full size truck guys inside.....

[hrsp]

what mpgs are you pulling with your trucks????

MODEL:
ENGINE:
4x4:
MILES:
MPG's:

[Lash]

I only get 17.5-18 (mostly highway) in my little 6 banger ZR-2. 3.73 rear with 31" mudders :thumbsup It's gets about 17mpg no matter what...city or hwy.

It usually goes up the warmer it gets. In winter when it was really cold I was seeing around 15-16mpg mostly highway miles. :alcoholic

[88Nightmare]

what mpgs are you pulling with your trucks????



MODEL: 06 Silverado 1500
ENGINE: 5.3 liter without D.O.D.
4x4: yea
MILES: just broke 24,000 today
MPG's: 16.5mpg city, 22-25mpg freeway

[Breecher_7]

MODEL: 2005 Dodge Ram SLT Quad Cab, 5 speed Auto with 4.56's
ENGINE: 5.7 Hemi
4x4: Yes w/ 285/70/17's (33")
MILES: 35,000
MPG's: 10 City, 12 Highway, HORRIBLE ON FUEL

MODEL: 2006 Chevrolet Silverado Crew Cab, 4 speed auto with 4.10s
ENGINE: MAX 6.0
4x4: Yes
MILES: 3,700
MPG's: 12 City, 14-16 Highway

[Larrygto]

Avalanche: 15 mpg last I checked, But I don't check often it's too depressing slow and bad gas mileage!

[Breecher_7]

MODEL: 06 Silverado 1500
ENGINE: 5.3 liter without D.O.D.
4x4: yea
MILES: just broke 24,000 today
MPG's: 16.5mpg city, 22-25mpg freeway

22-25mpg on highway? For real? Thats 570 miles to a tank on the low end....I dont believe that. Are you just going off that B.S. on dash display? The BEST ive ever gotten to a tank was 380 miles. I dont believe my engine is making a 200 mile to a tank difference.

[88Nightmare]

no bs. the dash display is pretty close with my calculations, but I rarely ever do straight freeway. driving to texas I was lucky to get BELOW 22mpg's :D

[Breecher_7]

I dont know man, thats really out there. I AVERAGE 320 miles to a tank and that is not even 12.5 mpg. I have yet to do a straight highway tank but i know it will be under 400. I just dont see how your fuel economy can be that much better because other then my engine and the crew cab, our trucks are the same.....

[hrsp]

http://fueleconomy.gov/


it has rating ..but i want "real world" mpgs...lol

[Breecher_7]

my window sticker says 17mpg highway and I doubt it will EVER see that. Im starting to think they rate it at 50-55 mph, not 70-75mph even though MOST states speedlimit on the highway is 70-75 mph, but lame ass wisconsin isnt one of them.

[lasttimearound]

MODEL:2002 dodge ram
ENGINE:4.7
4x4: yes with 33's
MILES: 52k
MPG's:average about 12.5 with not much hwy mostly city.

[70challenger]

MODEL: 99 Dodge ram 1500 sport
ENGINE:5.2
4x4:yes on 33's
MILES:175,XXX
MPG's:12 in the city and work is only 3 miles away, 17 on the freeway with a quad in the back

[70challenger452]

MODEL: Dodge Dakota
ENGINE:5.9
4x4:yep
MILES:213,000
MPG's:14 between school work and home, 17 hwy

[Rocket Power]

MODEL:2001 Ford F150 Super Crew
ENGINE:5.4L with K&N cold air intake (probably doesn't make a difference)
4x4:yep
MILES:114,000
MPG's:14ish with wife driving to work mostly city
16 with me driving to burlington to work
20 both ways driving to Ohio with A/C on
usually in the 14-16mpg area with a mix of city/ highway

[Silver350]

MODEL: Chevrolet Silverado
ENGINE: 5.7L
4x4: 2X4
MILES: 136,500
MPG's: 20 HWY 16 or 17 City

[theavenger333]

22-25mpg on highway? For real? Thats 570 miles to a tank on the low end....I dont believe that. Are you just going off that B.S. on dash display? The BEST ive ever gotten to a tank was 380 miles. I dont believe my engine is making a 200 mile to a tank difference.

2 completely different trucks. different motors, one is a quad cab, etc.

[Breecher_7]

2 completely different trucks. different motors, one is a quad cab, etc.


Yeah, not really, not enough of a difference to make up for a 200 mile per tank difference. Somthing here is not right.

