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| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 03/16/2009 : 22:07:31
Ok, a guy i know has basicly the same truck as mine but with a automatic trany. It's a 2004 3500 4x4 dually. He has the banks Ram-Air intake, Techni-Cooler intercooler, High-Ram intake manifold, Six-Gun Tuner, with 5" straight pipe. He claims he is getting 30 to 35 mpg unloaded and 25 to 30 loaded with a 4.10 rearend. I find that hard to belive. With the setup i have I am geting 20 unloaded. Im sure all that helps but 35????
I know it's pricey but if it really gets 35 it is worth it.
Anybody getting 35 out of there 3500 dually with a 4.10????? |
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| Chris_T |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 12:25:20
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Originally posted by wyodiesel
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Originally posted by Chris_T
wyodiesel, I'm not a fan of the boost bolts, they are far too easy to break off. Yes the work great if you don't break them.
I am sure that the hose barb can be sheared off easy but I have not had any problems with the boost bolt, just the hose splitting from the hose pulling against it or slipping off. I got a heavier hose from Geno's and have not had a problem since. I have ports in my intake horn if I wanted to get the boost signal from there.
my experience was completely diff, one broke before it was screwed all the way down, then the 2nd broke as I snugged it up. I wasn't putting much pressure on it at all either. So after that I gave up on the boost bolt and just drilled/tapped the intake elbow, worked like a charm. |
| wyodiesel |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 07:21:44
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Originally posted by Chris_T
wyodiesel, I'm not a fan of the boost bolts, they are far too easy to break off. Yes the work great if you don't break them.
I am sure that the hose barb can be sheared off easy but I have not had any problems with the boost bolt, just the hose splitting from the hose pulling against it or slipping off. I got a heavier hose from Geno's and have not had a problem since. I have ports in my intake horn if I wanted to get the boost signal from there. |
| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 04/14/2009 : 23:17:07
ha ha true |
| Chris_T |
Posted - 04/14/2009 : 11:08:04
Its an old video but.........
There's just nothing like the 5.9L
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/LLY-Overheating-Lawsuit_92219.htm |
| ferdiesdodge |
Posted - 04/14/2009 : 01:50:22
hahahah think that will convince her hahaha |
| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 04/13/2009 : 22:22:23
I know im tryin to talk her into a cummins but i don't know. I told her im not workin on the chevy, she will have to pay the shop when she breaks down |
| ferdiesdodge |
Posted - 04/13/2009 : 20:42:52
shoot i have an 01 2500 i get 22 miles a gallon on the highway and 14 pulling a 13,000 pound trailer. |
| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 04/13/2009 : 11:03:07
My 04 Dodge with 4.10 gears 6 speed. Stock exhaust stock intake with preditor programmer gets 21mpg highway. I just not a chevy fan at all. But she wants the izuzu engine |
| JSPulliam21 |
Posted - 04/13/2009 : 06:05:42
A friend of mine has an 01 DMAX, ext. cab, 4x4, 6 speed, and 20 mpg is not uncommon. If he keeps his foot out of it with the PPE, that is!!!! |
| Chris_T |
Posted - 04/13/2009 : 02:29:30
The Dmax wont do as well on fuel milage from what I understand. I know the powerchoke doesnt. |
| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 04/12/2009 : 23:12:07
lol I know he has to be full of it. My feance has a 03 4runner and she barly gets 25. She has been talkin about tradeing for a diesel. I got excited untill she told me she wanted a duramax. (she grew up a chevy girl) Im tring to talk her into a cummins but she said she likes the chevy better (said there cuter). Looks like i might have a duramax in the drive way soon. I told her she has to park it in the back pasture! |
| AA BEAR |
Posted - 04/12/2009 : 00:15:45
Cowboy did he have his rubber boots on when he told you that line??? |
| Chris_T |
Posted - 04/11/2009 : 01:49:42
wyodiesel, I'm not a fan of the boost bolts, they are far too easy to break off. Yes the work great if you don't break them. |
| JSPulliam21 |
Posted - 04/10/2009 : 20:50:43
Don't buy it. The old lady's Sentra has to be on the highway to get 36, so I say he is blowing smoke. Either that, or he is not very good at math. |
| wyodiesel |
Posted - 04/06/2009 : 07:05:47
The kit for your boost gauge should come with a bolt that replaces one of the bolts that hold the cover plate on the top of the intake manifold that has a hose barb on it. No drilling needed for it but for the EGT you will have to drill and tap the exhaust. |
| usmcphil |
Posted - 03/23/2009 : 08:26:35
hmmmm kinda hard to believe |
| ferdiesdodge |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 22:37:15
I know on a diesel magazine i read i dont remember the exact magazine ill let you know if i remember. in an article there was a guy who was getting 31 in his '04 3500dodge but i dont remember what the gear ratio was. but he had a heck of a lot more mods than just banks.
okay so i remember the magazine its called diesel world. |
| CumminsCowboy |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 22:20:59
I talked to him tonight, he said he is figuring it on paper. He said his computer said 40-50mpg. But on paper he come out with 35. I think he is full of it. If he's not i want to trade him trucks lol
I just ordered autometer boost and egt gauges. Is the boost hard to instal? Do you have to drill and tap or is there an exsisting hole pre-drilled?
Thanks |
| usmcphil |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 08:42:07
I agree with bunk |
| Bunk |
Posted - 03/17/2009 : 05:17:24
I'm not familiar with the Six-Gun but some performance boxes fool the computer into thinking the engine is getting less fuel than it really is. That has a direct effect on the fuel mileage reported by the computer. Ask him to figure out his fuel mileage by hand. I bet it's much lower than what the computer is telling him.
Ken |
