View Single Post
Old 01-14-2013, 02:32 PM   #12 (permalink)
slowmover
Banned
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Posts: 2,442

2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT
Team Cummins
90 day: 19.36 mpg (US)
Thanks: 1,422
Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
You will never get mid 20s with 3.73 axles.

If you don't care to dive into a serries of complex and expensive modifications you might want to just try leaving it parked as much as possible.
So my 1,100-mile experiment which gave me 23-mpg around town (with 3.73) didn't actually occur?

Agreed that it is possibly not the optimum rear axle ratio, but trans ratios, tire height, etc, all have to work together. A 3.42 is available, but some numbers will have to be worked.

.
  Reply With Quote