[SmokinRAM114]

MODEL: dodge ram 2500 QD Cab
ENGINE: 5.9L I-6 Cummins Diesel
4x4: deffently
MILES: 78,xxx
MPG's:16-17 city 20+ hwy


^^ as for the 5.3L getting 20+ i know many people who get that my friend had a regency conversion with a 4" lift and 33s and got 18 on the hwy

[88Nightmare]

hey breecher, maybe your truck sucks? lol jk. hey what the hell would I have to gain by giving you false mpg numbers? my truck does what it does, sorry yours doesnt.

[hrsp]

^ maybe you got a factory freak?lol

didnt you say you got 28mpgs in that thing once??

is it detuned??for better mileage?

[Breecher_7]

Hell I dont know man, Id like to know what im doing wrong...... Id love to get anywhere CLOSE to that kind of milage. What grade fuel do you run? What speed do you average?

[Cryptic]

MODEL: 06 Silverado 1500
ENGINE: 5.3 liter without D.O.D.
4x4: yea
MILES: just broke 24,000 today
MPG's: 16.5mpg city, 22-25mpg freeway

dude... the 4.8 L doesnt even get that


MODEL: 98 Silverado 2500 ext cab short box
ENGINE: 5.7 liter
4x4: indeed
MILES: 110,000
MPG's: 11-12 mpg city, 14-15mpg freeway

20 Gallon tank... I seem to get about 200 miles per tank with short trips where the motor never has a good chance to heat up. It's pretty bad, but its 3/4 ton so whatya gonna do

[Lash]

I think maybe somebody sucks at teh math.

[Sleeper Sierra]

model- 2000 silverado
4x4- yes
engine- 5.3
285 75 16 mud tires
3.73 gears
163000 miles
I get 15-17 between kewaskum and work
I get 19 on the higway.

[88Nightmare]

no sux0r on teh math :D

I run 87 (or whatever the regular/lowest grade is). I have a high flow filter, and open exhaust from the catback with a tom tune. I drive a good comination of freeway/city. With my current driving I get about 17mpg. Straight city, I get about 16mpg. Straight freeway its anywhere from 20-25mpg. When its really cold out I have seen 19/20mpg on the freeway, but with this warmer weather its up there around 22-25mpg. I know how to baby the throttle on the freeway, I draft behind semi's when there is a headwind, and idk what else to tell you guys

[Breecher_7]

Not that I believe this matters, but what oil do you run? I always run midgrade gas to.......

[84hurst]

Truck - '04 Silverado 1500 RST 4.8L 5spd with a Tom Tune
Miles - 39k
Drivetrain - 4x2
Gearing - 3.73
MPG - Usually 16-19 mostly highway driving. 340-360 miles per tank
big difference goin 70 mph instead of 75!!!

[Breecher_7]

Truck - '04 Silverado 1500 RST 4.8L 5spd with a Tom Tune
Miles - 39k
Drivetrain - 4x2
Gearing - 3.73
MPG - Usually 16-19 mostly highway driving. 340-360 miles per tank
big difference goin 70 mph instead of 75!!!

Does your truck have a smaller fuel tank? Mine is 26 gallons....ifyour only getting 380 to a tank thats less then 14mpg.... Im guessing its significantly smaller then mine based on the numbers.......

[84hurst]

Does your truck have a smaller fuel tank? Mine is 26 gallons....ifyour only getting 380 to a tank thats less then 14mpg.... Im guessing its significantly smaller then mine based on the numbers.......

I also have the 26 gallon tank but I don't fill up when I'm on fumes. I usually put in 18-22 gallons at a time and get about 340-360 miles on those 18-22 gallons.

[88Nightmare]

i got a 26 gallon tank. im just runnin whatever oil the manual recommends. braeger chevy changes my oil, its only $2.44 after tax for my oil change :D

[nitrous]

TRUCK: '04 Silverado 2500HD
ENGINE: 6.6L Duramax Turbo Diesel
4x4: Yes
MILES: just over 73k
MPG. 16-17.5 in the city and 20-23 on the highway while towing my car

[Prince Valiant]

I think maybe somebody sucks at teh math.Or has the "hook-onto-passing-semi-trucks" option.

[Breecher_7]

Or has the "hook-onto-passing-semi-trucks" option.

Bwahahahahaha, got one of those star wars tow cable guns huh?

