Getting Better Fuel Mileage

Might not hurt the motor, but the rest i dont know.

 

Very well said Brick!

 

Yeah and couple that with a GINORMOUS turbo with lag down low and you got yourself a recipe for something breaking!

 

actually Brick COE's can be the most fuel efficient if done properly. Wind drag is dependant on total frontal surface area first and formost, then to a lessor degree the angle of that surface. You can have a big square coe with less frontal area (much less) the say a 379 pete. The main reason the fuel milage sucks on most coe trucks is that they were mainly around in the mechanical engine days.
Mabey you remember that really ugly coe peterbilt made for a few years in the 90's. it was real rounded and the front opened up like a sideways clamshell for servicing the engine. That truck with a trailer that had some aero treatments was capable of getting 10 or 11 mpg

 

Hey max, that is a really good way of explaining it, i hate engines, and when it comes to mechanics, i leave it to the mechanics, but i do what i have to do to make sure my baby never fails me
i have maneged to increase my mpgs from 6.2 upto 7.3 in a month,
i printed everything you said and i put it in my truck, and i read it, and then re-read and try my best to do everything you said, or when i go to our shop i take it in with me, and suggest he tries some of these tips on my truck, he now hates when i walk down there with papers in hand but in the end, im usually the one to have the least problems with my truck