Do you only drive down-hill? I have the same truck with the mods listed
below and only get about 18 on the highway doing 70 to 75 mph. :^)
Wayne
RTKBA@juno.com
95 SLT, Extended Cab, 4X4, V6 Auto, K&N FIPK, Terminator Muffler,
Autolite Double Platnums
On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:16:54 -0400 William Comley <wcomley@seidata.com>
writes:
>At 10:42 PM 9/13/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>I was wondering what kinda gas mileage you guys are getting with your
>>Dakotas. The highest I returned was 16.7 on the Interstate. This was
>with a '97 CC V8, 5spd, 3.92 SG with P215/75/15 tires with the A/C on
>and cruise set at 70. I thought this was kinda low and altough I am
>extremely pleased with the truck, I am disappointed with the gas
>mileage. Write back and share the performances of your Dakotas. I plan
>on a set of headers, tonneau and a K&N, so this should help with the
>mileage. But I am dissappointed for now. Should I have stuck with the
>standard 3.55 gears? Thanks.
>
>I average 21.4 to 25 MPG in my '95 SLT CC 4x4, V6 auto, 3.55, P235R15
>Wrangler AT's. Burning Shell 92 octane and QS4x4 oil.
>
>I had The same results with my other three Dakotas also. The only
>difference was each truck ran better on different gas my '89 SB 4x4
>V6-5spd ran best on Marathon 92. My '91 SB 4x4 V6-5spd ran best on
>Clark
>92 octane and my '92 SB 4x4 V6 auto ran best on Super America 92
>octane.
>
>In the winter my milage falls to 15 to 16 MPG because of usung 4 wheel
>drive.
>
>I drive 60-70 MPH and at least once a week I RUN my Dakota 90-100 for
>at
>least 5 miles to clean the valves and spark plugs. My current plugs
>have
>60,000 miles on them and have no carbon they look like new.
>
>William
>
>
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