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Old 04-09-2006
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Holy Crap! My Truck is Something Else with..

the new engine I just got put in! Man..I just went to fill up yesterday and don't really pay attention to what I got for the tank since I'm used to getting about 175-200 with the Whipple and all. Well, I put in 16.675 gallons-pushed it to the limit I guess! LOL..Cost me about $45 to fill her up. Well, got in the truck and looked at the Gas Mileage for the tank and I was like DAMN! 350 Miles for the tank! ALL CITY and like 5 Mins on the Freeway doin 65 and thats it! You do the math on it! 21MPG for CITY! I'm taking a road trip with this sucker and see what I get on the freeway the whole time!

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Now I'm curious to really find out what is under the hood and what all they did to it b/c this is freaking me out! hahaha..I know its a 3.0 Engine still just with upgrades to it unknown to me since they won't tell me what it is that they did to it!
 
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Old 04-09-2006
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Brian, i know this is way offtopic, but I have to ask. Did you sell your old wheels/tires (The 35's and wheels) to someone with a black ranger that lives in Orange Park?
 
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^^^ i think that guy with the red ranger got em
 
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i got them jon.. THAT GUY with the red ranger eh.. lmao
 
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Sorry to sound late and all, but what happened to your old engine w/ the whipple? What do you have now? So you got crappy mileage with the whipple?
 
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thats awesome.
I want 21 mpg.
 
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Originally Posted by rangererv
thats awesome.
I want 21 mpg.
Me too! 15mpg isn't bad, but 21mpg I am jealous!
 
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i got them jon.. THAT GUY with the red ranger eh.. lmao
sorry man! i dunno your nname

well now i do..it's brad

let me rephrase "brad has the wheels"
 
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They wouldn't even tell you what they'd done, and you PAID for it? Something fishy there IMO...

It sounds like they did pretty well, but I surely wouldn't buy an entire new engine without knowing exactly what was in it. That's a freakin lot of money to drop on a mystery box!
 
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sweet brian that is awesome 21mpg.
 
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Old 04-09-2006
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i think that road trip involves bringin that thing back over here so i can see it.
 
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Originally Posted by TremorJon
Brian, i know this is way offtopic, but I have to ask. Did you sell your old wheels/tires (The 35's and wheels) to someone with a black ranger that lives in Orange Park?
And i think your talking about the same guy that copies everything brian did. every mod he got, that other guy got. Freakin copy-cats.
 
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Originally Posted by TremorJon
Brian, i know this is way offtopic, but I have to ask. Did you sell your old wheels/tires (The 35's and wheels) to someone with a black ranger that lives in Orange Park?
Naw, sold the whole package to Brad
 
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Originally Posted by Gearhead61
They wouldn't even tell you what they'd done, and you PAID for it? Something fishy there IMO...

It sounds like they did pretty well, but I surely wouldn't buy an entire new engine without knowing exactly what was in it. That's a freakin lot of money to drop on a mystery box!
Well, I know a few things that I already told ya'll bout but the rest is just clueless to me! LOL..Its all good though, I have a 75K Warranty on it so its no biggie if something happens!
 
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whoa thats pimp dude..wish my jeep got that much
 
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Originally Posted by Gearhead61
They wouldn't even tell you what they'd done, and you PAID for it? Something fishy there IMO...

It sounds like they did pretty well, but I surely wouldn't buy an entire new engine without knowing exactly what was in it. That's a freakin lot of money to drop on a mystery box!
^^ Ditto
 
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Originally Posted by 01xltranger4x4
^^ Ditto

Its all good-Truck Runs Fine and Like A Baby again...A loud one to be exact since I have no cats on the truck at all! LOL...I won't be having this truck at all sometime next year anyways
 
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Man I thought you were going to say somthing else broke or something. Congrats otherwise.
 
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thats sweet.... i get 350 off a 19.5 gallon tank....hopefully in the summer though ill get around 21... 20's my goal....
 
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Care to tell us what you know was done? I'd surely like to know just to see if it is something easy for me to add. Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by got-dirty
And i think your talking about the same guy that copies everything brian did. every mod he got, that other guy got. Freakin copy-cats.
I was at the car audio show this year and this guy with a black edge with a system, neons, and the same exact tire/wheel combo that Brian had. I thought he bought them, especially when it mentioned that he was in a club in orange park. I thought maybe him and brian were buddies. But now i know.
 
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Originally Posted by TremorJon
I was at the car audio show this year and this guy with a black edge with a system, neons, and the same exact tire/wheel combo that Brian had. I thought he bought them, especially when it mentioned that he was in a club in orange park. I thought maybe him and brian were buddies. But now i know.
Hey Jon, I prolly know who you are talking about! I've seen him a few times around the OP area everytime I'm out there. Nice truck nonetheless though! Sh*t happens when you put all the time and effort in to a nice truck then people follow you! Its all good!
 
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I gotta know what you did to get 21mpg.. I've been getting 18.5 for months. Of course thats almost entire 80-85mph running on I95, but still, it used to be 19.5-20.
 
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i find it wierd that we all seem to have different sized tanks, some only get 15g some 16 i get like 18 or so, and some get more

thats sweet Brian, enjoy the milage!!
 
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Mine gets 420 miles on 16.5 gallons with the 3.0.. No cats . Kn air filter,bosch double platinum plugs, mobil one synthetic oil.. Gets 24 mph on highway .. =)
 


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