[pOrk]

MODEL: Chevy K1500
ENGINE: 4.3
4x4: NO
MILES: 126,675
MPG's: 16 city, 17.5 hwy

[purpl72olds]

Truck:1996 Dodge Ram 1500
engine: 5.2L
4x4:yes with 33's and stick box
mileage:10 mpg all the time, wtf is wrong with this thing!?~

[lasttimearound]

haha, nothing is wrong with it... its just the mopar engine builders sucking at fuel economy

[Flight_740]

TRUCK: '04 Silverado 2500HD
ENGINE: 6.6L Duramax Turbo Diesel
4x4: Yes
MILES: just over 73k
MPG. 16-17.5 in the city and 20-23 on the highway while towing my car

Now thats a good enough reason to buy an oil burner right there. Thats awesome.:thumbsup

[300pny]

I got 21 once in my colorodo with the goofy straight 5 cylinder. Usually around 15ish

Mustang gets about 27 on the freeway with a strong tailwind @ 70mph. if I reset the puter and hit the gas at the same time it shows 3.8. Now thats a variable there....

[BAD LS1]

2002 Chevy S-10, 2WD, 4.3 V6 L35 H/O, A4, 4.10's, tune. 23 MPG

Waiting to get new numbers after the recently isntalled intake, headers, cat, and cat back. Should climb to 25.

[70challenger452]

haha, nothing is wrong with it... its just the mopar engine builders sucking at fuel economy

what, since when?

[Prince Valiant]

My guess is that it'd be the 33's and driving style...

not that the 94 and up rams were ever that great in the mileage dept.

I had a 97 Ram SS/T reg cab, 2WD, 5.9 liter, 3.55 gears, short-bed.

For the most part I averaged in mixed, but mostly city driving ~ 15-16mpg

Best trip was to Brainard MN and back in which I pulled down 20.5mpg. Most times in trips to MN, I'd average ~ 17-18mpg doing 70-75mph.

[84 Regal]

Hell I dont know man, Id like to know what im doing wrong...... Id love to get anywhere CLOSE to that kind of milage. What grade fuel do you run? What speed do you average?



The 5.3 get better gas mileage than the 6.0. My buddy has a 5.3 and gets 21-24 on the highway. My 2005 6.0 2500 crew cab long box only gets 15 mpg on the highway.

[84 Regal]

[QUOTE=hrsp;278270]what mpgs are you pulling with your trucks????

MODEL: 2005 chevy
ENGINE:6.0
4x4: 4x2
MILES:25000
MPG's: 12-13 city 14-15 freeway I have run all grades of gas no difference. I just use prem. when I tow I did put a cold air kit in and got 1 more mile per gallon

I try not to drive it

[Breecher_7]

The 5.3 get better gas mileage than the 6.0. My buddy has a 5.3 and gets 21-24 on the highway. My 2005 6.0 2500 crew cab long box only gets 15 mpg on the highway.


Well my truck is a 1500 crew cab short box......but it also has the H.O. 6.0 not the same 6.0 thats in your truck. 15mpg is a stretch, i dont think ill touch that....

[84 Regal]

Well my truck is a 1500 crew cab short box......but it also has the H.O. 6.0 not the same 6.0 thats in your truck. 15mpg is a stretch, i dont think ill touch that....

SAME motor just a different cam and timing curve. I know all the 6.0 get bad gas mileage. My buddy cant get better than 13 with his. I am going to put 29" tires on mine just to see if i can get better mileage. Will help bring down the rpms.

[Breecher_7]

Bringing the RPM's down COULD make the gas milage worse as the engine will have to work harder to maintain speed. Ive been through that game before..... I will re-gear before I increase tire size. In my oppinion the way the trans is geared, even with mere 265's, the 4.10s are not enough....

[88Nightmare]

Bringing the RPM's down COULD make the gas milage worse as the engine will have to work harder to maintain speed. Ive been through that game before..... I will re-gear before I increase tire size. In my oppinion the way the trans is geared, even with mere 265's, the 4.10s are not enough....

bigger tires will hurt fuel mileage.

[Breecher_7]

yeah, that was the point I was trying to make...

[88Nightmare]

werd, although smaller tires will make the engine rev higher, causing more fuel consumption, so changing tires isnt a be all end all to fix your fuel mileage. go drive a miata if you cant handle it (not directed at you breecher, just a general statement)