Re: 4.7 vs 3.9 gas consumption?

From: Bill Pitz (dakota@billpitz.com)
Date: Thu Feb 13 2003 - 12:06:00 EST


At 02:49 AM 2/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Jay
>You're right I think, the gas mileage depends so much on driving "style."
>The 4.7 engine is very eager hence the temptation to drive it more
>aggressively and end up with what seems to be about a 12 to 15mpg typical
>from many of the List members.

Yep, that about sums it up. If I am very, very light footed for an entire
tank of gas, I can get well over 16mpg. I've only managed to do that a
couple times. Usually I find it too tempting to press the peddle a little
bit further and end up with ~14mpg average.

-Bill

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Bill Pitz <dakota@billpitz.com>
'00 Dakota CC SLT 4x4
4.7L V8, 3.92lsd, Flowmaster 50 series



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