How many kilometers can I make on a Dodge Magnum RT?
November 10, 2009 in Dodge
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Mr. Magnum questioned:
Ciao, I plot to hold a 2006 get out of Magnum RT sometime next month.
I only handbook in the city, and I’m wondering how many kilometers can I make on a Magnum RT; maintenance in mind that I only do city driving.
Also, what is the best way to keep up the best fuel efficiency, what driving problem must I adopt? Maintenance it below 3,000 RPM when accelerating?
Delight help, be grateful you.
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Push on gas at take off half to 3/4’s and get to speed and let off. Do not go too slow or keep jumping on gas and off gas. Level off and stay. RPM’s depend on car and I do not know the R/T apart from you will get about 15 MPG.
With a 06 Magnum R/T guess between 13.5-16L/100km with all stop and go city driving. With a 72L tank on the R/T Magnum…I avg. about 425 to 500km/ tank depending on many conditions. MDS does not kick in (4 cylinder mode) till approx. 35km/hr. At idle or slower than 35km/hr you are running on all 8 cylinders. At the upper limit the MDS will disable when you get to speeds over 140km/hr.
The best way to utilize MDS is to really bed in a MDS indicator set alight to let you know when the HEMI is running in 4 cylinder vs 8 cylinder mode. Very simple to do with a few parts from Telephone logic Shack. I did this with my 05 Magnum RT AWD.
Also, if you are city driving don’t do jack rabbit starts, but, this is simpler said than done with the Hemi & dual exhaust. You may want to look at the Superchips potential programmer as you can set up your Hemi Magnum to utilize 87 Octane fuel and run in fuel state mode. You will see gains of about 0.5-1.0L/100km’s depending on driving conditions.
With the Hemi the best RPM array for best fuel state is about 2000RPM. Also, be sure you use 5W20 engine oil as any thicker oil will disable the MDS logic and you will be running on all 8 cylinders.
A excellent site to stay is LX forums…they have some excellent outfit on how to bed in an MDS indicator set alight & additional modifications to boost fuel mileage.