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Well this weekend I finally took the car on an extended road trip (435 miles total) and got my new mpg's for my locking rearend and 3:55 gears. I took the wife and son with me and with the weight of them and our luggage I found a few new areas that will need attention when the money comes available.
I don't know what you guys get for mpg's but for this trip I averaged about 13.67 mpg's and I only filled up 3x's total compared to 5 before I had the work done. At speeds over 65 mph I can really hear the truetrac rearend making a loud humming noise that drowns out the radio.
I didn't dog it like I usually do because I had the family with me but I did hit 90+ mph a few times on the trip and tried to at least stay with the flow of traffic for the most part. Unfortunately, we all had very sore butts after riding on my O.E. seats for 4 hrs so once we re-locate to Kansas an interior upgrade is going on my list of things to do.
My first fix is going to be getting my rear fenders rolled because with the extra weight in the car my tires rubbed on almost every bump I went over, and this made the wife extremely nervous. I also discovered that my 1980's model alarm system is a piece of crap that has to go. We stayed in a hotel and I basically felt the need to check on my car at least every 2 or 3 hrs during the night because I couldn't sleep.
So if any of you KC KS area guys know of a decent shop I can take it to please send me a pm, thanks.
I don't know what you guys get for mpg's but for this trip I averaged about 13.67 mpg's and I only filled up 3x's total compared to 5 before I had the work done. At speeds over 65 mph I can really hear the truetrac rearend making a loud humming noise that drowns out the radio.
I didn't dog it like I usually do because I had the family with me but I did hit 90+ mph a few times on the trip and tried to at least stay with the flow of traffic for the most part. Unfortunately, we all had very sore butts after riding on my O.E. seats for 4 hrs so once we re-locate to Kansas an interior upgrade is going on my list of things to do.
My first fix is going to be getting my rear fenders rolled because with the extra weight in the car my tires rubbed on almost every bump I went over, and this made the wife extremely nervous. I also discovered that my 1980's model alarm system is a piece of crap that has to go. We stayed in a hotel and I basically felt the need to check on my car at least every 2 or 3 hrs during the night because I couldn't sleep.
So if any of you KC KS area guys know of a decent shop I can take it to please send me a pm, thanks.