Low-end Torque - was:Gas milage

From: Jim Azeltine (jazeltine@westaff.com)
Date: Thu Mar 26 1998 - 20:35:56 EST


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>> I added a high flow cat

Someone on the list asked me if I noticed a loss of low-end torque as a =
result of installing a new single-in, dual 2.5" out Magnaflow muffler (I =
did not, or it wasn't pronounced enough to notice). Since you removed =
even more restriction by changing out the cat, did you notice this =
difference in low-end performance?

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From: Michael Z-Sykes
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 5:04 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Gas milage -Reply

I've got a 88' dak with a flowmaster and I saw a slight gain in Mileage,
about 1 mpg, then I added a high flow cat and that helped for another
MPG. I;m looking at headers and those shoud help significantly.
-mike sykes
88'V6

>>> <dakota1994@juno.com> 03/26/97 10:58pm >>>
yea, i have a 94 DAK with a 3.9 also and it seems lately i have been
getting terrible gas milage. i got the v6 to get better ,milage and now
i think i should have just gotten the v8, oh well...
will a flowmaster increase my milage anyone?? also i noticed a bend in
the y pipe coming off the engine of my exhaust, is this effecting
anything greatly, if so should i replace the part??

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998 16:08:59 -0500 Mark Fahy <fahym@MZELL.NET>
writes:
>Ok- I got a '97 Dak CC 3.9L with 13k on it a month ago. Its a great=20
>truck, but my milage really seems bad. I'm getting 15.5 or so per=20
>gallon=20
>city/highway driving. I don't know if it should be this bad or not? =20
>The=20
>dealer said they wouldn't look at it unless the check engine light was=20
>on.=20
> I paid them to huck it up to the computer and they didn't find=20
>anything.=20
> So, got any ideas?
>

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