sounds like something is wrong with his truck, everyone I know with the
duramax gets better mileage than that. Oh wait, his is a 1 ton, it will
get less by nature. In that case, 17 is pretty good.
Mike Canfield wrote:
A good friend of mine has a Duramax...An 05 1 ton 4x4, bone stock. Lucky to
get 17 empty at 55mph. Chipping does nothing for the Duramax except for
burn out the catalyst. A larger exhaust has a slight gain when towing.
It's a great truck if you want more power than you could likely use but the
mileage sucks. Best mileage comes from the good old Cummins tied to a 5 spd
in the Dodges. Although my choice of engines is still the 7.3 Powersmoke.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith, Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel Pickups
Hello Jim,
I seem to remember hearing about with the newer Duramax trucks and some
"chip" manufacturers claiming that you could bring the truck for low 20's
to high 20's. I don't know how it would work but I guess that it could
change fuel delivery and timing and reduce horsepower by a considerable
margin to deliver better efficiency.
It is probably sold in the snake-oil counter of your local FLAPS. :)
Todd Smith '85 300CD 248K
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Cathey
I have only heard of 'chipping' in conjunction with getting
more power, never for better economy. Seems to me that if it
were that easy to get better mileage the maker would have already
done it. (Versus trading off engine longevity for increased
power.)
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