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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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finally got lift

finally got my 4 inch rcx lift with torsion bars cranked to get 6 inches. im runnin a straight exhaust with just stock cats and once my lift went in my gas mileage drop majorly wat can i do to save some of my mileage and not cause me to go bankrupt. im still in college and drivin the truck everyday is really eating up the gas and the bank account wat can i do.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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New gears would be best bet
 
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Sweet!
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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so having no muffler doesnt affect it?
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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If you have straight 3" exhaust with no muffler the loss of back pressure and torque from that is probably hurting your mileage.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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good to see some lifted trucks from ontario on the site! Congrats on your lift
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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thank you for all your help gonna save up some money and put a muffler ack in and try and get some gears before the end of winter. and thank you for the congrats i love it i feel so big now.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Im sure alot of it is your exhaust, When I had my exhaust dumped with no muffler just cats. My gas mileage fell bad.
 
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