My old dodge

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  1. Mar 18, 2012 at 1:33 AM #1
    Tjco

    Tjco Junior Member

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    I have a 2000 ram with a 318. Needless to say its gutless and uses way too much fuel. It's only purpose for now is a work truck for me putting on around 250km a day. I was thinking about putting a cold air intake and a throttle spacer to give me better mpg and more power. Do you think it's worthwhile to sink the 300 bucks into it? Or go another route? Thanks
     
  2. Mar 18, 2012 at 1:41 AM #2
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    i saw the biggest improvement in gas mileage from my programmer. i went from getting around 11mpg to getting 14-15
     
  3. Mar 20, 2012 at 1:01 PM #3
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    I have tossed that idea around too. It would be about 100 to 200$ more for the programmer.
     
  4. Mar 20, 2012 at 4:33 PM #4
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    i don't think you'd see a return on the intake, and certainly not the spacer anytime soon. you'd probably save more by putting the $300 into fuel than those mods in the short run. programmer or nothing at all would be the better investment, i think.
     
  5. Mar 21, 2012 at 12:09 AM #5
    Tjco

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    Any particular programmer better than the other. Lots of choices
     

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