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Dec 3, 2008 | 11:21 PM

welder79

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460?

Just sold my '05 duramax and have found a 96 cab chassis f350 with a 460. The duramax was a crew cab 4x4 dually with an allison auto and never got good fuel economy. The 96 is a 2wd with a 5spd tranny. I know gears have a factor, and a chassis cab will probably have at least 4.10 but should I at least be able to pull off 10mpg empty?....I think I have given up on diesels.....just don't want a 5mpg truck.

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Dec 3, 2008 | 11:25 PM

bigrigfixer

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10 mpg isn't too far off. I saw a link the other day about a 460 getting 14 or 15 mpg, but they really had to work for it.

Dec 3, 2008 | 11:30 PM

Old93junk

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Im getting 11/12 mpg with my 460, with a e4od. you should get SLIGHTLY better w/ 5spd.

Dec 3, 2008 | 11:46 PM

gweeds

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5mpg on the duramax... something wrong there...

But yes, you can usually top 10mpg with the 460. With a 50-50 mix of city-highway driving, I pull off about 11-ish average.

Dec 4, 2008 | 09:23 AM

BAD351W

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Originally Posted by welder79

10 is easily within reach. 5 on a duramax? Were you towing 10,000 pounds all the time with it to get that number?

Dec 4, 2008 | 09:25 AM

welder79

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Wasn't getting 5 in the duramax, but going from diesel to gas I don't want to get 5 in the gas.

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Dec 4, 2008 | 09:34 AM

BAD351W

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Ohhhh, now I got ya. Yeah you will definitely get more than 5 with a 460.

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