97 Powerstroke Mileage
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I have a 1995 same truck (you don't say 2 or 4 wheel drive, mine is 2 wheel) and since Setember of 2000 (@ 69,000 miles) I have averaged 18.11 MPG mostly unloaded/not towing about 50/50 interstate and surface roads. I do not drive for economy - I run with the faster half of traffic.
Hope this gives you something to go on.
I have 3:55 gears, am running 255/85 x 16 tires and have an aluminum cap. I have a homebuilt back bumper that adds around 350 lbs over stock and run an aluminum cab height cap on the bed. Scale weight full of fuel, me in it (285#) - steer 3420 drive 3160 gvw 6580
Dave / Believer45
Hope this gives you something to go on.
I have 3:55 gears, am running 255/85 x 16 tires and have an aluminum cap. I have a homebuilt back bumper that adds around 350 lbs over stock and run an aluminum cab height cap on the bed. Scale weight full of fuel, me in it (285#) - steer 3420 drive 3160 gvw 6580
Dave / Believer45
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I have a 97 crewcab, 4x4, auto with 3.55 gears. Every thing is stock. I get 26 mpg on the highway empty. That drops down to around 20 mpg when I pull quads or sleds. I drive nice, use my cruise and let the truck work. I dont know why my truck gets so much better mpgs than most of the posts I see but Im not complaining. I am also not full of b.s. That is honest mpgs, empty and loaded.
Ed
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Ed the outdoorsman said:
Since you live in Canada, Ed, are you using Imperial gallons in your calculations? They're 25% larger than a US gallon, so your mileage should be 25% higher, too. That would explain why your mpg is so much higher than most other people.
I have a 97 crewcab, 4x4, auto with 3.55 gears. Every thing is stock. I get 26 mpg on the highway empty. That drops down to around 20 mpg when I pull quads or sleds. I drive nice, use my cruise and let the truck work. I dont know why my truck gets so much better mpgs than most of the posts I see but Im not complaining. I am also not full of b.s. That is honest mpgs, empty and loaded.
Ed
Ed
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Hey Quadzilla, thats interesting about the difference in us and imperial. I will do some checking and see if thats the difference. I wish everywhere I go is downhill both ways overtime ranchero. It's all metric stuff up here but some how X amount of km's to the litre just doesn't sound as good as MPG. If my little brain does not explode figuring this out I will let you know what I found out. I hate math, still to this day.
Ed
Ed
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