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JerryM
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7/17/2009
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Good day all.
My 2000 4.7 liter SLT gets about 13 mpg avg just driving around town.
Just wondering what kind of mpg other owners are getting.
JM in MD
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Bucket
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7/17/2009
11:23:18
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My 98 v-6 gets a solid 12mpg, i have three 1989 dak v-6s they all get high 11-low 12 mpg and my 94 Bucketmobile i'm not sure, i have done a few mods in between desert trips and havent taken it out for about a year but without pulling a trailer i was near 14mpg mostly freeway, last time i took it out, the trip before that i was pulling a trailer and fighting a brutal headwind from Yuma AZ to San Diego and got 7mpg.
"Your never lost if you dont care where your at".
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Kowalski
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7/17/2009
11:27:41
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Always been able to get 15 mpg from my '00 4x4 4.7 without trying.
Jerry - yours sounds low unless you have a 4x4 quad cab; or lots of stop and go.
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Brandon
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7/17/2009
11:29:39
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I have an '03 4.7L. I drive 30 miles to work everyday and I'm getting 15.5mpg. If I'm just driving around town, I get around 13.
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Mark
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7/17/2009
12:45:13
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Normally I get about 15mpg but if I baby it on the highway I can get 19-20.
-Mark Hryckiewicz
1993 Sport RC SB 5.2L Auto
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Bucket
GenII
7/17/2009
15:18:56
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Hey Mark !! glad to see you check in every now and again.
"Your never lost if you dont care where your at".
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Vanschlick
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7/18/2009
05:17:38
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I get about 15.4 driving the mountain roads and about town - on the highway I can average 19, if Im doing abou 70 mph.
I need more cowbell!
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daddio
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7/18/2009
10:27:00
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My '00 QC 4x2, 5spd w/ 3.55's and 15" tires gets about 19 around town and if I keep it under 70 on the hwy I can get 24mpg. Only thing other than stock is my v8 TB and no mechanical fan.
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super bee
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7/20/2009
11:02:47
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ive been averaging 16s
if i baby it i can get into the mid 17s
1990 sport RC SB, 1995 318drivetrain, 3.92 gears (came with truck) Powertrax "traction system", 95 dash/steering wheel, hearthrob exhaust, headers, cutout after y-pipe, necessary electric fan add-a-leafs, 30x9.5 mud tires, cranked T-bars, AR 39 15x8 rims, grill guard, roll bars
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JerryM
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7/20/2009
11:03:10
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Daddio,
Did you replace the stock fan with an electric one. If so, did you see a noticable increase in mpg from that mod.
Have not heard of anyone doing that before.
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daddio
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7/20/2009
11:17:49
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JerryM, '00 & up trucks came with the mechincal fan and an electric fan. I jut removed the mechanical fan and clutch and run with the electric. Maybe .5-1 mpg. I did a couple of other mods at the same time so those combined definitely made an improvement. Another thing that probably helped is I went from the tiny 215/75/15's to 235/75/15's. The one inch taller tires dropped my RPM a little.
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JerryM
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7/20/2009
13:58:16
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I might pull my mechanical fan off and give that a try, guess Dodge put 2 in for redundancy but I will keep it in the bed in the event the electric goes up.
I put flowmasters on, 50 series and have a bed cover but did not really see any big change after making those mods.
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daddio
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7/20/2009
15:02:23
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Have you tried a V8 TB or a performance 48mm TB?
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JerryM
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7/20/2009
16:08:29
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Daddio
My Dak has the 4.7 liter V-8, never made any changes to the engine. Does this mod you mention allow more air flow, and increased mpg possibly?
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daddio
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7/20/2009
20:10:03
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Darn, I missed the 4.7 in your first post. I think there are of couple of performance TB's out there for it. Maybe one of the 4.7 guys will chime in.
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Kowalski
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7/21/2009
07:03:48
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You might not want to keep the manual fan in your truck bed - if a blade gets bent, it can throw the balance off. Been running without one for a couple years with no overheat issues.
Your '00 came with the smallest TB, 65mm. Next year went up to 68mm. There is a torque step in either that can be ported out for a bit more flow. The '01 68mm will bolt onto your '00; and there are even larger aftermarket TBs. The manual transmission guys seem to notice the biggest performance gains from a bigger TB. I wouldn't expect to see much milage increase there; I didn't see any.
How about the basics ? How old are your plugs, condition of your air filter ? What is the configuration of your cab ? 4x4 ? What are you running for tires, gearing ? As I mentioned earlier, lots of stop and go ?
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1baddak
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7/21/2009
09:03:53
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Iam getting 15mpg just driving around town. This is in a stroked 340 in a Shelby Dak.Drove 75 miles to and from the strip, ran the truck 7 times still got 15 mpg. I guess driving 150 miles freeway driving helped out. I ran 8.71/80 mph in 1/8 11.17/90 mph in 1000 ft. full street trim.
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JerryM
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7/21/2009
09:42:53
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Kowalski,
Good idea about the fan.....I am going to pull mine off soon.
I keep the truck tuned and running good and tires and correct psi and change the pvc/plugs every 20k and the air filter about every 10k. I do have the SLT model with the bigger tires/4x4 so that eats up some gas.
Had an Amsoil foam air filter for about the first 5 years, never seen much improvement so went back with the stock filter.
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