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Just did a 2200 mile round trip from New Hampshire to North Carolina round trip  with my 2020 trail boss 5.3. I put a factory front air dam on for the trip since these trucks are awful on the highway to see if it would help and I was surprised to average 18.8 mpg overall and at one point had my 50 mile average to 24.8 mpg at one point in Virginia with driving a lot at 80-85 mph. So the air dam is definitely worth something g

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I put one on mine and even with a level, 34" tires and only 2500 miles on the 6.2 I am getting 23-24 MPG @ 60-65MPH. I like the look of it better too. 

 

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On 4/9/2021 at 9:06 AM, t-bone said:

I put one on mine and even with a level, 34" tires and only 2500 miles on the 6.2 I am getting 23-24 MPG @ 60-65MPH. I like the look of it better too. 

 

Man I run up and down 41 from Milwaukee to Green Bay, cruise set at 78 and the best I can get is 18. That’s a stock 21 RST 6.2 10 speed with the car tires on it. Got 3600 miles, maybe needs to break in more.

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18 hours ago, poonugget said:

Can you guys provide some pics?  I would definitely go this route to save some MPG's!

Look at any non Trail boss and you'll see the air dam.  It's under the front bumper.

 

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Just did a 2200 mile round trip from New Hampshire to North Carolina round trip  with my 2020 trail boss 5.3. I put a factory front air dam on for the trip since these trucks are awful on the highway to see if it would help and I was surprised to average 18.8 mpg overall and at one point had my 50 mile average to 24.8 mpg at one point in Virginia with driving a lot at 80-85 mph. So the air dam is definitely worth something g
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Watch your speed in Virginia. 81 mph and over is reckless driving. They have a really solid law on this. In a nutshell, 20 over the posted limit, or more than 80 mph is an automatic reckless and they can impound your car.

As for your mpg, south of Richmond on I-85 is pretty much easy cruising downhill. You have no trouble getting decent mpg there.

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Watch your speed in Virginia. 81 mph and over is reckless driving. They have a really solid law on this. In a nutshell, 20 over the posted limit, or more than 80 mph is an automatic reckless and they can impound your car.

As for your mpg, south of Richmond on I-85 is pretty much easy cruising downhill. You have no trouble getting decent mpg there.

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Good to know about about the over 80 in Virginia . As for my route I was on the other side of the sate and came up 77-81 through fancy gap and lot more hills over there!!!

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On 4/5/2021 at 1:45 PM, Bigman21 said:

Just did a 2200 mile round trip from New Hampshire to North Carolina round trip  with my 2020 trail boss 5.3. I put a factory front air dam on for the trip since these trucks are awful on the highway to see if it would help and I was surprised to average 18.8 mpg overall and at one point had my 50 mile average to 24.8 mpg at one point in Virginia with driving a lot at 80-85 mph. So the air dam is definitely worth something g

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What was your mileage before adding the air dam?  

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On 4/23/2021 at 7:14 AM, Bigman21 said:

Good to know about about the over 80 in Virginia . As for my route I was on the other side of the sate and came up 77-81 through fancy gap and lot more hills over there!!!

 

On 4/23/2021 at 4:57 AM, Transient said:


 

 


Watch your speed in Virginia. 81 mph and over is reckless driving. They have a really solid law on this. In a nutshell, 20 over the posted limit, or more than 80 mph is an automatic reckless and they can impound your car.

As for your mpg, south of Richmond on I-85 is pretty much easy cruising downhill. You have no trouble getting decent mpg there.

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^This.  I moved to NC from NH, and got pegged in VA.  A court appearance is also required (had to hire a lawyer).  Radar detectors are illegal.  VA considers speeding tickets a state revenue source. 

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