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Re: Cummings mileage
[Re: moretoys]
#1530688
11/15/13 06:10 AM
11/15/13 06:10 AM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 8,094
Sunnyvale, CA
Jeepmon
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master
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 8,094
Sunnyvale, CA
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lose the egr valve & cooler, and the particulate filter (catalytic convertor).aftermarket companies sell egr removal kits. gain hp/torque and mileage.also need to program pcm computer so the light stays out.
How important is it to actually remove the EGR compared to having the programmer disconnect it?
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Re: Cummings mileage
[Re: SpareParts]
#1530690
11/17/13 01:52 AM
11/17/13 01:52 AM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,805
ky hills
thehemikid
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top fuel
Joined: Sep 2009
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ky hills
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Previous owner (somewhere in its life) abused 96, 3500, 46re, ext.cab, long bed, 4x4, 280k, stock exhaust with catalytic converter(may be nothing left in there, don't know), & no motor mod's. Tires are taller than stock though.
My 1st pull was with a 28' inclosed with car. Not knowing what speed would give the best mpg, doing ~65-70 I got ~10 mpg. I was hoping for 12. I could feel the wind pushing hard on the flat nose of the trailer. Maybe I had a head wind too, don't remember.
This yr had a chance to check it empty, on a trip 20.7, that surprised me a little.
To town & around & back, don't know.
Now do some fuel mods and get more mpg. 12v > 24v
I would if the stock trans would live,..but everything I read on the Dodge Cummins Diesel Forum, suggests that eventually it would fail.
To do engine mod's I'd have to do trans mod's too. I know there are some easy cheap engine mod's, but the trans, are not. So I decided to leave it be for now. Not that I couldn't afford it. I just put the money elsewhere. Got used to its 185 hp.
Even with its 185hp diesel in an over 7,000lb 3.54 geared truck w/ 2" taller than oem tires, it pulls better that a 220hp B350 3.54 gear at 5200lb. 
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i am waiting till the warranty goes out and then i can really play with it. 
