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Does 11.3 sound right for my truck? I get that loaded or empty, towing or not, highway or city.
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Are you going by what the over head says and are you reseting it after every fill up? I'm getting 12 turning 33 inch tires w/ 3.73 gears.
Lee '04 2500 QC LB 4X4    |
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"Mark" Vice President NY Chapter Truck of the Month November 2008  |
Doesn't sound right to me especially since you have a 1500 with MDS. I'm getting between 13 and 14 with my moose. I'd expect you'd get 14-18ish even with your Mega Cab.
. It is not until you understand what you do not know that the learning process starts. ~ Me Mark, a.k.a. MDSBigPaPa My Car Domain garage: http://www.cardomain.com/id/MDSBigPaPa            April 1, 1990 |
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"Phil" Treasurer Texas Chapter  |
NO MDS on 1500 Mega Cabs. Same truck/frame/rear end as the 2500's, and uses the 545 tranny. ____________________________________________________________________________ 06'-Ram-Hemi-Pearl Black-Magnaflow-AEM CAI-Diablo CMR Tuned By Mike W. @ tuningsuperstore.com 06'-Magnum R/T-Hemi-Pearl Black-Magnaflow-Diablo Tuned Ram in Action        Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you.... Jesus Christ and the American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. |
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"Mark" President NH/VT Chapter  |
I don't get it guys? I'm getting 15-18 around town and 18-22 on the highway. I don't have MDS. Are you guys babying it to much? I drive mine like I stole it all the time. Now that's not the over the head thing thats hand calculated. Just last fill up for the week 143 miles / 7.204 gal = 19.8495 at $3.609 = $26.00
former 03 QC 2500 owner, 2007 SLT QC 2500 H/D Crystal Pearl Blue/tow package,Snow Chief plow package w/Fisher 4 way SS plow/Superchips/Ravin custom cat-back/3rd Strike CAI/Power Wire/Jet Stream Air Scoop/Plasmaglow Fire & Ice/TomTom GPS/p windows/p driver seat/heated,p mirrors/p steps/p locks/Wade ventvisors/Mobil 1 5w20/Buckstop rear bumper w/backup lights/Alpine Stereo/Alum. Wheels/Fog lamps/under rail bedliner/more to come "Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth". " Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow"         |
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"Brian" Secretary, AZ Chapter  |
Same here and no MDS, no overhead thingy and I like to cruise at 75MPH on the freeway... You all with the low mileage have problems. As for me, about the only way I can improve my mileage is by getting those tuned headers that are being offered in the other thread here, and my guess is that will be a substantial increase in both mileage and performance!!! Duane went out of his way to get the offer for us, and now all we need to do is get enough of us to commit to the headers. This offer is going to dry up and blow away if enough of us don't jump on it pretty soon... If you don't trust us with our guns, why should we trust you with our government? White 2004 RAM 2500 Heavyduty ST Longbed. Check out my ride! (3/1/09) WANTED: Tuned long tube headers and heavy duty traction bars...         Your ad posted here! PM me for rates!      |
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I have under 8k miles on mine, and have gone from 10.9 to 11.6 hand calculated so far. I am betting that highway mileage is ALOT better than this, I just need an excuse for a long highway run with no trailer on to see.
2006 Dodge Ram SLT 2500 4x4 Regular Cab **HEMI** Kore Leveling Kit Bilstein 5100's on all corners Mopar Fuel door Aeroforce Interceptor Gauge SRT-10 single pod pillar Mobile 1 5w-20 |
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"Mark" Vice President NY Chapter Truck of the Month November 2008 |
Come on over to the GTG at Mopars in the Valley...  6 days and counting! See NY Chapter for details.  . It is not until you understand what you do not know that the learning process starts. ~ Me Mark, a.k.a. MDSBigPaPa My Car Domain garage: http://www.cardomain.com/id/MDSBigPaPa April 1, 1990 |
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"Mark" President NH/VT Chapter |
rentalguy1
Yes!  These truck are so dam heavy it takes allot to get them moving and I found put the pedal to the floor on take off and you get to speed and let off to maintain. Figured that out with the 2003 I had. When i first had it I babied it and got sh!t for mileage and found a thread that talked about "drive it like you stole it" and my truck(03) started to get much better mileage and just keep it up with the new one.former 03 QC 2500 owner, 2007 SLT QC 2500 H/D Crystal Pearl Blue/tow package,Snow Chief plow package w/Fisher 4 way SS plow/Superchips/Ravin custom cat-back/3rd Strike CAI/Power Wire/Jet Stream Air Scoop/Plasmaglow Fire & Ice/TomTom GPS/p windows/p driver seat/heated,p mirrors/p steps/p locks/Wade ventvisors/Mobil 1 5w20/Buckstop rear bumper w/backup lights/Alpine Stereo/Alum. Wheels/Fog lamps/under rail bedliner/more to come "Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth". " Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow" |
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I put a few miles on mine today driving it to Indy on I-70 and noticed a difference just watching my gas gauge. I reset the overhead just to see and it was showing 2 mpg's better than what it normally reads. I got it to hit 16 at one point. The 3.73's w/ 33's don't really help much either. I don't do a lot of city driving; driving on the back roads is what kills mine.
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we have to take into consideration that I live in a mountainous area, and my driving is evenly split between in town driving, and a round trip of roughly 8 miles on a four lane. One direction on the 4 lane has a mile long hill climb, but the majority of it is flat since it's in a valley.
I drove it harder this week than usual, like you guys said, and I let it go a little further than usual too. I usually fill up at half a tank, but I let her get down to a quarter tank this time. My mileage was down to 1085 mpg this time  I guess it is what it is. If I was worried about mileage I would have bought a Prius. Funny, thing...a Prius parked in front of me in a parking lot the other day. For a brief moment I considered just driving over it...I mean, they are really nothing more than a speed bump, right?  |
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"Mark" President NH/VT Chapter |
Same here on the mountains (Green Mountain State ). Also you may not be broken in yet. And spainy79 with that set up you are right not going to happen. Like you said if I was looking for mileage I would have bought a Prius NOT . If I did buy one I would need a crane and a bulldozer just to get out of that thing! It's a truck for goodness sake. I just have a little better mileage then some. Till I put the plow on. former 03 QC 2500 owner, 2007 SLT QC 2500 H/D Crystal Pearl Blue/tow package,Snow Chief plow package w/Fisher 4 way SS plow/Superchips/Ravin custom cat-back/3rd Strike CAI/Power Wire/Jet Stream Air Scoop/Plasmaglow Fire & Ice/TomTom GPS/p windows/p driver seat/heated,p mirrors/p steps/p locks/Wade ventvisors/Mobil 1 5w20/Buckstop rear bumper w/backup lights/Alpine Stereo/Alum. Wheels/Fog lamps/under rail bedliner/more to come "Friendship is like peeing your pants, everyone can see it, but only you can feel the true warmth". " Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers What you do today, might Burn Your Ass Tomorrow" |
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4 low and pushin' snow! Lee '04 2500 QC LB 4X4 |
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Been averaging 13-14 in mixed driving with mine, haven't had any highway trips with it empty yet but have seen anywhere from 10-14 towing an open 18' trailer with a car on it depending on speed and weather.
Monitoring mpg on a few 60-70 mile local trips where the truck has been empty I've seen 17-19mpg. That's cruising around 55-60 on the hwy. I get 36mpg on 87 octane driving to and from work, but that's in my beater Neon  The ram usually only comes out to play on the weekends when there is stuff to haul or tow.05' 2500 SLT Quad Cab 4x4 SB 6spd |
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