Re: Low-end Torque - was:Gas milage -Reply

From: Michael Z-Sykes (MSykes@su.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 27 1998 - 10:06:53 EST


I got a universal one from Summit. Just tell the guy you want a high flow
for your 88' Dak. There's only one in the whole catalog that'll fit, so you'll
get hooked up. I don't remember how much it was, but I did get some
improvement-
-mike

>>> Chris <lambertc@egr.uri.edu> 03/26/98 10:10pm >>>
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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