Topic: GAS PRICES

[RockSlayer]

do you get better gas mileage when u bump up the compression? i know u get more power, but i was curious the different ways to increase your compression, thinking about doing that to a diesel motor (probably a 6.5 turbo diesel) when i drop one in my suburban. (dont tell me the 6.5 is slow and weak, gets better gas mileage than any of the others, minus the 6.2, and gets quite a bit more power/torque with a turbo and a computer upgrade, just looking to get around 600 lb/ft of torque, nothing more)

That may be true, but they are prone to cracking the heads where the Injectors poke through.

[red]

the 6.5's? if you try to make some serious power of out them yes, but running around 30 psi of boost, 4 inch exhaust, intercooler, computer upgrade, and headers wouldnt cause that problem. i'd have to run an extreme amount of boost and other upgrades to do that. mostly i'd be worried about increasing the gas mileage and the torque, not to hot rod it, but for regular towing and crawling.

wait, nvm, i wasnt even payin attention to what u said, sorry. they are prone to cracking around the injectors stock, but if i do drop one in my truck i'll upgrade the head to prevent that from happening.

[Doosty]

up here in yellowknife nwt,canada its 1.19 a L soo yeah.. over 4 a gal

[Rocksurfer]

Was just watching the news, a gas station computer glitch had a pump charging .02 per gallon of gas. That's not 2 cents per gallon but 2/10ths of a cent per gallon of gas.




To bad they caught it I'd be filling the motorhome for about 10 cents.

[motorider228]

I was watching fox news today and congress is thinking about getting rid of the federal gas tax until prices come down

[Rocksurfer]

I was watching fox news today and congress is thinking about getting rid of the federal gas tax until prices come down

Key word here is "thinking" they'll be thinking until the elections, then they'll be forgetting.

[jimbo74]

the federal gas tax is like .1 a gallon, that i can deal with, its the greedy oil companies charging $3.2 for a gallon thats upsetting..... its all a bunch of crap, i thought we were supposed to get a little bit higher prices until the thigns got back into swing after katrina... nope, thye just lie.....

[motorider228]

can someone delete this post, I am too tired and can't seem to find the delete option.

[motorider228]

yeah you're correct. I wouldn't want them to repeal that tax though because they will have to raise it higher eventually to make up for a loss of tax revenue.

[unclejpl4x4]

got back 2 jeresy and gas is $2.77 now   .it was 3.29 in san diego  

[kneedownnate]

Yea, california is getting hosed hard, that's about what it cost up here too.