I am thinking about getting a K & N air intake or an Airraid intake at help increase the gas mileage. Wondering whether it voids warranty? And how much i might execpt to see? thanx in advance Curly

 

dont drive it. thats the best way to save gas. This thread has been posted over n over. Do a search on mileage and you will find a delightful array of information regarding k&n dropin filters, intake kits, tuners, e-fans etc.. What youll find tho is that the truck weighs 3 tons and its not gonna get good mileage no matter how much cash u throw at it in mileage mods. To answer your other question no a filter will not void your warranty. Your warranty will only be void if your mod causes your truck to have problems, like for instance your new NOS system melting a piston.

 

the more engine mods done the heavier the foot gets so if your worried about a couple of mpg youll never get your moneys worth

 

yeah i gotta agree with aetcmh. i have added a bunch of bolt ons here and there and i do in fact believe that my mileage is better after the fact.....but in all seriousness the money invested doesnt really pay off in the long run...and a bolted on intake and exhaust only makes your truck sound mean...which in turn correlates into stomping on the gas to really hear your bolt ons working...which only burns more gas and hence defeats purpose of mileage increasing bolt ons keehe

 

yea, i agree with everyone else......if you are worried about a few extra MPGs you might want to park the F-1 fiddy and get a Focus. FO, you are right, exhaust and intake only make fuel costs worse

 

you might also try a bed cover for less wind resistance, but your results will probably be minimal

 

Ok i get the idea none of you r for this thanks anyway....and no i will not be parking it!!!

 

on a serious note after i added a intake a exhaust the superchip and a tonneau cover and i might have got an increase of 1 mpg per my info message center and yes its accurate. so to answer your question there is no real gas saving products out there at least not enough to matter if they say they do there misled.

 

A tuner would probably be your best bet but then again if you run a 93 octane program it will take some time to pay for itself. I know the Superchips 1714 has an 87 octane program but I havn't heard much about any mpg increases with it so they are probably minimal.

 

I put a soft tonneau cover on my truck and noticed an improvement in gas mileage right away (mainly highway driving).

It wasn't a lot though, maybe 1- 1.5 mpg improvement. I think this is probably one of the better mods you can do, especially if you do a lot of highway driving.

Scott

 

Keep it waxed real good. Spend all weekend putting 2 coats of NXT on it (24 hours apart)...then a top coat of #26. It will slice through the wind, cause it will be so slick.


And if you spend all weekend waxing it, you won't be out driving it as much...this will save alot on fuel , too.

 

Here's a cheap way to save a little gas on long trips if you don't have a tonneau cover...lower the tailgate. I do this on my truck when I take long trips and have noticed an improvement in the gas mileage. Best of all, it's free, simple, and easy enough to close the tailgate at the end of the trip.

 

If a person were to research it a little, he might find out that the tailgate thing is false. You might THINK you're getting better mileage but you aren't.

I proved this to myself about 4 months ago when I drove to Colorado and back (4000 miles round trip). On the trip out I had the tailgate down and got 19.5 mpg in my 4.0 Ranger. On the return trip I had a couple small items in the back requiring me to close the tailgate and I got 21.5 mpg driving the same highways at the same speed. This wasn't a 200 mile, 1/2 tank check. This was averaged over 6-7 tanks each way.


I agree with the tonneau cover though. They do help.

 

You don't think some of the lower MPG on the way to CO was due in part to the increase in elevation from FL, and perhaps the gain on the way back was due to the decrease in elevation back to FL? What is that, from near sea level to 4000 or so ft above? Not a real controlled testing environment...

 

Chunk of 2x4 taped to the back of the gas pedal works, GUARANTEED.