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60sIron · 06-23-2014, 01:31 AM

My turn...... Unless I missed it, my only addition would be a vacuum gauge. My Burb has one mounted in the dash. Looks stock. It's a great tool to adjust your driving habits. Now to piggy back on. Is your speedo/odometer calibrated for your tire size? If not you could be doing better or worse depending. Lastly and I've stated it in this forum before. Be realistic, if you're getting 10 mpg what kind of increase is realistic 10, 20, 50%? How many miles do you drive? I have 4:56 gears in my Burb. My mpg would improve with a change but the cost out weighs the gains. Unless I needed to fix something in the differentials anyway then I'm in.
Oh one last thing. You could buy a Prius and use your Suburban to park it in......
I'll stick with poor mpg too....... lol.......

06-23-2014, 01:31 AM	#21
60sIron Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Sebastopol California Posts: 151	Re: How can I improve fuel economy? My turn...... Unless I missed it, my only addition would be a vacuum gauge. My Burb has one mounted in the dash. Looks stock. It's a great tool to adjust your driving habits. Now to piggy back on. Is your speedo/odometer calibrated for your tire size? If not you could be doing better or worse depending. Lastly and I've stated it in this forum before. Be realistic, if you're getting 10 mpg what kind of increase is realistic 10, 20, 50%? How many miles do you drive? I have 4:56 gears in my Burb. My mpg would improve with a change but the cost out weighs the gains. Unless I needed to fix something in the differentials anyway then I'm in. Oh one last thing. You could buy a Prius and use your Suburban to park it in...... I'll stick with poor mpg too....... lol.......