r a major effect.
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Tuner, efan, gears can all help, but there is no mod you can do to your truck that will pay for itself in fuel savings.
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get some taller gears. with 35s you may want to go 4.56s. other than that tuner, intake, freeflowing exhaust will help out some. with all that you might get back to 16mpg if you can keep your foot out of it. (good frikin luck with that) youre not gonna get no 25mpg though.
i dont know if they actually help and maybe someone on here has one but ive heard a tonneau can increase your mpg a little bit as well.
i dont know if they actually help and maybe someone on here has one but ive heard a tonneau can increase your mpg a little bit as well.
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Gears are a FANTASTIC mod, but at a minimum of $1200 for a 4x4, he's gonna have to drive the truck till about 2028 before the fuel savings would pay off the mod... Besides with gears although you should gain an mpg or two around town, you'll probably lose 1 to 2 mpg on the highway...