Posted by oldtanker on October 28, 2011 at 07:41:43 from (66.228.255.223):
In Reply to: 94 chev hard on gas posted by black on October 28, 2011 at 05:18:14:
You can do one of several things all of which can be expensive and unless you use the truck as a daily driver may not pay for the mods.
1. High flow exhaust system from the manifold back, cat back high flow systems look coll but raly don't do much for you. The high flow system may get you a couple of MPG.
2. Replace the intake and computer with a vortec system. That should bring you up to maybe 18 MPG but may be less.
3. Trade it in on something newer keeping in mind that if you wind up with payments it may cost you more per month with the payments than gas is costing you now. Lot of lower income people got bit on that when they were running the cash fer clunkers thing. People got rid of 25 MPG cars that were paid for in excahange for something that gets 35 with a 250 dollar a month payment and full coverage insurance!
Bascially what everyone else has told you, for that year/engine/gearing thats normal.
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