Cummins Engine Tuned for Fuel Mileage! $1000's Money saved Yearly
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- Опубликовано: 9 май 2019
- In this video I discuss what I do to maximize Fuel Efficiency with my 2014 Kenworth W900L w/ a Cummins ISX cm2350, 18 speed, and 3:55 rears on Low Pro 24.5 tires.
Having it tuned to maximize MPG's is important.
More important is having the right driving habits.
From not using the cruise control to driving and utilizing a Boost gauge.
Save $1000's yearly by driving correct :)
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5.6mpg Hammer Down, Hammer Lane. Great Video
I drive a Cascadia and last time I drove from Laredo to Toronto I got 8 mpg with a 37000 lbs. load. Cruze control the whole way. I just drive slower. Keep it under 65 and you’ll do good. I also start my day at 2 in the morning to get threw as many towns and cities before the 4 wheelers start slowing you down. I make more saving on fuel then I will with saving time. ( going faster to use less hours). I know some don’t like it this way but it works for me.
You know I'm subscribed and I always like cause you've always got great stuff man. :)
Your 100% right on with this video, I've been doing this for years
Great advice. Plus it's easier on the engine and parts all the way around.
Boosting your Profits. Excellent
Keep up the good work brother🤙
You are Sooooo RIGHT about the cruise control, I always use my foot
Crazy. I just started keeping my boost under 20. Sounds like I’m on the right path after hearing your video. No nonsense great advice! Where can I buy a shirt bro ! Yea. Kicking myself for buying a dd15. I should of got the Cummins. But anyway. I’m trying to be fuel effiecemt as possible bro nibwest texas. It’s hard. But it’s worth it. Re training myself using my foot only no cruise is a challenge. Great point on that. Thanks again bro. God bless!
Your Achilles’ tendon will be loving you in years to come, I didn’t use cruise since I started trucking in 91 didn’t trust it in snow, rain , corners but last year got the wake up call now I cruise lmao!!
I feel for ya Billy. I sure hope I don't experience that
Very informative video, thanks! Just bought an older truck and am going to add a boost guage in it. Sounds like aside from better fuel milage it also saves the engine from over working and less breakdowns.
Again, appreciate the info! 🙏🏿
Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the advice. You have great vids! Thanks again!
I try my best to help bro. Thank you 👊
Lol. Good video fella! I use your method as much as I can. I do a lot of oversize and over weight loads so sometimes I don’t always get the best mileage, but those loads will usually pay well enough where it really doesn’t matter that much. Anyway keep those videos coming driver because knowledge is power and need all I can get lol.😂😂
Good advice brother. Most of my trucks run red. And thats what i work on on my channel. Drive safe brother
Great info! Thanks Sammy!! Every penny we save on fuel goes right to our bottom line. S/F Dave 2Tim 1:7
Good video. Just another reason I like being a company driver. I don’t have to bother with the mpg’s just load up and roll then collect my check on Friday. Keep on keepin on!
Travis Helms that’s the one thing I miss 👊
Great video
Pulling rgn loaded, lucky to get 3 or 4 mpg, 80,000lbs on the trailer 14 wide, kill fuel mileage, traded every four years, with around 350,000 miles on the odometer, truck was worn out at 4 years, believe I loved rgn, did it for 26 years, pull toy here.
david schabel 😎😎😎
I believe you , that's about what I was averaging with my red top Cummins it was set up that way by a guy in Ga , it would turn triple digits easy but I didn't run it that hard I always ran 70 or less ...good info 👍🏽
I really enjoy your videos im an owner operator out of south carolina i pull containers
I run a 870 in an 07' 379. Deleted , tuned, aftermarket turbo,intake and exhaust. Open 7"" with single resonator. I pull sulfuric tanker and most mountain terrain in AZ, NM, NV,Tx Utah. Always at 79.800 I'm getting 6.8 to 7.
Good video!
I’m new to your channel but I agree with about 80% of that it also depends on the type of trailer you pull and the weight of your load and in my case how wide it is I have done as well with pulling oversized loads if I pay attention to what I’m doing and the area I’m driving in
Good video
Totally thought that MAKECENTS was dead wrong about cruise control but I humbly admit ol' boy was right. Tried it for a week and saw significant improvement. Foots tireder tho.
