2010-07-10 |
270 |
15.068 |
$2.739 |
17.92 |
"Trip - Houston - Dallas, I-45, Speed limit, First day of truck ownership." |
2010-07-12 |
277 |
18.837 |
$2.739 |
14.71 |
"Town" |
2010-07-16 |
225 |
15.684 |
$2.699 |
14.35 |
"Town" |
2010-07-23 |
496 |
31.877 |
$2.699 |
15.56 |
"Town" |
2010-08-01 |
383 |
27.386 |
$2.759 |
13.99 |
"Town" |
2010-08-12 |
455 |
31.003 |
$2.799 |
14.68 |
"Town" |
2010-08-21 |
168 |
11.66 |
$2.759 |
14.41 |
"FUEL LEAK" |
2010-09-01 |
527 |
32.75 |
$2.749 |
16.09 |
"Town - FIRST TANK OVER 16 mpg AVG" |
2010-09-17 |
490 |
32.264 |
$2.799 |
15.19 |
"" |
2010-09-27 |
231 |
17.109 |
$2.779 |
13.5 |
"" |
2010-09-27 |
377 |
20.058 |
$2.869 |
18.8 |
"Trip - I35 Southbound to the hill country, 65" |
2010-10-02 |
176 |
10.993 |
$2.869 |
16.01 |
"Hills - Errands back home" |
2010-10-02 |
356 |
19.687 |
$2.899 |
18.08 |
"Return Trip - Back roads & hills, 65 mph top speed" |
2010-10-10 |
301 |
20.891 |
$2.869 |
14.41 |
"" |
2010-10-23 |
624 |
44.294 |
$2.886 |
14.09 |
"" |
2010-11-04 |
387 |
28.924 |
$2.869 |
13.38 |
"" |
2010-11-19 |
430 |
30.866 |
$2.959 |
13.93 |
"" |
2010-11-26 |
386 |
25 |
$3.09 |
15.44 |
"" |
2010-12-18 |
760 |
55.684 |
$3.089 |
13.65 |
"" |
2010-12-25 |
227 |
16.985 |
$3.199 |
13.36 |
"" |
2011-01-03 |
407 |
32.222 |
$3.059 |
12.63 |
"First signs of injector trouble, snow/ice day, very cold. no winter cover/block heater, 104,240 miles" |
2011-01-29 |
448 |
30.825 |
$3.199 |
14.53 |
"" |
2011-02-04 |
566 |
41.723 |
$3.299 |
13.57 |
"" |
2011-02-12 |
314 |
20.881 |
$3.349 |
15.04 |
"" |
2011-02-25 |
406 |
32.209 |
$3.359 |
12.61 |
"Town - SEIZED REAR BRAKE CALIPER - 105,974 miles" |
2011-02-27 |
121 |
8.36 |
$3.499 |
14.47 |
"" |
2011-03-16 |
521 |
31.56 |
$3.739 |
16.51 |
"" |
2011-04-15 |
908 |
56.785 |
$3.799 |
15.99 |
"" |
2011-05-04 |
488 |
32.09 |
$3.919 |
15.21 |
"" |
2011-05-24 |
446 |
27.087 |
$3.769 |
16.47 |
"" |
2011-06-07 |
342 |
27.087 |
$3.619 |
12.63 |
"signs of injector trouble 108,800 miles" |
2011-06-14 |
288 |
19.419 |
$3.789 |
14.83 |
"" |
2011-06-24 |
314 |
22.118 |
$3.659 |
14.2 |
"" |
2011-07-14 |
387 |
27.034 |
$3.699 |
14.32 |
"" |
2011-07-21 |
266 |
19.947 |
$3.789 |
13.34 |
"Very high EGTs for very little perceived power output. Lots of burn for not much go." |
2011-07-23 |
382 |
21.739 |
$3.899 |
17.57 |
"Trip - Back roads & hills, speed limit" |
2011-07-24 |
417 |
20.65 |
$3.759 |
20.19 |
"Trip - Back woods & hills, 55 mph w/ cruise except in steep hills" |
2011-07-31 |
209 |
11.743 |
$3.759 |
17.8 |
"TOWN - Stock truck best record, short tank. At the time, I figured I'd blown the cobwebs out of it, and my problems were gone." |
2011-08-06 |
271 |
16.894 |
$3.699 |
16.04 |
"A little less gentle with the throttle, truck is behaving quite well, good power output without high EGTs at inappropriate times" |
2011-08-23 |
429 |
30.996 |
$3.674 |
13.84 |
"Signs of injector problems. High EGT, low power, still no black smoke. One puff of white smoke at start *hot morning too*, didn't even last a second." |
2011-09-04 |
397 |
24.931 |
$3.669 |
15.92 |
