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Old 10-13-2009, 04:25 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 10-13-2009, 05:37 PM
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New gears would be best bet
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Old 10-13-2009, 10:59 PM
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Sweet!
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Old 10-14-2009, 04:05 PM
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so having no muffler doesnt affect it?
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-K&N Cold Air Intake, straight 3" exhaust, 16" American Racing rims 33" Maxxis Bigorn, 6" rcx lift.
soon to come 17" procomp rims with 35" maxxis creepy crawlers.
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Old 10-15-2009, 05:23 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 10-15-2009, 07:20 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 10-15-2009, 09:25 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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-K&N Cold Air Intake, straight 3" exhaust, 16" American Racing rims 33" Maxxis Bigorn, 6" rcx lift.
soon to come 17" procomp rims with 35" maxxis creepy crawlers.
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Old 10-18-2009, 09:44 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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