Mod questions

1) So it's VERY well known that if you add a TRD CAI and exhaust you will not improve your MPG, but the question is will doing those mods seal your fate and forever LOWER your mpg?

2) I know there are a ton of 3" lift options out there but what is the best lift for style over performance? My truck (currently in negotiation with 3 dealers 09' DC Sport) would never well maybe once per year go off road so would wanting a lift that would fit the needs of not being "teh worldz most awesomeness trail lift" but also not completely fall apart after 2 miles suggestions?

 

...bumpy.... =\

 

+1 I have TRD CAI/Flowmaster exhaust and get 20-21 mpg consistently for the past 5 fill ups (winter not so much).

 

a cai and exhaust will increase your mpg. The reason why everyone sees it going down is because once you put on hp/sound mods a huge majority of people get lead foot

 

I have this same setup but never bothered checking my MPG's. Now your saying 20-21 on local right, not highway?

 

HAHA isn’t that truee..

But yes.. putting on an exhaust and intake system will increase your mpg. Probably not a bunch, but maybe a point or two. Think of taking a jog but only breathing through a straw, or being wide open.. Which will be more efficient?

 

Well both really, I commute in morning and afternoon rush hour and its a 62 mile round trip. My average for those highway trips (past 5 tanks, started working in mid-late may) was 20.89 (not one tank was lower than 20). My average before then in city driving (after I returned from school) was 20.13 (4 tanks). Even though I think those mods help with the addition of synthetics, the SG was most likely the biggest item in helping me learn how to drive more economically. Results are from 07 V6 DC LB 4X4 and mpg calculated for each tank by miles/gallons put in. Relatively flat as well.

 

Although your point may be valid that analogy is a little flawed haha. Engines and our body are completely different. When you put more air into an engine it needs more fuel to burn to preserve the correct ratio. You put more air into your lungs you can perform more efficiently

 

oOoooOooO look at the whiz kid

 

quoted for da troof!! when i 1st put on my exhaust, i saw my mpg drop b/c i kept playing with the gas pedal when taking off. once i got all that outta my system, my mpg increased by .5 to 1 mile (combined with an afe pro dry filter). i drive mostly on the highways and average btwn 19-20 mpg.

 

Well if you are just looking for a lift to get you by with minimal cost I would suggest the Toytec 3" with the add-a-leaf and some bilstein 5100 rear shocks. You can still go off road with this setup. I've gone out quite a bit and beat my truck pretty hard. I have the same setup minus the rear shocks I have ProComp ES900s. Good luck and have fun.

 

I have the same setup and even though I only have less than 2K miles, I've gotten about 18mpg consistantly per tank mix driving (mostly city) on 91 octane. A tank would get me anywhere from 310-330 miles at 17 gallons and its with a 4x4 v6.