OT: Truck MPG (was: [rescue] Small Sparc as firewall)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Huhn
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Sent: 4/21/2002 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Small Sparc as firewall

Chad Fernandez wrote:
> 
> Don't you have a newer Dodge??  I about 11mpg with my Chevy and it's a
1
> ton 4x4 with a 454, and 4:10 gears!!  It will get better after I
figure
> out why it;s running rough..... it used to get 12.6 or 14 when I keep
my
> foot out of it :-)

Right, but it has 33" tires and 3.55 gears - which makes is suck huge
amounts of fuel when trying to go anywhere.  It'll improve when I put
the 4.10 gears in and it doesn't have to struggle to move the truck.  Of
course, then I'll be putting a set of 36" tires on it, and fuel mileage
will still suffer.

I've also made some mods to increase fuel delivery so that it gets a
little extra power.

It'll get better when the warranty expires and I slap a supercharger on
it.  And it should improve by about 2MPG in a few weeks when the Gibson
Exhaust goes in...
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