"Town - TWO INJECTORS DIE, almost simultaneously. Failure scenario of each was electrical death, open coils on solenoid. All 6 injectors replaced, and more. 112,160 miles" |
2011-10-21 |
387 |
27.651 |
$3.569 |
14 |
"Town - First tank in non-stock truck, New injectors, new 5"" exhaust, new fuel pump/filtration system, new air intake ram, smarty power turned up as high as ~400 HP / 800 ft-lbs. Blew out a few cobwebs. FIRST RE-PROGRAMMED ECM TANK - All tanks after this one have some non-stock ECM program applied unless otherwise specified." |
2011-10-27 |
343 |
24.016 |
$3.599 |
14.28 |
"Town - ~1000 ft lbs, ~500/HP. Just having fun with the truck running nicely again." |
2011-10-27 |
354 |
21.297 |
$3.799 |
16.62 |
"Trip - Towing ~4000 lbs, Backroads and hills, 55-65 with low-ish boost/egt targets. Not concentrating much on economy, but still in the forefront of my thoughts." |
2011-10-30 |
335 |
21.771 |
$3.799 |
15.39 |
"Hills - Errands around home, ~430 HP / 850 ft-lbs, unloaded, but lots of hill pulls." |
2011-10-30 |
354 |
15.696 |
$3.589 |
22.55 |
"Trip - Return trip, back roads & hills. Power setting ~140 HP / 250 ft-lbs. Hard limiter on the engine at 55 mph. Drove the limiter, throttle as light as possible to not feel SOP change in engine pull when limiter cycled in and out. DWL / target avg ~5 psi boost w/ pull to 10 on occasion, up to 20 leaving a stop... target 600 EGT, with occasional peaks to 800-1000 briefly. Watching boost more than actual egt burn." |
2011-11-04 |
164 |
8.631 |
$3.659 |
19 |
"TOWN - Power setting ~140 HP/ 250 ft-lbs. Route planning, coasting, picking better transition spots each day, top speed 45, target speed w/in 5 mph of limit. Easy accel. EGT target less than 600, 600 sustained. Rare peaks to 800. Short tank. 114,343 miles" |
2011-11-07 |
57 |
2.514 |
$3.649 |
22.67 |
"UltraGauge calibration, manual recommended a minimum of 2.5 gallons for initial calibration. It had been telling me I was getting 2.63 mpg prior to this. I knew that 57-60 miles would put me near 2.5 gallons consumed, so just ran it real quick to get the UG closer to reality. Next tank calibration will be a little more accurate." |
2011-11-14 |
136 |
8.168 |
$3.699 |
16.65 |
"TOWN- full power, a bit of unnecessary roughness, not watching the gauges as closely as I should. Still better than stock average pre-injector-swap." |
2011-11-20 |
281 |
16.428 |
$3.679 |
17.1 |
"TOWN - still full power, exercising more discipline than the last entry, but less coast down than my best city tank. Still calibrating UG, it's getting closer now- It told me 17.5 mpg average for this tank." |
2011-12-03 |
563 |
31.063 |
$3.699 |
18.12 |
"TOWN - stock configuration. broad mix of hwy/city, but all in-town driving. Overslept a few days and had to drive hard to get to the office." |
2011-12-16 |
274 |
16.739 |
$3.579 |
16.37 |
"TOWN - cold weather, rainy, and too aggressive on the radiator blocks, fan was turning too fast but I was enjoying the faster heat-up on the cold days" |
2011-12-16 |
397 |
17.81 |
$3.839 |
22.29 |