I constantly gets 7.6 on my cm871 with non vgt turbo putting out 625hp . Run the same road every day with 35k. You left out one more important thing.. your EGT. I found that before pulling hills to keep turbo spooling at 20 psi will get you cooler EGT and engine run more efficient. Also you wants to be direct drive to be more efficient. My most efficient speed with 35k in the box came to 63 mph. Keep up the good work 💯
Good vid
Rawze taught you well. I drive the same way. But I bet he gave you hell about that hood lol. I drive a 2011 Prostar that he turned and if I got 7.2 mpg I would pull over and cry. lol. Keep doing what you’re doing. Stepping out with the step deck 😎👊
You let me down! I said 8.4!! Your fired! Ha Have a great weekend man.
Gud video, I definitely learned alot from this one, thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Hey bro great info!
it is not the tractor that creates drag...it is the trailer, only my opinion
Cool video😎
Chasing Andrew Jackson yo!!! we miss the old chasing Andrew Jackson
Cheers...
I got a cummins isx 400 st (in México) tuned to 475 dump the vgt turbo and got a borg warner no wasegate all delete cummins tune
Mpg 7.0 some times little more..
Is posible.
But if you do 7mpg with all the emissions bull you are the man...
And yes keep turbo psi down
Fuel Economy = Bigger Profits 😎👌
Will try the under 20 psi at all times. 👌👌
Quit paying those Amarillo petro prices. Hit that Quick trip in Decatur when you're coming this way. Save yourself about .40 a gallon.
rilloroc usually fill at Hana but I’ll lock that quick trip in 👊
@@MakeCentsTrucking that hana is good to. That's were I go when I have to fuel here
I have used www.Truckstopsonline.com for years to locate the lowest fuel prices.
@@joewheeler5347 I'm gonna give that a shot, thanks.
Hello again Sammy I have the blue T 660 flattop parked by you at Louisville truck show. Now I am not tuned for fuel and set at 600 hp and 2050 tongue. Getting in the sevens. One trip stands out but is not the only one to achieve this, Iowa to Phoenix and back 8.235 mpg about 2,500 miles. Yes 80 k loads. Now I know not a hood truck but with this tune feel lucky. This was off miles and fuel receipts. Interesting note went through a couple thunderstorms so going wasn't perfect. But I did only idle for about 2 hours total on the trip, which helps.
Now I did the numbers for the first 35,000 miles awhile back. Starting with the truck this past winter and learning it, I didn't do very well on mpg's in the beginning. That being said the 35,000 mile average was 7.137 mpg's. That is with more then 3/4 of loads at 80 k. Plus with my wheel base trailer gap is horrible.
So part of my story so far with the truck. Not to bad for a hopped up ISX. Maybe it's all luck only time will tell.
Shoot no that's not to shabby Tony G
I’ve drove my Lone Star the same way by the boost. Lay off the jakes too unless you really need them. That boost will jump up when the jakes kick in!
Jake's and regular brakes bleed energy off..... That energy is almost exclusively created from fuel to form momentum.... Coast down as much as you can without needing to brake hard... Accelerate like grandpa and play the rollercoaster on the hills
Hey man I love your info and keep up the great work .!!!
It’s crazy I wish I seen this Before I had to teach my self all of this info. But I what I did learned from you was Cruise control is a big No no
😎😎 it’s a fuel killer 👊
that's good. my 660s always averaged less than 7. I went back to Gliders. and I'm pulling 7 with 60 series detroit. I average from fill up to fill up The ifta cab be thrown off by the timing of the first or last fuel purchase.
My old truck was build for the best MPG it could get. Being a 1995, it has 2.93 gears. Along with a 10 speed Direct. And yes you have a lot of guys, that say a OD will get better MPG. But we know direct is the best for Fuel Mileage. 22.5 low pros.
