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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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About 85% of my milage is spent on the interstate going 75 to 80 mph. I think DOD is hurting me because I'm only getting 19.8 mph. Could I possibly get better gas milage if all cylinders were firing?
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Running those speeds means too much load for the DOD to go to 4 anyway. You want better mileage? Slow down.

Other than that, get programming that will lean you out a bit at cruise and that might help you.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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Set your DIC to Instant MPG and watch it while you're driving to see if it's actually going into 4cyl mode. Mine would switch in & out of 4cyl mode at those speeds. Any slight hill would kick into 8cyl, then level ground would be 4cy mode. I found on 2 lane roads going 60mph I would get about 26mpg, on the interstate going 75 was 22-23mpg. I installed the Diablo 91 DOD tune and it stays in 4cyl mode more doing 75mph and now I average 25-26mpg going that fast.
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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Can vouch for that - 24K in 8 months, 19.5 LTA.

70 mph speed limit on highways, I set the cruise @ 74. 20 - 22 instantaneous is what the DIC says, lotsa 4 / 8 cyl switching.

55 mph roads net the advertised 28 mpg.

DoD is ok running 35 - 55, that's where it seems to work out the best.
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 07:16 AM
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I'm running the Diablo Tune No DOD (DOD is disabled) - so I'm always in V8 mode, and I'm getting 20.xx mpg with 50/50 city/highway driving. On the highway I set my cruise control to 70...
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I use the Diablo no DOD and go 70 - 75mph and the instant mpg is about 24 - 25mpg. Then do some stop and go and the total average is 21 - 22mpg. Getting the ltft to 0 really helps.
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I just turned mine off today. Still learning how to do stuff and have not actually driven anywhere, so...
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