landlord Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Just paid $3.39 per gallon to fill my truck up.I was talking to the owner of the store and he said he was told it was going to hit the $4.00 mark.I sure hope that he is wrong!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowball Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 We could have had an alternative form of feul years ago, but as long as crooks are incharge AKA politicians, we will continue to take it in the rear. No matter what they say, or what kind of spin they put on it, there is no reason for gas prices to be this high! It is all manipulated...........No doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy_GT13 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Check out Frybrid.com. & the forum there. Run your diesel on waste vegetable oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I calced my last fill up, and it cost just for fuel 20 cents per mile. everyday driving... So for work it cost me $27 per week, or $1,400 per year Just in Fuel!!! Mine is minor compared to others i know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KISS_Racing Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I build a custom module for Ford 7.3. On average people are getting 3 miles to the gallon more as long as they drive the same as they did before they got the module. (It adds 55Hp/90ft lbs of torque on a Mustang Dyno*** Stock Truck ***) I have one here in San Antonio that is getting 4.5 to the gallon more. I'll soon be adding more to our line now that I'm back in a shop. I'll also be advertising more on here again to include packages for people who (tow/haul) and also the GPS tracking device. Thanks Nick for your patience, I need to send you a check... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Let me know when you have one for the 6.0 that fits a 04 F250!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KISS_Racing Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Aaron, I'll call you this week. On the 6.0's we are doing tuners. For some reason Ford has done some weird things with the 6.0's. I did a module a while back and the sensor(sp) we tap into to control fuel didn't react to our changes. We figured back to the drawing(R&D) board. I'll work with ya.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprintsrule Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 KISS_RACING, Do you have anything for the 2000 & 2002 model gas hog Suburbans with the Chevrolet 5.3L gasoline engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Also.. i think the Auto industry is lobby'n for no changes to Oil.. so that they can drive Car sales... and save their business... P.S> good chance for Exxon and thouse other Giant to give back!!! Imagine if they were to build a program that saved americans $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtRacer9s Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I sure hate these gas prices, my 04 chevy gets 12-14mpg, less when I'm hauling to the car to Kyle. I know it ain't 3.39 for gas yet but 3 bucks a gallon to feed my 6.0 sure eats away at the wallet. But, I got lucky and have a service truck now. So for now I ain't paying for fuel, but the way the prices are going up there's always the possibilty of them taking them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tps48 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 I think a high of $4 gal. is optomistic. More like $5 gal. is more realistic. Better buy energy stocks to help offset price increase. Record profits are in store for oil & gas companies.Might as well invest in a sure thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Devaluation of the Dollar to the Euro.Euro as of today is 1.4523 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-Crew Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 I'm burning waste veggie in a 80/20 mix on my Ford PSD. $1.75/gal ready to burn.. I also picked up a '95 Toyota Tercel for $500 for everything I don't need the truck for. With the truck I get ~15 - 16 MPG around town, with the Tercel ~30 mpg.. It will pay for itself in about six months. KISS, PM me what you might have for a '96 7.3 automatic (stock, single shot, no mods) - daily commute and tow #8000 lb travel trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tps48 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Tommy, same thing with the canadian dollar. Used to be 1.55 to 1. Now about equal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastermind Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 I put a throttle body spacer on my '05 F-150 and I got 1.5 to 3 mpg more (depending on how I drive). It only costs $85.00 and should pay itself off in 8.5 months if you get at least a 1.5 mpg increase. I have also noticed that it added more torque and for the price, this is a great modification to a gasoline. As for a diesel, I'm not sure it'll help since most diesels already have turbos that spiral air into the intake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-Crew Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 The good part about a devalued dollar is that it no longer makes as much economic sense to make goods overseas. With higher transportation costs, a weak dollar and congress with enough hutzpah to quit caving in to the oil companies and enforce a carbon tax, we might actually see a return to a manufacturing base in this country. Huh what!? Is it time to get up already.. Darn and I was having such a good dream... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProTree Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 1-crew,research "oil bourse". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-Crew Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 They may hold a knife but we sharpened the edge for them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KISS_Racing Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sprint, I'll PM you in a couple of days with some contact info. You have to tune those, I have a friend here in S.A. that is one of the best in the nation for tuning those. Key is A/F mixture... 