Its one of the single axle Dillard trucks. They pulled doubles with. Detroit 11.1 365HP, but man does it pull good for a low HP compared to today's trucks. They also ordered there trucks back then. With 4 fuel tanks 470 gallons of fuel on board.
Will know next year, when we start traveling. As will be pulling our camper around with it. And going to see the Redwoods. Figure I can fuel up west of OK City. And run to CA and back to cheaper fuel. No buying that high $$ Ca fuel.
My boost gauge grossing around 43K stays around 5 lbs. Hard pull with big grades still around 12lbs most time's.
Great vid... running 7.0 7.5 mpg on a 2000 N14...
I agree ..... a man has got to know his limitations .
Great info. BTW I fat fingered 7.7, what I meant to type was 7.2. 👍
2016 Freightliner dd15 with dt12 governed at 70, 510000 miles gauge says 6.8 with idle. Dt12 is nice when I let off it shifts into neutral automatically and always keeps the RPMs low.
I get 7.0-7.3. Flat bed, loaded 44-48k lbs. of load. ISX15 with no def system properly working( turned off due to extreme unreliability) with 725k original miles on the clock. KW T660
An ISX15 with no DEF/SCR/DPF is illegal... Unless you're driving a fire truck... I'm not saying: I'm just saying.
I haven't seen you do a video in a while where you talk about what the loads pay and what you made on the load
Thanks for the good stuff. What engine oil do you use?
I like I do like on your video, but to save is to have patience and virtue and the willing to save money 💵 the more you save the better you are on your equipment ! HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU Tell we MEET Again
Athens, Ga here hammer DOWN
Go Dawgs!!
You must read bruce mallison. He's the pioneer of shut the cruise off and it works wonders. I remember reading articles in the early nineties about this technique. I never had a fuel pressure guage but it's even better than a boost guage for saving fuel.
Makes cents 😉. The more boost you run the bigger displacement you have technicaly
I subscribe Twice I just started my truck in channel GBizzle tha truck great tip 👏🏾
All trucks are hood truck unless you are driving a cabover, love the info
Shut the music off when your talking.
Price 2.79 a gallon! those were the good old days.
🙌🙌 yessss!
Do you have a DEF system? If so, how often and what type maintenance do you get done on it? Do you buy DEF at the pump or in a jug?
7.1 avg with a Paccar motor 2014 579. Weight was 79,780. 1800 miles. I drive with the boost gauge also. Keep it under or at 20
What are the benefits of driving with the boost gauge on?
I may have missed it but I didn't hear you say how much that load weighed that's pretty big factor on fuel economy
me too
Me three!
Me too
SaiI boat fuel I think he said.
I couldn't help but to see the fuel prices rise on the receipt as you drove west. I paid $4.13 a gallon last night in Patterson, CA.
2.69 in Dallas
Gear Grinder they are crazy out here. I’ll add just enough to make it back to Kingman for a fill up lol
@@MakeCentsTrucking question are you running I5 north I thought I saw you a little while ago just north of Lost Hills
Damm, i was close at 7.4 on my high number.
Damnit!!!!! I was 1.0 mile off per gallon. But hey whatever works.
Been trying to find a place to do a ecm tune up my paccar
I will try that today
Chesapeaka Virginia to Los angeles Ca
RANCHERO ENTERTAINMENT let us know 😎
No cruise control
7.7
No joke
Still have 700 miles to go
keep that BIG hood in the wind as long as you can...
Same here, boost gauge stays under 20. Uphill no cruise control so the engine won't work as hard.
10.1 in my Cascadia 😎
Sammy, off topic....but have you heard of amazon getting into brokering? Not sure if everything is true, but talk is they plan on undercutting prices 25-35%!! Supposedly they are willing to do it at cost. Just wondered if you heard of this. Great vid, as always, bro.
What’s the trucking management software you use?
