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Old 02-19-2012, 11:28 PM
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First trip with new mods.

We'll i just got back from my first trip with all the mods i have done. I use to get about 14.5 per gallon with my 4 door 4x4.
Now after installing the 4"exhaust, 6637, gauges and DP tuner i got to take it on a road trip. I tried My 60 and 80 eco tunes.
I ran from my house in Oxnard to Barstow with another stop in between. it was a 170 miles. I filled up an empty tank here in Oxnard 25 gallons. drove at 70 mph and in barstow, I could only get in 9.5 gallons. This was on the 80 hp tune

170 / 9.5 = 17.894 MPG, At 70 MPH. That was with climbing up the 15 cajon pass.

Then i drove to Dumont to race my Quad i had in the bed with my gear. Drove around in the sand to make bathroom runs.

At the end of the day i drove back to barstow and got fuel at the same place. I drove between 80 and 85 mph in a head wind.
I could only get 15 gallons in. 212 / 15 = 14.13 MPG. At 83 MPH. That was with driving in the sand for about 10 miles.

Then drove back to oxnard to the same fuel station and topped off.
I could only get 9.3 gallons in. the drive back was 159 miles. 159 / 9.3 = 17.096

On this trip, 9 hrs of driving and 7 hrs playing. it was an 18 hr round trip day...
541 miles with 33.8 gallons used. works out to an over all of 16.000 MPG.

Not too bad for a 4x4 with a bike and gear in the back, when i was getting 14.5 Without the power and performance before
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 12:44 AM
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Glad to here it worked out for you. Not everybody gets that kind of resoults. Let us know when you run it 500 miles straight to see what you get back to back.

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Old 02-20-2012, 07:28 AM
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Looks like you got it dialed in, good job.
 
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