"TRIP - superslab, cruise control, route planning to divert around austin traffic, a little P&G, stock ecm program" |
2011-12-19 |
395 |
16.516 |
$3.559 |
23.92 |
"TRIP - I35 northbound, route planning, cruise on cruise rpm, 15-20 mph SSW wind. UG showed 24.3 when we hit the side of a thunderstorm. Ambient temp dropped 20 degrees, hard rain, erratic traffic. Pulled through a drive through to get away from traffic. UG showed 23.7 at fill-up, it's estimated fuel burned vs. actual was about 0.18 gal, give or take (didn't write down the number)." |
2012-01-06 |
516 |
27.886 |
$3.699 |
18.5 |
"TOWN - cold weather, a little hard driving despite keeping an economic mind, tried a little P&G w/ Terrain, possibly got too aggressive with the pulse, and not enough glide to make up for it all." |
2012-01-26 |
521 |
29.845 |
$3.629 |
17.46 |
"TOWN - Spotty rain, cold air, heavy foot, forced to drive at times when traffic was thick, all these things contributed to the lower number here." |
2012-02-25 |
585 |
31.636 |
$3.899 |
18.49 |
"TOWN - not much to say other than I'm accelerating a bit too hard, and not making enough effort to glide when practical. UG was 0.5 mpg optimistic. Reset calibration, we'll see if that gets it closer, or if it turns pessimistic. 100+ miles into the new tank, it already appears pessimistic." |
2012-03-15 |
539 |
30.156 |
$3.929 |
17.87 |
"TOWN - rough with it..." |
2012-04-09 |
566 |
28.677 |
$3.979 |
19.74 |
"TOWN - easy on it... new city mileage record. learning more discipline on coasting and accelerating, shift point adjustments a bit, and warming up a bit, i'd say!" |
2012-04-24 |
559 |
28.267 |
$3.999 |
19.78 |
"TOWN - Another new record, even if just barely. More easy drivin'" |
2012-05-18 |
542 |
29.552 |
$3.739 |
18.34 |
"town - been a little impatient with traffic lately, between work scheduling and other things." |
2012-07-04 |
494.1 |
29.42 |
$3.399 |
16.79 |
"[TOWN] - Truck is getting used more for short errands and irregular use now, considering I have a street bike again." |
2012-09-13 |
476.6 |
29.28 |
$3.899 |
16.28 |
"[town] - still a lot of short trips and a little rough driving" |
2012-10-02 |
491.5 |
21.188 |
$3.799 |
23.2 |
"[town] - best ever in town... but... this was very careful daily commuting with EOC which is too rough on my turbo, I think... so I won't be doing it again. My schedule is changing, and I won't be able to have the luxury of wide open roads for commuting, so I'll go back to the bike for the most part, and the truck will turn into a fun romp-around/tow vehicle/trip vehicle until I can add something fun and economical to the garage with more than 2 wheels." |
2013-03-03 |
357.3 |
13.637 |
$3.899 |
26.2 |
"[trip] backroads, averaged 51.3 mph on the way home, with a top speed of 93. Never exceeded 60 mph except coasting down hills. Tried to keep the instant mpg meter at 23 mpg or above while climbing, unless speed was going to drop below 50 (hard to pull a hill in 6th below 50), 22.5"" semi wheels and tires, and the smarty power on demand was set to 33% to keep me from putting too much foot in it (but was on the full power program!)" |