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What's the best way to get better fuel milage on these things? Not really looking for a bunch of power just bad ass milage .

best thing i did for my stroker was cut out the cat and muffler.

Im asking about the D-MAX`s. My buddy just bought an 03 crew cab 4x4 2500 for his work truck and he drives all over the place as much as I do(2k-3k a week). just wondering how to get the best milage.

best way people get mileage around here is either get a ford 7.3 and throw an economy chip in it, around 18-19 or sacrifice all the power and reliability of the ford and buy a 02-04 dodge 5.9 put an economy chip in it and get around 20 or so. everyone i know with a chevy dirtymax gets around 12-14, but all of these numbers are with some hard throttle and hills and pulling trailers

It really is sad that the new trucks get less MPG than the oldies...

My 95 12v cummins got 23mpg on my FIRST tank of owning it (lots of smoke). That's sayin something!

my lb7 is gettin 24 on the highway with a 4 in turbo back and flash paq set on mileage xs..thats with 33 in tires and a level kit..


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my dmax was geting 21 on hwy and around 18 in town stock i put the edge evo in and it seemed to help a little but still cant complain. These are 3/4 or 1 ton ton trucks anything over 18 is pretty good to me.

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PPE Programmer will help you add a few mpg.

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Helped with my MPG!
Ps i just haven't updated my sig

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my lb7 gets between 19-24 mpg highway, and 10-12 city, ranchhand front bumper, banks intake and exaust, ppe economy tuner, 265 75r 16 firestone transforce at's, tough country leveling kit, even with bad injectors.

For serious milage try look into this. Gearing, do be carefull tho to high of gearing will ruin transmissions. Tires, Lowest rolling resistance possible brand tires are needed. Areo dynamics, You might want to look into a tanoue .05% increase is allot. Tuning! PPE or EFI live software. Demetri Milard (Diesel Power Chanlange winner) used tuning to get excellent fuel econmy on a 1000+hp Duramax! Driving style! might have to change it for fuell ecconomy gains.

Two sites to look into:
You can then track your progress with this site:This if your serious in getting some decent gains in fuel ecconmy. my information might be overkill but you can get some good insite to do some of this. should be no problem getting close to 28mpg with some change in driving habits and mild tuning.

mine gets about 22 or so and its got 5inch lift 35's and 4inch exhaust and a edge juice

The easiest way to increase mpg is to change driving habits.

Let of the pedal and decrease your cruising speed.
Above 50 mph wind resistance increases per square. So if you want to gain mpg stay below.
Avoid rapid accelerating and braking. Rollout in front a traffic light and use the momentum to accelerate.

Simply drive like a grandma.

- Inflate your tires to maxium allowed pressure.
- Kick away those AT's and get pure street tires.
- Avoid to drive with open windows or A/C.
- Dissassemble unused accessories.

Decreasing weight in a truck?
Wold work in a passenger car but a truck is already to heavy and has a shape like a brick.

Height:
According to the Bosch automotive technical handbook a decrease of riding height of 1" lowers wind resistance by 2% - neglectable...
(wind resistance is not fuel consumption in this case!)

internal engine resistance:
friction is a major problem. use of synthetics lowers friction by 2%- neglectable if you go for decreased fuel consumption, because syns are way more expensive and will eat up the fuel savings.