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Power plays
Look to mufflers for
fuel mileage gain
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any times, people will not want to change
their muffler(s) until they rust apart and are
ready to fall off the truck.
Recently, we had a truck in the shop for a conversion, and the owner felt the mufflers were OK.
However, to allow the engine to breathe properly, I
insisted that the free-flow quiet performance mufflers be installed.
Once we removed the old muffler, we could tell it was
rusted out, even though it didn't appear to be on the
outside. So we cut a window in the side of it, and we
were shocked at what we saw; the top section of the
internal pipe was rusted through and was lying sideways
across the incoming pipe, blocking almost all of the flow.
People almost never remove their stacks to make
sure their muffler is OK, but by replacing a stock muffler with a quiet performance muffler, you will gain
at least 1/4 mpg, which generally translates to saving
1,000 gallons of fuel for every 100,000 miles driven.
This also greatly reduces the amount of soot in the
engine's oil, along with the iron (FE) particles that are
responsible for most engine wear. Our Fleet-Air washable foam air filters also help the engine to breathe
and will add fuel mileage and horsepower. Along with
the mufflers, they are the first place to start when
looking to gain fuel mileage.
In most cases, by spendBruce Mallinson ing $500 to $1,000 one
is the owner
time, you can gain at least
of Pittsburgh
Power, an
1/2 mpg and 40-plus horseengine
performance
power and save about
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Saxonburg, Pa.
$5,000 a year or more.
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