Hurricane Gas mileage

[yrralguthrie]

The pickups with high horsepower accelerate easily, of course. And even when you are being gentle on the gas pedal, the pickup will pull away from say a stop more quickly than most other vehicles. The same thing happens when driving, just accelerating to go around another vehicle. This is not accounted for when the pickups are tested for mileage. Turning a corner and accelerating same thing. The more horsepower, the worse the effect will be. Very hard, if not impossible, to mitigate this. The are other reasons for poor mileage, of course, but I believe this may be the biggest. The next time you pull away from a stoplight, see if you initially put away from the car to your side.

 

[yrralguthrie]

Two reasons for reported poor gas mileage are the 3.92 and winter blend gasoline, either will drop mileage by 1 to 2 mpg. I've also noticed that when I'm first in line at a stoplight, I will almost always accelerate away from the light quicker than other vehicles except other pickups. I suspect this is simply because of the increased HP of the high-output engines. Also it's hard to not spin the tires on my gravel driveway.

 

[USAFSPURS]

I averaged 23'ish on a short 200 mile trip at interstate speeds. I averaged about 72 MPH. Was happy with that. In town I am sitting around 18-19.

Keep in mind I have leveled the truck, and put on bigger AT tires....so I paid for a few MPGs .... LOL

 

[StuartsFriend]

'25, 3.0 SO, 3.55, and 91 octane

Completed 1,000 round trip with mostly highway and some small town/rural driving. 23.9 MPG combined.

When I am driving in town, the mileage drops. I'll take all of that given the power, the comfort, and the engine's smoothness.

 

[BryanBro]

Results from my Florida trip. Almost 24 mpg. I am amazed a truck gets this good. Also I used the regular gas not the upgrade higher octane

 

[Foogie]

I finally got 20.4 highway with my Rebel which I'm happy with. I got about 11 highway towing my 6000 boat + trailer at 70 MPH.

 

[cjr4497]

I have a hemi with the 3:21 gears, and my dad just got a hurricane with 3:92 gears. His truck, currently on street tires, gets a about the same as my truck did before I put a level, MT tires, and heavy aftermarket wheels. His hurricane will get 22-25 mpg average on highway trips, 19ish in town. My HEMI as it is currently set up, gets 19 on the interstate doing 70-75 mpg and 13-15 in heavy traffic. My next truck will likely have a hurricane if I see that his holds up. I am never getting the 3:21 gears again. I didn't realize the mpg hit it would take from my mods. I did the same thing to my previous Ram with 3:55 gears and the 4.7 V8 with zero negative impacts.

 

[PeteEinMT]

975 Mile road trip Averaged about 75 MPH Went from 6500 feet to 500 feet elevation (Montana to Washington) and back again plus some around town running 25 Rebel X 17.3 MPG Truck is new so about 2k miles overall now