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Old 03-01-2013, 02:15 PM   #46 (permalink)
JRMichler
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Originally Posted by SilveradoMike View Post
On hill climbing. Should I be staying in high gear or down shifting to compensate? Ie 55 mph on flat ground is about 1800rpm in 5th gear at ~15% throttle input. On a hill of decent grade or distance maintaining same throttle input speed falls off and rpm to below 1000rpm pretty quick. Should I down shift or add more throttle? Im slightly confused on this.
Here's a thread on climbing hills: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ear-23957.html

You will need to experiment and find out what works best for your truck. Ultragauge / Scangauge is your friend when doing this.
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06 Canyon: The vacuum gauge plus wheel covers helped increase summer 2015 mileage to 38.5 MPG, while summer 2016 mileage was 38.6 MPG without the wheel covers. Drove 33,021 miles 2016-2018 at 35.00 MPG.

22 Maverick: Summer 2022 burned 62.74 gallons in 3145.1 miles for 50.1 MPG. Winter 2023-2024 - 2416.7 miles, 58.66 gallons for 41 MPG.
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