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Old 01-20-2011, 04:54 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by morpheous71 View Post
Well I went and did it. Put on a flowtech performance muffler onto the jeep and it seems to have dropped the mpg's by 2. Still learning the ropes of the scanguage and new driving techniques, but I swear that thing has done the opposite of what I wanted, I'll leave it on for now until I get more data and work through some other mods but come the spring I may put the old one back on for some accurate testing of both the muff's.
Frustrated!
hang out on Jeep forums, CAI's, high flow filters, mufflers, all that stuff that is supposed to increase power generally screws with your mileage in a negative way.

don't buy the Hype more horsepower doesn't just appear, it comes from somewhere, generally your gas tank and wallet.
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