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Im getting 10.7 mpg....wtf

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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 10:58 PM
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I picked mine up with about 20 K kilometers (12 K miles) on it, filled it up, drove about 650 kilometers (400 miles), then pumped 91 L (24 gallons). I got about 16.7 mpg for that first tank, and that included a few pedal to the metal moments (gotta see what she can do!), and quite a bit of gravel. That was mostly hwy driving, averaging around 70 mph. I'm pretty sure that was 87 octane fuel as well. Since then, I have installed a K and N and upped the tire pressure to around 45 so I'll retest sometime soon. I'd imagine that 18-20 wouldn't be out of the question if you could keep her under 60 and stayed on the hard top.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 04:18 AM
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Drink a bottle of 151. take a **** in the tank. Instant 5 mpg increase. no lie
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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Fill it absolutely full, drive it, fill it absolutely full and do the math. There is no other way to determine mileage.
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by hemiguy0302
... When I do it 1 gal = 4.54L and 1 mile = 1.619km. So for example I usually use about 85L between fillups and the odometer reads about 420 ish km. So therefore I go 420km/1.619 = 260 miles. Part 2 is 85L/4.54 = 18.72 gallons. 260/18.72 nets me 13.88 mpg...
A gallon = 3.88L The mileage in your example is 11.87
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by dunerider650
i think i figured out my mpg right.....i went 450km on the weekend and that was a fuel tank of fuel so that's 279 miles our trucks hold 26 gallons of fuel...sooo.

279 divided by 26 = 10.7 WTF is wrong with my truck or am i figuring it wrong??

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dude I would kill for that...I have a 4.7 and I get like 9.5-10 mpg city (i'm assuming you're talking about your city mileage) and in the winter i get like 8 (partly from doing donuts :-P)

but if you have a hemi then you should betting around 12 or 13mpg especially with a newer ram. Idk what type of driver you are but may try to change your driving habits a bit or try a different gas station, I started using shell gas only (has a **** ton of cleaning agents and w/e in the fuel) and my economy went up
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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look for an Iphone/ipod touch app called roadtrip also, i use it to track my fuel economy (well before my rocker broke and a possible engine replacement is needed...) and it works really well, more accurate than the overhead display in the cab also. you can't rely on just that for your average economy
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Animal Mother
Drink a bottle of 151. take a **** in the tank. Instant 5 mpg increase. no lie
hahahahahahahahahahaha
 
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Pyro
Your light comes on when there are only 5 gallons left in tank.
I have the bigger tank and my light comes on with 4 gallons left. Light comes on late also, bumpier the road later the light
 
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 05:14 AM
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im getting 16 city and 19 highway. Driving lightfooted keeping it below 2k.
im running the 91 tune on my SC
 
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Old Nov 12, 2009 | 11:49 AM
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On my latest trip, I used 26.7 L (5.9 US gall / 5.9 Imp gall), and drove 226.2 km (140.5 miles). Thats 20.4 US mpg or 23.8 Imp mpg. That was driving at about 62 mph pretty consistently, 45-50 lbs pressure in tires, and K and N air. I was very impressed to get that mileage with the size of that engine. MDS all the way!
 
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