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97 Ram 1/2 ton, 2wd 5.9 with 5 speed and 3.55 gears. Daily driver. Lowered 2/4, headers, Magnaflow converter and exhaust, electric fans, K&N filter, and serious port work on cylinder heads and intake manifold.

I bought SGII through EM on their recent promotion. I have been working on getting it dialed in.

Average MPG has been 15 give or take. I have not tracked it diligently.

In the last few weeks, I have installed a grill block, and adjusted route to and from work. I have also started using more P&G, though EOC spooks me.

The last 3 days with the above, I have gone from a very consistent 15 to 17.7, 18.9, and 19.6 on the trip to work.

I attribute most of it to P&G, plus the route. While much of KS is flat, there is a pretty good size hill on the way to work, or the other direction is pretty flat, steady speed. I have not used the hill too much, as I concerned that the trek up would offset the coast going down. The coast is LONG on the back side, and is paying off in daily average MPG.

In the long run, greenie is getting parked for a beater car, but 25% increase over average by P&G, grille block, and route selection is pretty good...