no gas mileage
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no gas mileage
have 1989 dodge ram 100 has holly injection on it 67000 orignal miles but it only geys 10 miles to a gal need help new plug wires dist cap rotor plugs new tires 10 miles 2 gal is all @55 or 70 need help dave kelso [email protected]
#2
I have a bone stock 97 Ram 1500 4wd that barely gets 12mpg. Also a 2003 Dodge Durango with a cold air intake kit and cat-back exhaust. It barely gets 15mpg on a perfect day. What you have is not out of the ordinary.
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#3
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want gas milage, buy a small car with a 4 banger. want power drive a v8.nothing i got gets better than 10 and a couple get about 6 but damn its fun to drive them. now my wife has a new hemi in her 300 and man that thing is fast. and she get aroud ,hell i dont know and dont care its a HEMI!!!
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i get better then that in my 1989 surburban with a 350ci and mine weights 6k pounds with out all my tools and stuff :shock:
check your brake and E-brake to make sure you not getting any drag and you can check your ai cleaner
check your brake and E-brake to make sure you not getting any drag and you can check your ai cleaner
#5
Driving habits and type of driving has a huge effect on fuel economy. I had a mid 90s Escort 5 speed beater car a couple of years ago that I could only get around 23-24 mpg out of. I live 1.5 miles from the shop so most of the time the car didn't quite get warmed up. I sold it to my brother and he was working a construction job that was over 60 miles each way. He got almost 40 mpg running 80 mph.
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now im not nocking dodge but my 74 trailduster got 5-7 my moms 84 2wd ram charger got about 10-11 car lot i worked at every dodge we had (truck wise) never got better then 12 and that includes the dakotas and darangos with any v8 its just a dodge thing a buddy back in ia had a 2001 ram quad cab 7-10 only good thing is that mpg usually dont change loaded or not up hill down hill head wind tail wind any thing but thats been my exp
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Originally Posted by dragonmaster093
now im not nocking dodge but my 74 trailduster got 5-7 my moms 84 2wd ram charger got about 10-11 car lot i worked at every dodge we had (truck wise) never got better then 12 and that includes the dakotas and darangos with any v8 its just a dodge thing a buddy back in ia had a 2001 ram quad cab 7-10 only good thing is that mpg usually dont change loaded or not up hill down hill head wind tail wind any thing but thats been my exp
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