6.0 Kill MPG?
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6.0 Kill MPG?
Will a 6.0 swap massicure my fuel miliage, I have a 5.3 right now and im pretty impressed with the miliage I get(never figured it out but seems to be good) I do have 114K on my truck and for the price 6.0's seem to be cheap power. I was looking on the Chevrolet site and they claim 15/19 for the 5.3(1500 4x4) and 9/12 the 6.0(1500 HD 2x4 and 4x4) but then it also says 14/16 for the SS do these numbers seem acurate?
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Depends a lot on the weight you're moving too. If you're moving a 6800 lb pig like mine and happen to have the mods in my sig you would likely see about 10 mpg on a day to day basis. Maybe 12 mpg on a flat highway cruise.
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yea thats all true... Ill be keeping it low Ive got 285 75 16's on it and its a 4x4 ext cab with 3.73's I ditched the spare and dont plan on adding anything with anyweight (mabe a speaker box) im in FL so I dont have hills. I hate complaing about miliage but after everything I did to my other truck I cant afford to drive it to college in the fall but I miss a tons of power on a DD.(wish I could just afford to turbo it)
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be expecting to pay a ton for gas if u do the swap... if it was going to be a money issue i wouldnt do it
BTW, whats the point of doing the swap if ur gonna ''keep your foot off it''? lol
BTW, whats the point of doing the swap if ur gonna ''keep your foot off it''? lol
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Way back in '02 when I pulled the bone stock 5.3 and installed a bone stock 6 liter with no other changes I lost 3 MPG across the board. But the 40hp and 50 ft lb increase at the wheels made up for it... When I did the cam I lost about 2 more It takes fuel to make power.
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