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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 10:45 AM
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Injectors???
I am toying around with the idea of getting my injectors rebuilt and upgraded to stage 1 - 160cc. My only concern is that I am going to college in the fall and not really looking to screw my mileage, I'm getting about 17 right now, will bigger injectors lower my fuel economy?
 
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 03:18 PM
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Do you have a tuner or a chip currently?

Rule of thumb with injectors; if you use them, i.e. demand more fuel than stock would provide, you'll lose mpg. An efficient injector combined with grandpa driving can yield gains though.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 03:21 PM
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I have the ts 6, I have learned how to drive like a grandpa and if I drive mainly at around 55 mph on country roads. I have seen 21.5 mpg on the 75 hp tune.
 
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If you go around ripping everywhere you'll lose mpg, you'll stay the same if you drive sensibly, and may even pick up a little over a work out set of stockers.

Trans won't like it much if it's an auto.
 
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It's an automatic but has triple disc tc and upgraded valve body so it should be able to handle it.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2018 | 06:38 PM
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It's an automatic but has triple disc tc and upgraded valve body so it should be able to handle it.

Dont plan on it
 
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Brad
Dont plan on it
What’s that mean? You are scaring me lol.
 
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What’s that mean? You are scaring me lol.
A TC and valve body will NOT hold the power for long at all
 
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But if I don’t drive an idiot it should be okay right? I usually try to keep it under 2000 rpms just to save $. I was going to get bigger injectors because they need to be rebuilt and I figured I might as well upgrade while I’m doing it.
 
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But if I don’t drive an idiot it should be okay right? I usually try to keep it under 2000 rpms just to save $. I was going to get bigger injectors because they need to be rebuilt and I figured I might as well upgrade while I’m doing it.

Power and torque are just that. and with a diesel, most of it is generated at lower RPMs
 
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