Ok
Back in California from Virginia
No cruise control
I went from 6.7 to 7.5 gpm
I have 2019 cascadia automatic
The auto shift will shift for peak performance and economy. Also what is your speed limter set for pedal and cruise. And you do have a Cummins with a eaton 10 or 13
Hard to beat the non egr 12.7 Detroit tunned right an still have hill power or even the old 350-400 big cam Cummins turned up at right mark and ran right
I love my c-15 accert with an aero truck, peterbilt 387. I've dropped it to 62mph, always pull under 39,000lbs and don't run mountains. I get 7.4 mpg with occasional speeding up to pass or keep up with traffic in a large city.
What kind of fuel card you use? TCS Apex requires cash but saves $$$
Hate to say it but its not about how much or how little boost your turbo is making it is about how good are you at keeping your engine RPM's as low as possible at all times in all conditions
Cummins motors like to run at 55 mph So if you almost lug the motor like 1100 rpms before going to the next gear you can save too never floor it!...oh yeah floating gears never double clutch or granny shifting like a lot of guys do lol 😂
He's right. In top gear, boost correlates directly with power demand (and hence fuel burn rate). Limiting boost, inherently limits fuel consumption. This is a similar notion to limiting cruising speed on flat terrain (aerodynamic drag being proportional to the cube of the speed, so limiting speed limits power demand). When in lower gears climbing steeper hills, you're better probably off lugging at higher boost than choosing a lower gear to get lower boost tho'. Engine efficiency increases with boost pressure.
Uhm-
-you're better off lugging.... Until you put a rod through the block!
Maybe a Mac engine and maybe caterpillars and okay a Mercedes mbe4000 you can lug with impunity: but you're going to be spending 30 to 40 Grand very quickly if you try that with an ISX.
Pittsburgh Power as pertains to climbing a hill says to be in a gear where you could increase your broad speed when you press on the accelerator.
I climb mountains at 1800 RPMs and think nothing of it; that is where the rated horsepower is.
Climbing hills cost money. Time is money and money is time; I don't want to spend 5 days climbing Monteagle.
I have 550,000 miles on my ISX and pull it down to 1200 before I shift and have since new, just like cummins says to. I get 6.4 for the entire year. And I’ve had 0 issues. Cleaned dpf filters at 250,000 and again at 500,000 and run a Thermo King Tripak and DO NOT idle. Have had zero issues with this truck. Zero
Good morning, great vid! I was curious about the boost as well. I purchased a Bully Dog GT to monitor my fuel economy. This truck cc does not work. This Cummins averages 7+mpg most of the time.
Or try Kevin Rutherford boost gauge the Petro in oak Grove Missouri sells it
6.5 in my 99 cat. Changing my rears from 370 to336. Hope to get 7 miles to the gal
Any results yet?
Awesome video. Have you got a delete for your truck yet
I got a 12.7 Detroit. Last yr I hit 8.5 cpl times it was hot out. 7.5 is normal not bad for a Coronado. I wish i could see my boost gauge unfortunatly my steering wheel get in the way.
What are the benefits of seeing the boost gauge as you drive?
@makecents. Hey man saw your truck Thursday at ripon parked towards the back
Yes sir that was me :)
Yes sir that was me :)
MakeCents yup I parked next to you killed some time left around 8am
Question my cm2250 is deleted I need a new turbo do I do OEM ? What other Turbo options do I have thanks ? this is the best channel for Cummins isx15 owners 👍👍
Yea check out rawze .com. He has a guy in GA will rebuild that turbo $1500 ish depending how bad it is. But yeah I’d stuck to oem vgt 👊
Hello there
My fuel economy just changed from 6.7 to 5.00
Sammy of course i've spread the word to all my friends 12.6k
Listen to MAKECENTS on RUclips. This guy is very awesome, smart. He knows what it takes to be successful OTR 2020 and a newer Contract Carrier.
His fuel consumption vid is right on!!
Fuel will make or break u in 30 days. He understands the importance of a "Boost" gauge. Uses it to climb mountains. Dang he's good. Watch him, u won't be disappointed.
Appreciate it bro :)
@@MakeCentsTrucking Hi bro. lol.
I am a gale a girl trucker not a guy. No worries.
What’s up makin cents that boost gauge kinda sounds like this 2018 freightliner Coronado I drive but it got a digital gauge that runs vertical. If you keep it in the middle it says zero and shows good fuel efficiency. Anyways I used to farm out there in Lodi off of highway 12. Lots of Zinfandel wine out there now.
