have 01 HD2500 anybody have any ideas on getting better MPG. All thoughts are welcome. And crazy ideas :2cents:

Assuming you will be doing mostly highway driving and not towing:

1. Replace water pump-mounted cooling fan with electric fan setup
2. Install high-flow air filter and tuned exhaust setup
3. Replace belt driven accessory pulleys with larger diameter ones
4. Replace tires with larger diameter, higher pressure, less aggressive treads (readjust speedometer/speed sensor)
5. Remove cat from exhaust/remove dog from exhaust
6. Remove exterior accessories such as roof racks, rear air spoilers, window weather guards, coon tails, etc.
7. Install full length running boards
8. Remove lead from foot
9. Install hydraulic regenerative braking system (currently under testing by US military)
10. Raise jib when tailwind picks up

Assuming you will be doing mostly highway driving and not towing...

Assuming that, buy a car :screwy:

In attempt to improve my fuel mileage, I'm modifying my Suburban with grooved cylinder heads; the idea was developed by an inventor named Somender Singh from India. The modification requires raising the compression and cutting grooves in the squish area of the cylinder head. I picked up my heads from the machine shop today and will begin cutting grooves. Pictures and details of the project will be posted at:

http://somender-singh.com/content/view/34/37/

I have seen drastic improvements with the same modification in performance and race vehicles. Somender claims the same improvements in India. I'm hopeping for the best. With gas prices rising by the day we will need to find solutions fast.

In my previous post I attached a link to a site with the details of my Suburban but as you know the site is down. Hopefully it's temporary. Here's a picture of heads I grooved for a LT1 Camaro.

http://members.cox.net/raunch/LT1%20Shon%202

In my previous post I attached a link to a site with the details of my Suburban but as you know the site is down. Hopefully it's temporary. Here's a picture of heads I grooved for a LT1 Camaro.

http://members.cox.net/raunch/LT1%20Shon%202


Here's another link to a new Somender head mod article.


http://fueleconomytips.com/content/view/73/33/

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tjese techniques might come in handy.Have a look at it.
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Other conscious decisions including having your vehicle coast down hills, and avoiding stopping and starting.

Unfortunately there are still many drawbacks with hydrogen vehicles. Only a couple hundred are currently in use in the United States, due to their high costs. Because hydrogen vehicles have yet to hit the mainstream population, mechanical assistance is inconvenient. In addition, hydrogen cars create more exhaust than gasoline-powered.


Coasting down hills uses more gas (unless coasting to a stop light). For maximum fuel efficiency, coast going up hills (still giving it some throttle, but a bit less than on level ground), and accelerate gradually going down hills. I drove a vehicle that shows instant and average MPG, and driving the way I just said makes a HUGE difference vs. maintaining a steady speed. I'm not sure if the MPG the vehicle showed was 100% accurate, but higher numbers are higher numbers. Assuming it was 100% accurate, I averaged 28 MPG in a 2002 Camry. My mom (who loaned me the car while I was looking for a new one), in very similar driving averaged 18 MPG. Turning the A/C on and rolling up the windows also helps, and it helps a lot if you turn the A/C off while you are coasting up the hills.

I assume you meant hydrogen vehicles produce less exhaust that gasoline powered vehicles? Regardless of the total amount of "exhaust", if the exhaust is water, we don't care how much it puts out!