Tag Archives: gas

Drive Like a Trucker for Great Fuel Economy

10 Jan

There was a great post on Ecomodder called Drive Like a Trucker for Great Fuel Economy. If you haven’t noticed by now, truckers drive their rigs in a fundamentally different way from your average commuter. The main reason for this is the size and weight of their loads, which make it driving a truck more [...]

Does the Intake Vortex Better Your Gas Mileage?

30 Jul

There are a lot of devices around that claim to easily improve gas mileage, horsepower and engine efficiency. The question is do any of them actually work, if so why? and if not, why not? After all you can’t save money on your gas needs when you are spending money on things that don’t actually [...]

Can a muffler affect gas mileage?

30 Jul

I often hear people talking about exhaust systems, mufflers and how they can alter power and increase gas mileage. The claims range from outrageous statements of large increases in horsepower to statements that it doesn’t make any measurable difference what so ever. So I would like to take this opportunity to disspell any uncertainty and [...]

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