best mods for more mpgs
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03-06-2012
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#14
03-06-2012
no tailgate in city --> weight is key
tailgate on highway --> aerdynamics
civic in city 28mpg
grayhound bus in city 10mpg
civic highway 35 mpg
grayhound highway 30 mpg
@OP - less revs, dont drive if you can avoid it, skinnier tires if at all possible, reduce weight (remove jump seats, tailgate etc), cruise windows down A/C gobbles gas. run lighter oil and keep on top of maintenance, increase effeciency of combustion so less fuel needs to be burned ((sparks, wires, injectors, seafoam etc))).
tailgate on highway --> aerdynamics
civic in city 28mpg
grayhound bus in city 10mpg
civic highway 35 mpg
grayhound highway 30 mpg
@OP - less revs, dont drive if you can avoid it, skinnier tires if at all possible, reduce weight (remove jump seats, tailgate etc), cruise windows down A/C gobbles gas. run lighter oil and keep on top of maintenance, increase effeciency of combustion so less fuel needs to be burned ((sparks, wires, injectors, seafoam etc))).
#15
03-06-2012
I avg. 19 with my 02 edge 4x4 3.0 5spd reg cab (4.10s in the front and rear ftw). Just done all routine maintence and it helped out alot. Plugs and wires, new coil, fuel filter, air filter, and all fluids changed, I'm probably forgetting something.
Thats with 15in steel wheels and 31x10.50 at tires and 95% highway miles, shifting around 2500rpm.
Thats with 15in steel wheels and 31x10.50 at tires and 95% highway miles, shifting around 2500rpm.
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03-07-2012
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#17
03-07-2012
I hate the tailgate up or down discussion, and if anyone is using Mythbusters as a reference is ignorant.
Car companies used advanced modeling software to create the beds of their trucks, length, depth, etc. My dynamics professor worked for GM running that software. The key thing to remember is the bed is created a low pressure zone in the bed so when the high pressure winds come over the truck at highway speed it cannot dive into the bed and make the truck heavier
There is much more to the discussion than that, but I don't time right now to get into it all.
Car companies used advanced modeling software to create the beds of their trucks, length, depth, etc. My dynamics professor worked for GM running that software. The key thing to remember is the bed is created a low pressure zone in the bed so when the high pressure winds come over the truck at highway speed it cannot dive into the bed and make the truck heavier
There is much more to the discussion than that, but I don't time right now to get into it all.
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03-18-2012
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03-18-2012
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I hate the tailgate up or down discussion, and if anyone is using Mythbusters as a reference is ignorant.
Car companies used advanced modeling software to create the beds of their trucks, length, depth, etc. My dynamics professor worked for GM running that software. The key thing to remember is the bed is created a low pressure zone in the bed so when the high pressure winds come over the truck at highway speed it cannot dive into the bed and make the truck heavier
There is much more to the discussion than that, but I don't time right now to get into it all.
Car companies used advanced modeling software to create the beds of their trucks, length, depth, etc. My dynamics professor worked for GM running that software. The key thing to remember is the bed is created a low pressure zone in the bed so when the high pressure winds come over the truck at highway speed it cannot dive into the bed and make the truck heavier
There is much more to the discussion than that, but I don't time right now to get into it all.
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03-18-2012
