Increasing mileage
More Turbo
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From: Nampa, ID
Until i got my custom tunes (takes a couple days AFTER your tuner comes in the mail) i ran the canned "street" tune. The perf-eco tune gives more power than the street tune, but about the same or maybe a bit less than the SCT "performance" tune, but is way less smoky. It smokes about the same or a tad less than "street". They have it set to get great fuel economy for normal driving and go nuts when you punch it. I love the way that tune drives.
Their tow tune works great too. MPT's pretty good with their transmission tuning. I'm not trying to sound like an advertisement here, but i really like the tunes. Their "Bazooka" tune is crazy powerful for having stock injectors, but makes one hell of a smoke show. I only ran that one for a day. Too smoky for my preference.
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OK, I figured I should post an update. I have ran a few more tanks of fuel which should have given the truck time to learn the tune and I have began the granny treatment of the skinny pedal (except for a handful of times where I couldn't help myself of course) and have gotten the mpg up to around 14.5. For me with my truck setup(lift, tires, about 1,000 lbs of random accessories), I am happy with that. I wasn't able to do much about weight reduction because every ounce of weight on the truck is usually important for something or another so I just had to go with less passengers. I am rather certain I could get 15mpg consistently if it wasn't for my right foot spasms 
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