FishOnOne wrote:
ShinerBock wrote:
FishOnOne wrote:
Here's a video of a hot shot driver that did a test pulling a load at 65 mph vs 70 mph. It appears his 6.7 cummins with the aisin tranny doesn't like running at 65 mph with all the gear shifting probably caused his extra fuel consumption.
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I don't see how that guy has over 92k subscribers. He is so annoying to watch. I could only get about a minute into it before I had to turn it off.
Although I wonder if he reconfigured his speedo for those oversized tires he has. They look to be at least 1 inch over which would totally mess up his numbers(even hand calculated) if he is doing a mileage run. My Ram and F150 would showed that I got 3-4 mpg less than when I finally got the speedo corrected with my 1 inch oversized tires.
He also looks to have some sort of a front end level or lift kit. I can see the white lettering of a Carli suspension torsion bar right under the drivers door which are generally for a 3-6" lift. Not sure why he would be worried about fuel mileage with that kind of setup. All the things he did to the truck is kind of counterintuitive for wanting to attain the best mpg possible.
How his truck is configured is irrelevant for his particular test which was to compare the fuel economy at two different speeds and the only variable was the speed he drove and perhaps some road conditions. Now is he was trying to test fuel economy performance to another brand then yes I would agree with you but then again there's no need to perform that test as we know the results and these results I've been predicting early this year.
Well, I didn't watch the full video because the guy was annoying and didn't seem all there. So I don't know if he was trying to compare the fuel mileage of this truck to anything else. If he did, it would be stupid of him to do so given the mods on the truck.
Also, in reference to you saying that appears the Aisin does not like 65 mph, taller tires also effects the gearing and rpm of the truck from stock as well. His rpm will be lower on oversized tires versus smaller stock tires which also lowers how much power it can make at a given speed. There is also the issue of greater drag due to the lift which eats up power. So this should no way be compared to what the Aisin is capable of in stock form or used as a reference.
