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[Thread Backward] Re: Mileage/Power Improvement After BreaMsg # 5010 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)To: Dave, From: Mike McLaughlin Time: Monday 01-26-98, 12:01 pm Well - I still have about 15 more posts to go, but I'm with Dave - we both have had other PowerStrokes - Dave 5, me 3. I'm very aware of the driving charactaristics of the engines - and know I have a problem. We're both just trying to narrow down what the problem is. Dave - my power has increased a little with 2k miles on it - but still nowhere what my last Strokers were. Hopefully we'll find the problem. Lots of help here - maybe someone will hit on something that makes sense for our trucks. Mike McLaughlin On Sunday 01-25-98, 01:45 pm, Dave said: -Ray, - -Try reading the damn post before shooting your -mouth off with your poetic waxings! I'm making -direct comparisons between vehicles, not saying -that it should get the same mileage as a moped! - -If you're so damned in love with your truck, go -outside and hump it, and stop wasting everyone's -time with reading your drivel - I'm here asking for -help, not erotica..... - -I've driven 5 other Powerstrokes, and the worst of -those got 18.4, with the others all over 19. And I -haven't seen much of any seasonal variance in -mileage on my IDI. Given a conservative median of -19, that leaves me down by 15%, which is rather -much for my tastes. Again, this is poored than my -IDI, which consistently runs upper 16s, with a high -of 17.3. I've heard that DI should yield about 20% -over IDI, so this definitely has my eyebrows raised. - -To the other person who's responded thus far: I -can't see snap idle stuff affecting highway mileage -and top end power. When did the EPA regs affecting -diesels last change? I know that something occured -on 1/1/95, but am not aware of anything more recent. - -Dave - - On Sunday 01-25-98, 02:29 am, Headhunter said: --I have 3375 miles on my 97 CC 4x2 DRW 4:10 A\T.... --Also have an ATS Performance Chip...yesterday I --hooked up to my Horse trailer, weighing in at close --to 5,000 lbs... I didn't even know it was on the --rear and my RPM was no higher at 70 than it was --when it wasn't on. This sucker moves out right --smartly. As for fuel mileage... you can not --actually get any kind of comparisons in the winter --unless you run several times in the winter and in --the summer. These critters get better than any --Dodge I've seen and if some one tellls you --different, he is just putting you on...I've been --there...done that. You have one hell of a pulling --machine that will give you better mileage than --anything on the market. If anyone is that unhappy --with the performance of the well engineered piece --of equiptment,,,than get rid of it and buy --something everyone else is lyeing about. Don't --mean to sound testy, but these are trucks and not --so foreign made, cramp your ass little itty bitty --truck. You have a "Man's Truck" and quit --complaining about the little shit. --------------- Ray --------------- -- -- On Sunday 01-25-98, 02:12 am, Dave said: ---Folks, --- ---Just picked up a new '97 F350 CC PSD, E4OD, 4x4, ---4.10 gears. Sadly, it seems to both have less -power ---and get poorer mileage than my '94 F250 SC IDI ---factory turbodiesel (w/ aftermarket turbine -housing ---& exhaust), 4x4, E4OD, 4.10. --- ---On other PSDs that I've driven, when tromping from ---a standing start, you can see the engine rev to -the ---torque converter's stall speed, and then, over a ---half second or so, feel the boost come on, via the ---seat of your pants, with a nice satisfying rush. ---This one is much less distinguished in its coming ---onto the boost. --- ---I don't hear any kind of rushing air sound, so I ---don't think that the exhaust butterfly is sticking ---shut. --- ---At about 175 miles, took it out solo, with an -empty ---bed, for about 200 miles, out and back, on terrain ---that gains elevation (1-2000 feet) fairly smoothly ---over the hundred mile radius, starting pretty near ---sea level. I got what I consider to be a miserable ---16.1 MPG, having filled the tank to the brim both ---before and after the run. --- ---On some steeper hills around here, it would barely ---pull beyond 70 MPH, taking 5-10 seconds to gain ---each additional 1 MPH. My recollection of my IDI -is ---that it accelerated in that situation at least ---twice as fast. --- ---So, my questions to y'all are: Is this typical ---performance? Anybody else disappointed? Any ---suspicions as to what's up? How much improvement ---can I expect as the engine breaks in, and how long ---will that be? --- ---TIA, ---Dave Replies to this message:
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