“I’m not sure what fuel injectors and electronic ignition got the industry, but it wasn’t real world fuel economy.”
Actually it is fuel economy. Your old truck [0] doesn’t have a bunch of mpg sapping emissions rules to deal with.
The fuel injector allow for more power for the same amount of fuel giving the engineer the power budget to spend on reducing non carbon emissions and increasing weight (ie safety)
[0] your truck appears to be tuned slightly lean, or at stoichiometry. Otherwise there’s no way you’d get similar mph.
Actually it is fuel economy. Your old truck [0] doesn’t have a bunch of mpg sapping emissions rules to deal with.
The fuel injector allow for more power for the same amount of fuel giving the engineer the power budget to spend on reducing non carbon emissions and increasing weight (ie safety)
[0] your truck appears to be tuned slightly lean, or at stoichiometry. Otherwise there’s no way you’d get similar mph.