1 Crew, I have done one '97. Had a little luck, but need to fine tune the module... Module seems to work best from 99.5-2003's... Gas vehicles and diesel are affected somewhat the same. Our module tricks the computer into putting more fuel in, by doing this we make more power. Key to it is that the customer drive the same i.e. if he drove 70 miles per hour before, then drive 70. There are so many variables in both Gas vehicles and Diesels, there are no two of either that are identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gundogC3 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Do what I did. Buy ya a beater (98 S-10 4-banger, stick COLD A/C), leave the big truck at home. I have a 07 durimax that I have had for 15 month's, and It only has 8,800 mile's on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Gunnar i hear you.. but look at it this way Truck Payment per month: $530 Insurance per month on truck: $50 Fuel used: $330 (1750 miles @ 18 MPG) @ $3.39 per gal Truck Oil Change/Maintain: $75 Cost of Travel/Ownership: $985 I need to keep the truck for racing purposes so if i picked up a $1000 car thats gets 30 mpg. Truck Payment per month: $530 Insurance on Truck & Car: $90 Fuel Used Truck: $160. 750 miles @ 16 MPG (All hauling) @ $3.39 Fuel Used Car: $100. 1000 miles @ 30 MPG @ $3.00 per gal Car Oil Change/Maintain: $40 Truck Oil Change/Maintain: $50 Cost of Travel/Ownership: $970 Change in monthly expense = - $15 Time to pay of lump sum $1000 Car charge = 66 months * Time before savings realized!! Bottom line.. There is not incentive for me to put out the extra money to get a gas saving car. It will take 5.5 years to see savings. UNCLE SAM...... WHAT Are you going to do?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Aaron, Uncle Sam can't do anything about millions of Chinese and Indians who are buying cars and wanting fuel for them. The world is at production capacity and demand is exceeding that by about three million barrels a day. Supply and demand, remember? And we in the U. S., with about five percent of the world population, are still using over 20 percent of the fuel. A friend of mine observed during the first oil crisis in 1973 that the U. S. was coming to the end of he longest Saturday night party in the history of the world. What went unsaid was that all the so-called "emerging nations" were never going to enjoy the standard of living the U. S. did in the 1950s and early '60s: there isn't enough energy left fo fuel that many economies. What can Uncle Sam do? Raise required fuel economy levels? We aren't buying the fuel-efficient cars the industry makes now. How would they sell even more of them? Sorry guys, only one answer: higher fuel prices will reduce demand. And Uncle Sam can increase fuel prices very easily. Might even help pay for the war... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrungot Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 TQ I understand the Supply and demand very well.. Because of the goverments International Policies all Americans are going to pay. What are benifits of global warming.. Well in the north they don't use as much energy to Heat, South Uses more to cool.. so call it an offset. Personal i have been working for more than a year to lower my expenses due to energy crisis. Racing things that i have done. Wife drove own vehicle before and came to track later, Now fill the truck with occupants and make one trip Would go out for Thursday/friday practices, Now only if issues arrise do we make multiple trips. 1 & Done practice sessions. Do one longer practice session early to break in car then go to notes. Lowered Fuel consumption by 5 gals Reduced tire wear Reduced Engine wear Buy fuel by 55 gallon drum now.. get 5ish gallons free that way. There are ton's of things we can do to lower electric/gas use in the house. They cost but save in the long run.. Hate to say nothing we personally do effect the situation... Just find ways to cope and save personal $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky161 Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 TQ I understand the Supply and demand very well.. Because of the goverments International Policies all Americans are going to pay. What are benifits of global warming.. Well in the north they don't use as much energy to Heat, South Uses more to cool.. so call it an offset. I was going to stay out of this one, but that is WAY wrong. Think of it this way. In the south (that's us) we use a lot of energy to cool from 100 degrees down to 70 degrees or a 30 degree change. Up north (that's them) they use energy to get from 0 to 70 or a 70 degree change. Personal i have been working for more than a year to lower my expenses due to energy crisis. Racing things that i have done. Wife drove own vehicle before and came to track later, Now fill the truck with occupants and make one trip Would go out for Thursday/friday practices, Now only if issues arrise do we make multiple trips. 1 & Done practice sessions. Do one longer practice session early to break in car then go to notes. Lowered Fuel consumption by 5 gals Reduced tire wear Reduced Engine wear Buy fuel by 55 gallon drum now.. get 5ish gallons free that way. There are ton's of things we can do to lower electric/gas use in the house. They cost but save in the long run.. Hate to say nothing we personally do effect the situation... Just find ways to cope and save personal $$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiTech Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 turning on the computor is adding to the cost .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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