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Old 11-19-2012, 09:00 PM
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Mine will get 18.5 going downhill.
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I'm running the specs in my sig and get 21-22 mpg highway every trip. DFCO helps a lot imo. You could have blackbear get a little more agressive with the DFCO settings.

I'm interested to see how a cam swap will effect your mpgs. If you end up swapping, keep this thread alive with results!
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So do you guys think a stall converter will help my city mpg at all? Cam is a 220/220 .5xx 112 lsa and the prospect verter is a 3200
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Stall will lower your mpgs if anything. I get horrible city mileage compared to my highway numbers because of my looooose 3200 converter. I wouldn't recommend a stall if you are in search of better economy.
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A stall will kill your mileage worse then the cam will in my expirence. In the city anyway, once it's in lockup on the highway it should be unchanged.
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My current cam has yielded the best mpg (and dyno HP) to date, from Dallas to Waco and back using cruise control @ 70mph 23mpg. This is not typical though as I rarely use cruise, don't take off from a stop easy, and 70 is not my usual cruise speed lol my usual mpg is 16
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Originally Posted by oakley6575
I'm running the specs in my sig and get 21-22 mpg highway every trip. DFCO helps a lot imo. You could have blackbear get a little more agressive with the DFCO settings.

I'm interested to see how a cam swap will effect your mpgs. If you end up swapping, keep this thread alive with results!
DFCO settings?
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Originally Posted by spent21
DFCO settings?
Deceleration fuel cut off, it's a setting in the tune that can be adjusted by a tuner. It comes into play when you are decelerating. If you are going down hill and let off the gas, after a few seconds you will feel almost like you barely touched the brakes. That is DFCO kicking in.
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ahhhh, yes... it seems mine is on 'full go' for a few seconds.
i need to get into tuning...
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Originally Posted by spent21
i need to get into tuning...
DO, and you won't be disappointed.


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