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[Thread Backward] Re: Mileage/Power Improvement After BreaMsg # 4893 of 8004 on Powerstroke Diesel Conference (1)To: Dave, From: Headhunter Time: Sunday 01-25-98, 02:29 am 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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