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You can always go with higher gears, if you're really willing to touch the diff.
Make sure it's timmed just right, electric fan/fuel/water pumps can add up to a little gain, as well as keeping you're foot out of it.
You can always get a gear splitter to turn your 4 speed into a 8 speed..
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Not recomending any one thing. Just tossing out ideas. I never got better than 10 myself, but my engine turned out to be in BAD shape. I just had it rebuilt, and I've put 70 miles on it so far, but haven't measured gas mileage yet..
Make sure it's timmed just right, electric fan/fuel/water pumps can add up to a little gain, as well as keeping you're foot out of it.
You can always get a gear splitter to turn your 4 speed into a 8 speed..
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Not recomending any one thing. Just tossing out ideas. I never got better than 10 myself, but my engine turned out to be in BAD shape. I just had it rebuilt, and I've put 70 miles on it so far, but haven't measured gas mileage yet..
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Well if you live in a cold area this time of year 10 is the best your goign to get out of it driving like a granny...Thats what i'm getting on 87 and 93 i'm getting 10.7...If you get a chip on these trucks it seems to decrease the mileage not increase it..And if you get tires you need them to be tall and narrow...
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You could get a vacumn gauge for your truck. The last few weeks I have been driving based on my vacumn reading instead of the tach. Aparrently for my setup, OD wastes more gas at speeds of 60mph or below. I have been using 4th gear everywhere but the freeway and my MPG went from 8 to 10.5.
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Originally Posted by Sycostang67
You could get a vacumn gauge for your truck. The last few weeks I have been driving based on my vacumn reading instead of the tach. Aparrently for my setup, OD wastes more gas at speeds of 60mph or below. I have been using 4th gear everywhere but the freeway and my MPG went from 8 to 10.5.
I also installed a vacuum gauge in my truck a month or too ago and found out the same thing...I always thought lower rpm's=better fuel encomy...
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Vacuum is a good indication of load, and the less load on the motor the better milage it will get. Lightest load will not be obtained at lowest rpm but at the rpm where the vacuum signal is highest for any particular gear. Vehicle weight, gearing and aerodynamics all play a role here, and the minimum load needed to maintain speed in each gear will increase. On level ground you should be able to quickly determine what the optimal speed for milage is, it will be the highest speed the vehicle maintains with the highest vacuum signal(= lightest throttle input).
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Vacuum is a good indication of load, and the less load on the motor the better milage it will get. Lightest load will not be obtained at lowest rpm but at the rpm where the vacuum signal is highest for any particular gear. Vehicle weight, gearing and aerodynamics all play a role here, and the minimum load needed to maintain speed in each gear will increase. On level ground you should be able to quickly determine what the optimal speed for milage is, it will be the highest speed the vehicle maintains with the highest vacuum signal(= lightest throttle input).
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Originally Posted by Big_Man_Brad
I also installed a vacuum gauge in my truck a month or too ago and found out the same thing...I always thought lower rpm's=better fuel encomy...
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Have a '83 F250 4x4 with 460 bored .030 over with 750 holley headers with 3" exhaust into muffer with 2.5 out with 3.55 rear gear best has been 13 on intersate and 11 to 12 in country city driving
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yah the other thing to remember here is that the 460 is a work horse. No matter what you do it is 460ci the best millage I have ever heard of was one that our ranch had that got 14 all of the time(stock set up). If you are looking for fuel economy sell your truck and get a car, I realize every little bit helps but its a horse that gets thirsty. With my 460 I dont even try and calculate mpg i calculate % of a tank to an hour. It gets 30mins to a quarter tank if im on the highway, in town, idling, or bumping along in the hills. And thats my rant for the night
