98chevyz71
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My trucks struggling to get 9MPG no matter how I drive it
Something must be wrong
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I'm on tapatalk at the moment. Can't see sigs...
My trucks struggling to get 9MPG no matter how I drive it
Something must be wrong
In love with this truck man... I'm going for the same idea with my '94 Z71.
Plan on mine is to do the OEM style fender flares colormatched white and then do an offset rim with wide/shorty tires on a 20" rim. I want the tires to sit right under the fender flare.
What kind of fuel mileage are you seeing and whats your driving style? I'm trying to figure out how to make my mileage better but its proving difficult.
Thanks man!
Thank you! I like it a lot how she is now, I would like spacers in the rear, but it is ok.
well I acg about 14.2mpg in the city to and from work, like 11 stoplights and under 55mph, no a/c running. On the highway running 72 mph, with some gear and the a/c I do about 17-18 mpg.
I have all the normal tbi mods, adjustable fuel pressure regulator, FastChip chip, bit shorter tires, 3.73's, UD pulley, advanced timing, modded stock air intake. Nothing crazy, I baby it most times, but run it hard some days too.
In love with this truck man... I'm going for the same idea with my '94 Z71.
Plan on mine is to do the OEM style fender flares colormatched white and then do an offset rim with wide/shorty tires on a 20" rim. I want the tires to sit right under the fender flare.
What kind of fuel mileage are you seeing and whats your driving style? I'm trying to figure out how to make my mileage better but its proving difficult.
Thanks man!
Wow. A lot better mileage than mine. My truck has all the TBI mods except the adjustable regulator and I don't have a fuel pressure gauge inline yet. How're you liking the chip? I'm not sure where to go for a chip. My trucks timing is advanced, 3.73s, UDs in the future and I flipped the lid on my intake during the summer.
I used to baby it because I figured it got bad enough fuel mileage as it is... but then one day I filled it up and decided to romp on her all day and she got almost identical mileage, so Im not sure whats going on. She runs around 65-70 degrees C (150F) with an aftermarket Rad and a brand new (maybe defective?) thermostat in her. Maybe if she ran closer to 90C (195F) she'd start to run with better mileage? Just looking for places to start.
Truck has a full tune-up, relatively new dist cap, new wires, new ACDelco plugs, timing has been put to stock and re-advanced multiple times, trying to figure it out.
I noticed the return fuel line has a small twist in it by the TB, I'm wondering if maybe thats contributing..
Anyway, enough with my hijack!
I look forward to seeing where your truck goes and if I ever have questions when I get around to lowering mine, I'll probably PM you! lol
What brand of lowering kit did you go with? Belltech hangers and shackles in the rear and torsion keys up front?
I dunno what the brand options are.