Truck One I drive through some grape fields going out to the J. It sure what roads it was but it’s was nice
Where you tuned your truck?
Sammy I know you like the ISX, while my favorite Cummins is the N-14. Do a video comparing the two. I think you'll find the n-14 is a far superior engine. My 02 9200i if I kept it at 60 I got 8.5 with it. My sons 01 9200 got 9 with no emissions. So my 41 years of experience tells me do not buy newer than 03 trucks.
I have a Cummins 14 also.
Yes it is better without emissions and yes it is easier to work on. However, those ISX's run very strong-even if they will drop a liner or put a rod through the block or need to be rebuilt in 300,000 MI.
Of the one I drove for a year in a ProStar in 2017 I think it was a 2014 ProStar with its ISX 15 rebuilt at 340k according to the owner, I think the ISX had more below 1,300 RPM grunt than my n14 does and I have 3.58 the one ratio rear end where this one was like a 3.27:2. I also have eaten 13 speed where the truck I drove was a 10 speed.
I just know that if I'm in a hurry or if I'm pulling heavy that I start my shifts at 1400 RPM and bring them up to 1625. If I'm in more of a hurry like pulling out front of traffic I'll start my shifts at 1500 and pull them to 1750.
Bottom line: I have no problems driving an ISX15-I just have all kinds of problems ever owning one.
👍😉
Getting 8.6 with cat c15 also tuned for fuel economy but i go 75+ everywhere
Where did you get it tuned I need mine done. I'm getting 4.5mpg running 70mph
Do a video showing how you maintain 20 or less pulling a Hill loaded
Easy when you go up a hill just let of the gas a littile bit and maintain it under 20psi
Yea...going up the hill 40mph.
25 mph
that really good considering i have a 2020 579 with the x15 its getting 8.2 hauling 20 to 30k lbs loads
What where? How fast are u going 60 ? How much mile did u travel to have a 8.2 mpg?
60 drove from denver co to mira loma ca with full tanks at each fueling
@@justindempsey2360 when heading west on 70 its more downhill or up hill havents been over their in more than 4 months. Ik going into vegas is more of a downhill after those crazy curves in New Mexico.. heading east tho on 70 Diesel Junky!!!
Good stuff bro. How do you like the prices on Cali😬😬? How the ride on the new seat bro.👌✌👍👌✌👍what you do you think about the paccar mx10 engine any good feedback guys???
Christian Bucio seat is amazing. Lovin’ it. Be better of seat was lil more narrow. I like the Paccar engines 2014+
I’d buy one 👊
Dropping 10 mph not running full throttle... Dude your truck must have some kick-ass power. Everything we run barely holds 45mph at full throttle..... Lucky bastard.
She's got some juice if i mash on it :)
I'm try this in my Ford F250 that has been "tuned"
Sammy do you think you might go automatic on your next truck?I heard it gets the best fuel mileage....I have heard rates up to 10 miles per gallon...????I might go to an automatic only because 90 pct of all trucks are going that way.Looking for your input.I would text u but I think your followers might want to know.
Tommy Reed No. I’ll keep a 18 or 13. Only reason it gets better fuel mileage is because of proper shift points. Drive a manual properly and you’ll get the same results.
The auto shift is same trans with a air shifter. It’s not an automated like a vehicle.
why you chose kw w900 ?
you could have got a cascadia and with your driving you could have got 9+mpg loaded easy!
Wat is a boost or boots guage???
What are you using to edit? And do all the zooms? And how do I get wide view on my GoPro lol?
video leap app. all on iPhone :)
oh and use linear view on Go Pro. Wide view gives you fisheye
Get that air dam from Brian, mount that on that W9...pick up a few tenths , wont look as cool though : ) But...if you're going to a step scratch that...
Will this air dam work on a pete 389? Im interested
@@leehancock2782 Not that one, you might could put one of those aluminum turbo wings on a 389, Pete use to have a little small spoiler on some models of the raised roof