MPG OVER HERE
Post Fiend
Joined: Oct 2002
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worth saying agin, nothing has a better return on investment than driving style moderation...
$400 tuners will take years to pay back @ 1 mpg,
while a 2x4 under your accelerator peddle will improve your mpg right away
but I do love my tuned 6oh !!!
$400 tuners will take years to pay back @ 1 mpg,
while a 2x4 under your accelerator peddle will improve your mpg right away
but I do love my tuned 6oh !!!
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2010
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From: Milwaukee, WI
So I ran the numbers to justify this to myself.
Assumptions:
9 mpg before changes
$3 per gallon of gas
Gain of 1 mpg to make it 10 mpg
A tuner to gain the 1 mpg at a cost of $400
-would take 13,000 miles or 32.5 fill ups (40 gal) to break even
Ultra Gauge at $60 to help modify acceleration behavior to gain 1 mpg
-would take 2,000 miles or 5 fill ups (40 gal) to break even
I'm gonna buy me an Ultragauge to get started and then a tuner once the ultra gauge is "paid for"
I love justifying it with the numbers!
Assumptions:
9 mpg before changes
$3 per gallon of gas
Gain of 1 mpg to make it 10 mpg
A tuner to gain the 1 mpg at a cost of $400
-would take 13,000 miles or 32.5 fill ups (40 gal) to break even
Ultra Gauge at $60 to help modify acceleration behavior to gain 1 mpg
-would take 2,000 miles or 5 fill ups (40 gal) to break even
I'm gonna buy me an Ultragauge to get started and then a tuner once the ultra gauge is "paid for"
I love justifying it with the numbers!
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From: Media PA
Remember the U-G doesn't actually make the changes, thats up to you and your right foot!
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Flat Rock, MI
Previous to the Ultra-Guage install I was seeing 11MPG tanks (hand calculated, I keep a notebook, my XLT doesn't have a Lie-O-Meter) Now with the U-G taking care of the flight engineer duties I am seeing 12.5MPG tanks, and it's been colder with it than before it, so I'm hoping to see even better when/if the weather ever warms up. The most interesting improvement I've found is watching the "Absolute throttle position %" and how just lifting about 1 or 2 % while cruising on the highway will net a pretty decent (3 to 5) instant MPG increase, with almost no loss of speed. Watching the guage will also convince you to NOT use Cruise Control.........
Remember the U-G doesn't actually make the changes, thats up to you and your right foot!
Remember the U-G doesn't actually make the changes, thats up to you and your right foot!
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From: Media PA
I'm seeing the increase on both, the U-G is still reporting just a little high, I haven't "calibrated" it yet using highway mileposts and/or actual gas pumped at fill ups, so it's reporting full tanks (39-41 gallons at fill ups) at .5 MPG higher than my hand calculated MPG. When I parked it at work tonight it was showing 12.9 MPG, it was at 13.3 before the wife had it for the day yesterday. That always drops the average!
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From: Seal beach
Well I just bought an Ultra-Gage. I have been checking my mileage "10% short" based on a Garmin GPS and with the V10 2wd, 3.73 gears and 35 wheels with a 4 inch lift I am getting 11.2 around town and close to 16 on freeway trips. I am anxious to try this out and post improvements.
Bob
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