Try a LOT. I upped my mileage close to 3 MPG on a run a few weeks ago
(compared to the same run made 6 weeks earlier) on the highway by
dropping from 70-75 to 65 and changing from whatever gas I could find to
exclusively Mobil. I pulled nearly 18 MPG on a 4x4 318 slushbox whose
only engine mods are a QuickD intake and a removed rubber baffle on the
right side of the radiator.
Mark Jackson wrote:
>
> Lowering your speed would help a little
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greig, Doug" <douggr@hazelett.com>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:26 PM
> Subject: DML: MPG Standards!!
>
> > Just an update. I went to Sherbrooke Canada yesterday on business. 318.8
> > miles roundtrip, and I finally achieved the advertised MPG rating of the
> > engine. I hit 18.5 MPG. Before I did any mods, I was getting 16 MPG.
> That's
> > only $300.00 in mods to get the truck to achieve OEM standards!! What a
> > bargain! Sorry to sound a bit cynical, but I was hoping for 20 MPG. FWIW,
> I
> > was doing 75-80 mph with the A/C on, and have and auto tranny.
> >
> > Doug Greig
> > Winooski, VT
> > 98 CC 4X4 V6 Sport
> > Quick D Intake w/ DEI Heat tape
> > Mod'd V8 TB
> > Accel Coil/Wires
> > IAS Mod
> >
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