Re: RayB adds 2 mpg to my Dak!

From: jon@dakota-truck.net
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 10:21:21 EST


"Brett Forehand" <brett4hand@hotmail.com> wrote:
[...]
: With the price of premium being about 1.85 to 1.91 a gallon here, I decided
: to take your advice. I tried it out myself on a trip to and from Miami last
: week. I used the factory canister with a drop in 10" K+N. My setup only
: has one fresh air hose attached to the grill. I normally average about 16.6
: mpg on the highway with my 14" open element K+N. On this trip, I got 18.8
: mpg! That is also running the air conditioner the whole trip. Sorry for
: you guys up north, but it was 85-89 degrees here last week.

   Hmmmm, I usually get 21mpg highway with my open element, maybe I'll try
the stock can on my next road trip. :-) Actually, I should probably
just get around to sealing off the ram-air hood; that would accomplish
the same thing.

-- 

-Jon-

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