LOL, yes thats true, had one on my gasser, kinda defeats the purpose!At least my programmer wasn't a complete waste of money. It does allow for live data recording, so I can monitor average/max fuel consumption, rpm, temps and so on. It was supppose to do speedo re-cals, but alas its with the newer models!! I select what conditons I want to record and later download to a spread sheet. I could see the differences with programming vs stock, they were huge, due mostly being on the go pedal making smoke. I haven't given up totally on programmers yet, looking at the Smarty jr., but twice bitten by misleading advertising, I may have to bitten three times, before I find a good one.

 

My trailer is only about 9K tops and I only get 8-9 at 60-65. It takes forever to get to 60 because I don't go over 18-1900 rpm till I get up to speed. I'm ready to chuck the Edge and just get seperate guages!

 

When I tow, I tow with my Edge set at level 2. That's what the guy's at edge told me to do and so far, so good.

 

Mayfair just drive downhill

And if you're in a traffic jam just put a sign on your tailgate saying diesels too mother focken high, either push me or drive around.

 

Well, once the weather starts warming up and staying dry, I'll be on my scoot a lot more than usual thats for sure.

 

mayfair do you still have the cat on your truck or no??

 

Nope, just the Aero. My year didn't have a cat. They came with resonators.

 

this brings up a good point... what is your intake setup like? I found during all of the commute testing that once I put back on my flap next to the radiator mileage went up approx .5 mpg. It isnt recoreded in the data as to when i did it but if you look at it you should be able to see about when I did it.

 

Ok... Give you guys an good idea... Like I had to doa trip to Council, ID from my place. It's roughly 50 miles to Council, ID from my place. There is grades to climb and elevation change from 2,800 to 4,500 feet roughly. Lots of rolling hills and valleys. Current temperature is about 35*F (Remember denser air burnsbetter also creates more wind drag!). I set my cruise for 55 MPH. From Tamarack Mill down to Council is winding road and to try to keep my throttle even as much as possible I drop to 50 MPH so I wouldn't have to cancel and resume the cruise control all the time... But as I rolled in the drive I look at the CURRENT TRIP MPG and saw...


(Yes that white stuff is snow falling!)


Yes its possible to get good fuel mileage out these trucks you just really got to watch the pyro closely. theHIGHIER the pyro the MORE FUEL your dumping in the cylinder. Really simple! If you keep the pyro below 600*F 20+ MPG can happen rather easy. On the trip above my average temp was about 500-600*F the whole trip (excluding grades 800*F).

 

I'm running a K&N filter that gets cleaned every 5K and I still have my winter fronts on. I'll probably remove the fronts once the weather stays over 50 degrees.