Ahoy folks!
Just got this truck recently. Love it so far. Joined up on this site to see what I could do to improve the mileage as best I can. The truck already does pretty darn well. EPA says 20 city/23 hwy. It doesn't do that unless you have a tail wind. Otherwise it is fairly close.
Unfortunately Chevy decided to put their biggest engine in the darn thing, so when the 6 liter V8 kicks in the mileage takes a dump. I have no idea why they didn't go with a v6 or something, but it is what it is. The truck is completely stock so far, looking for ideas on what to do to improve the mileage of that v8. I am not an engine/car guy at all. I am in software engineering so computers don't scare me, but working on engines goes over my head.
It seems that the cylinder deactivation thing from GM favors the V8 most of the time, I was wondering if there were any computer mods out there (Scangauge or something?) that would modify the machine to favor the v4 most of the time. This is probably pushing it, but I wonder if anyone was able to modify the computer to have a manual switch for v4/v8 mode instead of an auto switch.
It doesn't have a bed cover yet, that is first on the list.
Any ideas would be much appreciated! Picture should be attached.
