Both of these mileage figurees, 9 and 12, are horrible. I get a solid 14
around town with my '99 Ram 4x4 5.2, and very close to 17 on the highway.
Granted, mine's a five-speed, which generally delivers greater mileage than
a comparable automatic, but it's also a much larger truck!
Hmm.
My $0.02. It doesn't help at all, of course, but there it is :)
-Jon
"Bill Day" <billday@otecom.net> wrote in message
news:200506271556.05585.billday@otecom.net...
>
> Yes it has been hashed and hashed again. Here Lately I have been keeping
> track of my mpg on each fill up and was absolutely amazed at what I was
> getting. Since I purchased this truck(used '95 CC 4x4 V6) I have ran
> 31x10.5x15 Courser MT's on 15x6 steel rims. My mileage was horrid, at
> around 12mpg, due to the lack of gearing(has 3.55's). On my last tire
> purchase, I still went with Courser MT's but dropped to 30x9.5x15's. Upon
> the purchase of these tires I noticed an instant increase of mileage but
> never got to concerned. Well I finally got curious, my mileage is
> averaging
> 17mpg now. I get 18mpg on open road trips with no wight. If I am towing
> heavy loads I go as low as 15mpg.
>
> The basic info here is that all though tuneups will help, oil changes
> spark
> plugs airfilters etc... The tire size in association with your stock
> gearing will make an ultimate decision. The 31x10.50x15 that come on
> stock
> GenIII 4x4 in association is the ultimate gearing for that tire size and
> axle
> ratio giving you that average of around 18mpg. if your gear was say moved
> to
> 4.10(11 etc) ti would ultimatley put your mileage back to where it was.
>
> Well i hit http://www.ringpinion.com/ and it seems that the final gear
> ratio
> calculator has been removed replaced with a different one, however
> 4lo.com
> ( http://www.4lo.com/calc/geartire.htm ) is still intact.
>
> have fun with it and see where your at.
>
>
>
> On Monday June 27 2005 2:40 pm, Hop * wrote:
>> Well, if you find out how to improve your milage lemme know.
>> I've got a '97 cc 5.2 4x4 with 6" of lift and 32" tires.
>> If you can get yours above 9mpg i'm all ears.
>> My milage is horrid. I've got autolite 3923's, 360 intake tube, Intense
>> performance air hat, msd wires, 180 tstat, accell brass cap and rotor,
>> 3:55
>> gears.
>> --Hop
>> http://dodgetruckworld.tenmagazines.com/member.asp?90558
>> http://home.swbell.net/hopsdak/dak.html
>>
>> >From: Barry Oliver <barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com>
>> >Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> >To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> >Subject: DML: Gas mileage [how to improve]
>> >Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 19:27:47 -0500
>> >
>> >
>> >OK, I am archive callenged, so I will re-ask the milage question for the
>> >millionth time. What is the list of $hit to check to make sure your
>> >mileage is as good as it can be?
>> >
>> >99, 4x4, 5.2L, 105,000mi, bone stock except for big tires.
>> >
>> >Air up tires
>> >Clean air filter
>> >Sparkplugs? what kind? How often?
>> >Cap'n Rotor? what kind? How often?
>> >
>> >
>> >What Else?
>
> --
>
>
> Bill Day
>
> "A rich man isn't always wealthy, he just has all the love he can give and
> ever wanted.."
> http://counter.li.org #384146 284016
>
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