HI Sam. I'm way behind in my mail, and while I've not towed with
my DAK, I've had it very loaded and done the grapevine. My mileage
dropped from it's normal 17.5 to about 14 on that trip. I dropped
out of OD on every hill, trying to keep rpm's about 2400 when climbing.
(I chose 2400 because it was up in the published torque band)
My OD has nearly a 1000 rpm spread, how can youget only 200?
I have 318, auto, and tire/handling pkg tires.
You've likely made it back now, what mileage did you get?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 22:57:48 -0700
From: "Sam Parthemer" <srp@home.com>
Subject: DML: Towing with a 4x4 questions:
Heading from San Diego to San Jose tomorrow towing a 1500# empty
car trailer, and 2 jetskis in the bed with my wife's 4x4 CC.
I've spent the better part of the evening running around getting
last minute things (7 plug to 6 plug converter, etc.) and have
the electronic brake controller installed now.
So far I've gotten a whopping 10.0 mpg!!! With about 10 miles of
30 on the fwy. This has me concerned. Once I drive 500 miles
to San Jose empty (with 2 skis in the bed), I will then pickup
a '72 Dodge Dart (318-- ARGH ARGH!!), which weighs about 3000-3100#.
I can't even imagine how sorry a gas mileage I will be getting
on the return, not to mention the 13 mile Grapevine climb!!! (6-7%).
Anyone ever done this?? Oh yeah, OD with 31" tires and 3.55 gears is
a waste of time. D is only about 200 rpm higher than what the RT runs
in OD w/3.92 gears, so 65-70 should be the norm in D.
Sam '99 4x4 & RT
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