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STS
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8/12/2005
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What the best milage you got on the hwy so far?
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HemiMan
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8/12/2005
17:25:27
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02 SLT 4.7 HO cams and manifold,K&N, Home made intake piping,auto,Flow-Master cat-back,intake temp sensor relocated. I have got a high of 21.7 on 2 lane road at 60 MPH with A/C on.
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Knifemaker
Dodge Dakota
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8/12/2005
18:38:24
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98'/ext.cab/4wd/5.2. No mods that I know of, and seem to avg. bout 14mpg, big road or small. Somewhat heavy footed.
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tlc361
Dodge Dakota
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8/12/2005
20:55:22
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2001 QuadCab 4X4 4.7L Autotrans.
Best ever mileage 22 mpg.
This was with the tranny in overdrive and cruise on
set at 65.
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crow318
Dodge Dakota
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8/15/2005
13:19:35
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best on the highway at 70ish was 20 mpg
windows down, no AC. No mods. 29" tires
I have a '97 5.2l 4x4
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N56629
Dodge Dakota
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8/15/2005
14:49:12
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Just a bit over 20 mpg.
Edelbrock Pro-Flo Air Cleaner*Edelbrock Valve Covers
MSD 6A Ignition and coil
SuperChips
Modified TB & Intake Manifold
JBA Cat Back *JBA Y-Pipe *JBA Headers
Comp Hi-Tech Stainless 1.7 Roller Rockers
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ricardcapecod
Dodge Dakota
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8/15/2005
23:49:25
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Was 23.9 on a 145 round trip to provincetown.
Average speed was 42 mph in a rural urban tipe road, w/ some red lights (10 or so). In some point it had been 24.8, but traffic changed, so...
This was w/ no lines forming behind me, and absolutelly following thru traffic.
Another time i got 22,8 going to Boston at 59 mph average, but this time i drove about 30 miles behind a bus (almost no drag).
Other than that, 18 to 20 is the normal numbers.
Right now, my average is 21.6 for the last 900 miles, obeing the speed limit signs.
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crow318
Dodge Dakota
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8/16/2005
09:38:33
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I think the lower speeds are very good for the milage on these trucks. My trip to work is quite a bit of 50 mph travel and the overhead computer reads 21-23. Before people bash the overhead, mine seems to be accurate.
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Joe.C
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8/16/2005
14:10:17
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Well,
My 02 Dakota QC with a modified 287 cid V8 gets about 19 on the hwy (NV-3500HD tranny) my last truck I had was a 96 318 powerd dakota that got at best 19 MPG.
And my GMC Seirra 292cid (vortech 4800) gets about 20 MPG even with a hyperchip installed.
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Red 99 Dak RT
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8/16/2005
17:08:55
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I think I've been lucky averaging about 14.8-15.4 with an R/T 5.8 Club Cab.
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ewraven
Dodge Dakota
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8/16/2005
21:14:04
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99 5.2, 5 speed, 4x4 Club Cab with 3.55 gears.
It has an Air Raid filter on a stick installed and I replaiced the muffler with a two chamber Flowmaster unit.
I average 15 miles per gallon in the city. Cruising 70mph on the highway, I average 18.5mpg. Recently, on a 250 mile trip, I cruised at 60mph instead, doing that got me 21mpg.
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MauiRT
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8/16/2005
22:33:29
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chit i am lucky to get over 10 mpg lol
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mdandl
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8/17/2005
13:05:33
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my 97 rc 3.9 gets 24 at 65 to 70and 24.5 at 55 to 60
wifes R/T gets 22 at 65 - 70 and 23 at 55-60
1997 Dakota Sport RC V6, Magenta, Cuda Hood
1999 R/T Solar Yellow, CC Shaker Hood
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ObieWonDakota
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8/17/2005
15:56:42
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So far the best mileage during everday driving mostly interstate to work is 18.5mpg with cruise on 65, no a/c being used on a 2001 w/4.7, two wheel drive. Just installed a K&N drop in filter just to see if it makes a difference. I'll post the results after using two tanks of gas. If it helps, great; if it doesn't, at least I won't have to buy another filter.
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tracher
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8/17/2005
17:58:25
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1993 Turboed 2.5 5 speed and bed cover 32 mpg at 65 mpg consistently. I using a custom air intake, ported heads and different cam profile msd 6t and 50 series flow master with 2.5 in. exhaust.
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FloriDak
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8/18/2005
14:35:28
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Best mileage is about 18mpg at 65mph highway. usually average about 16mpg for everyday... a bit less now with the a/c on in the summer
1997 Extended Cab
318v8 4x4
K&N Air Filter
Dual Flowmaster Exhaust
High flow Catalytic Converter
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Mark.S
Dodge Dakota
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8/18/2005
15:49:34
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well i got a 96 with a V6 4speed that get about 22 MPG. And I herd you lucky to get about 3/4 of that with a 97 on up dak.
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ewraven
Dodge Dakota
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8/21/2005
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Popular Mechanics magazine this month has a review of several of the popular fuel mileage increasing gadgets.
None of them worked.
It was in the September issue, page 105.
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yellow R/T
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8/21/2005
06:08:01
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on the hwy with my 99 R/T is about 19mpg (that is with taking off very slow and average speed of 60 and not getting in the gas at all.)
racing and gasing it everywhere about 12mpg.
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MOTRSPRT
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8/22/2005
11:12:13
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I am averaging 12.8 mpg in the city. Freeway travel was highly documented over the past weekend and an average of 16.3 mpg. recorded, with a best of 16.8 mpg. That was at 75 mph., A/C going, front end lowered ~1" using torsion bars to adjust and even out the height.
My truck is a 2K Dakota QC 4x4 w/5.9 and 3.92 gears. Also has 50-series Flowmaster, MSD 6a, MSD Blaster 3 coil, MSD 8.5mm wires w/Beck Arnley cap & rotor, cold air intake, 180 t-stat. Other mod's I can't think of right now, but basically what everyone else has done to improve their mpg. I suppose when I consider what I was getting before, which was 11-11.5 I do have improvements. The total mpg. is not good and I feel that I am in the bottom bracket for average mpg. My quest is to improve. The next mod I will be experimenting with is a higher flowing throttle body. I found a $30 throttle body on ebay that I will start porting and enlarging the openings to today, and then try it out before doing it to my original throttle body.
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ewraven
Dodge Dakota
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8/22/2005
13:09:08
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If you got rid of that 180 degree thermostat and put a factory spec one back in there, you gas mileage should go up. I'm not sure how much it would go up, but it would be noticeable.
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