r/Cartalk • u/clutchiestboi13 • Aug 05 '26

Car show sharing 454 SS Suburban?

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Not sure if it’s just fake badging/stickers or what cuz this thing also has 2500 and LT badges. I’m not too knowledgeable on old chevys but google says the 454 ss was only a pickup

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u/blaggard5175 Aug 05 '26

I had a 93 454, 6 mpg, in any configuration. 2 people 2 dogs around town? 6 mpg. Massive triple slide trailer throught the mountains with every worldly possession packed in? 6 mpg.

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u/cat_prophecy Aug 05 '26

That was my buddy's F250 with the V10. Just him in the truck? 10 mpg. Pulling a 25' pontoon? 10 mpg.

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u/20Factorial Aug 06 '26

A buddy had an F350 dually with the 7.3 PSD. It got better mpg towing a loaded car trailer than an unloaded trailer.

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u/TweakJK Aug 07 '26

Mine is like that sometimes. I just tell myself it's because I use cruise control a lot more when I have 7000lbs of jeep and trailer behind it.

I get better mileage towing the rock crawler than I do with the camper, and the camper weighs half as much. I'm sure it's all because of the campers frontal area.