I was just wondering since i am getting around 12.4 with gas how can i improve it. I know that with an exhaust and intake i can get better gas milage but how much like 1mpg more? or 2. since then i would need to know if it is really worth spending more money on intake and exhaust if it doesnt really help my fuel problem. also im planning on getting a trunk cover does that also help fuel mileage. I do try and keep my foot out of it. so just wondering if they are really cost benefit upgrades.

 

real fuel mileage improvment begins at the rear end and tranny....with this being a HD truck I would guess you got some pretty low gearing in the rear end......but then you get into computer reprograms and all that...sometimes a simple tune up will help alot.......air filter and plugs n wires

 

Yeah i was thinking about going with a CAI and a magnaflow exhaust and idnt know how much mpg that would improve. would it be like 2mpg more or like maybe just one. also could i change my gearing to help get better gas?

 

it might help alittle but not enough to matter

 

Do like I do and let the wife drive it...lol Let her flip the gas bill for a week or month or 2...lol It saved me quite a bit since she drove it to the park and ride parking lot.

 

yeah im a 20 year old college student so the wife thing wont work for me but good idea lol. Im just trying to figure out wut i can do a friend of mine said he got 3mpg more when he put a bed cover on his dodge ram so i figue that i might as well just get that and the cai and the exhaust and see if i cant pull 15 out of this beast lol...

 

also would the tb bypass help improve the gas milage and a spacer i saw i think it was tb spacer or sumting?

 

OK. Everyone forgot the main mileage improver. The only one that is 100% guaranteed to work. I can't believe yall forgot this. Driving habits. I'll tell you again, Driving habits. Get your foot off that gas pedal! Keep the rpms below 2000 when possible. And it is always possible. I do it all the time. 70 for me is almost 2000 rpm in my 1998. I get 19 mpg pretty regularly. I'm also a college student and I'm 19. So don't say college students can't drive like grandpas. If you do straight city driving, you're pretty much screwed, though.

 

Word.

 

yeah I forgot about that becouse I assumed that was common sence.....but we all know what happens when we assume.....right??????? my bad!!!!!!