The chart shows the fleet...
The chart shows the fleet of eight Dodge trucks, each pulling a 13,500-pound, 40-foot long trailer, loaded with a NASCAR vehicle. The trucks drove almost 150,000 miles, and averaged 10.41 miles per gallon. The ninth Dodge in the fleet, equipped with a Superchips Cortex tuner, averaged 12.58 miles per gallon, a significant 20% increase.
Fuel Economy Test
While increases in horsepower and towing capacity are important to the diesel enthusiast, it's not the end of our story. Fuel economy is another of diesel's benefits that's important in today's economy. Superchips reported to us that it had just finished a fuel economy test using its Cortex tuner.
Working together, Superchips and the Richard Petty Driving Experience conducted a mileage study that monitored a fleet of Dodge trucks, each hauling trailers loaded with a NASCAR vehicle and delivering them to races and promotional sites around the country. The study covered 147,000 miles and Superchips claims that the Cortex-equipped Dodge achieved 20% better mileage than the rest of the trucks in the fleet.
How did they do that? Superchips told us that the extra horsepower and torque typically found using one of its settings allowed the tuned truck to remain in top gear while the stock trucks were forced to downshift repeatedly. Fleet drivers were also said to have marveled at how responsive the Superchips-tuned Dodge had become, and enjoyed the side benefit of increasing the average range of the truck from 364 miles to 440 miles per tank. Fewer stops for fuel also meant more productive time on the highway.