ORIGINAL: tamuccmike

thanks cbrewster, point proven...i live in fort worth, tx...and even on 820 where it's 5 lanes, at 8 o'clock in the morning...all that "staying in this lane or that lane" doesnt work, because its constant stop-and-go traffic, and hey i gotta move over into another lane because this jackass didnt yield...not an option, and even if it were, it wouldnt help...& driving to where you NEVER go above 2,000 RPM...not possible either...its called accelerating to get onto the interstate/loop without getting creamed...is it even possible to drive to work on a highway and not exceed 2,000 RMP? I seriously seriously doubt that by taking all of that advice, id go from my current 14.6-15.5 mpg mark, to 20...5 more miles per gallon is not possible with driving habits alone...yes it helps, but not that much...all trucks are different, and i feel damn lucky to get 15mpg after reading what others post on here (10-12mpg constantly.) Maybe your truck has some kind of program from the factory that they decided to put ONLY on your truck? They said, "Hey, we will really make this one particular truck get 20+ mpg." But, I highly doubt it...in fact i have never seen anyone post better than about 18mpg....but 20? because of some MINOR driving habits (with the exclusion of the 2,000 RPM thing.) I don't know what else to say...oh and whilst I'm ranting..."and if you want even better fuel economey then toss in a set of 4.56's, electric fan & underdrive pulley... " how much does that cost again?

ORIGINAL: cbrewer954

I have an 03 4x4 qc with the hemi, I just got the best mileage I've ever had yesterday. Coming back down from Yosemite I got all of 12 mpg. That's downhill cruising at 75 with cruise control set and no a/c. going up I got all of 11.8

ORIGINAL: tamuccmike

let's see a non-photoshopped picture of this digital read out for your 19+ mpg...& in the picture, somehow prove that it's your truck! that'd be outstanding..

by the way, K&N is the best intake out there just to let you know

ORIGINAL: tamuccmike

sorry to keep posting....but i didnt even see this in all his previous posts...2002 1500 SLT Quad Cab 4.7L, FM PORTED HEAD's, FM 212 cams, FM 70mm TB, H/O Intake, =AIR=RAM=> Induction, =JET=STREAM=>, BG flash, Gibson headers, 4:56 Gears, "Modified" ASP Pulley, 180 T-Stat, Fram HP-1, DENSO "IRIDIUM" PLUGS, MRK 8 Electric Fan 4.7....i see...well, whatever

ORIGINAL: justinp923

just got a 06, 1500 quad cab sport. can't get better than 13mpg. anyone have any suggestions to increase fuel economy?

ORIGINAL: stump_breaker

Hey Air Ram, I think comparing your truck (heavily modded) to a stock-ish truck when it comes to mileage is like apples and oranges. Actually I believe you do get fairly decent mileage and here's why; in my old 2003 Avalanche with 40k miles and the 5.3, when I drove I averaged 16ish mpg. Now when my granny-driving wife drove it, get this, 21 mpg! So the biggest thing is driving habits. Me, I like to hear the pipes roar and she couldn't care less. Same way on the current Dodge. Me about 14-15 and my wife was hitting 18 BEFORE it had time to break in. Once again, the pipe thing (LOL).

Now it mostly stays parked and she racks up the miles on the beat-to-crap Geo Prizm driving into Dallas everyday. I'm curious what she could get now that it has 9k miles or so.

ORIGINAL: AIR RAM


Well yes my mods did help MPH BUT When I was stock I could easily pull 17-18 MPG average...on the highway.... the city killed my economey and it averaged 13-14 in the city... this was because of the 3.55 gears though.

With the basic mods I was able to get up to 19MPG with the driving habbits I mentioned in my my first post...

SPEED SAFE, AIR RAM