Re: Low-end Torque - was:Gas milage

From: Chris (lambertc@egr.uri.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 26 1998 - 22:10:52 EST


Who makes the high flow cat? I have an '88.

Chris Lambert

At 05:35 PM 3/26/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>> 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?
>
>----------
>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
>>truck, but my milage really seems bad. I'm getting 15.5 or so per
>>gallon
>>city/highway driving. I don't know if it should be this bad or not?
>>The
>>dealer said they wouldn't look at it unless the check engine light was
>>on.
>> I paid them to huck it up to the computer and they didn't find
>>anything.
>> So, got any ideas?
>>
>
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