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I can tell you guys I filled up with 93 octane today before heading out of town. As you know I have 456s with Auburn LSD and 36s. I drove 2 hours on the interstate going anywhere from 75 to 90 and checked my mileage when I go there and found myself getting 16.5
imagine what u would of gotten if u did the speed limit around 65mph.
For every 5 mph you reduce highway speed, you can reduce fuel consumption by 7%.
imagine what u would of gotten if u did the speed limit around 65mph.
For every 5 mph you reduce highway speed, you can reduce fuel consumption by 7%.
so maybe you would of gotten closer to 20 mpg
My experience on a round trip to Austin Texas this last weekend (6 tankfulls, and 1800 miles) that in areas where I was running 60-65mph I actually got slightly worse mileage than when I said screw it and ran 75-80mph. Every tankfull (hand calculated) I got 13.3 to 13.6 mpg. I-10 is pretty flat except some small rolling hills in texas and florida. I know theoretically you should improve mileage going slower, but I found at 65-70 mph there was alot of shifting going on going up small hills,where as at 75-80 the truck would just pull the hill in OD.