kj1074

2wd, rebuilt engine, weber carb = 22 avg

gsb15

I get 25-30mpg. I might be cheating though

dropzone

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Turbo diesel 5 speed, yeah you are a cheater

Diff Cranker

After a week of driving like my driveshaft's made of cheap plastic, l got 30 mpg. l was driving my 22R with straight pipe exhaust too.

Norms81Toy

1981 22r with 8" total lift, 33x12.50r15's, 5.29's and a 32/36 dgav weber carb... I think im getting between 20 and 24?

83_4wd_Toy

I have an 83 with 223k other then plugs wires cap roter i dont think its had so much as a carb rebuild. its got 13x1050x15 factory gearing i get abotu 16 in town and if i push it on the high-way to do 75mph i get like 12. (i avoid doing more then 55 if at all posible)

sococrawler

79 toy #6094 special editon "black" my truck has every option except power window/locks. 95,769 orig miles
right now i'm gettin 16 in town, 19-20 hiway, i think i can get more out of her if the carb was right, i have a really rough idle and hiccups at hiway speeds. i'm gonna start a thread bout what may be wrong

JustDSM

I'm getting 21mpg in my '83 currently. It has a rebuilt 22r (stock build) and a LC Engineering Header w/ a 2.25" exhaust w/ a Cherry Bomb Turbo muffler.

It's driven 25 miles each way to work and back which includes a 2,000 ft elevation gain each way as I have to cross a mountain pass.

In all, I think it's doing pretty good!

drokliss

I'd say you're doing fine. My '81 with 33x12.5 and a weber carb gets about 14 avg. Likely needs tuning though.

87toy.

I have a stock (other than a k&n filter and flowmaster muffler and i think 2 inch pipe with high flow cat, stock exh manifold and down pipe)

82 2x4 22r 5 speed with stock tire sizes.... i drive 42 miles each way to work, so 84 miles a day, and i only use 4 gallons of gas.. i think thats 22 a gallon and thats doing 75-80 the whole way

Fishhook

Haven't put gas in mine for 6 months or so. Gets pretty good milage parked in the garage. Need to get to work on it I guess. Don't remember milage back when it was on the road, but I was hoping 20+ would be avarage.


Fishhook/Chris

83

This last road trip I took it did better than before. I got 18-20 the whole way.

brotherinbluejeans

'82 4x4 with stock gears turning 33x9.50's. engine is an RE out of a '92 but set up with a 2 barrel carb.. everything else stock except for ripping out the emisions stuff..
-i get 23 mpg highway.. never driven city.
the best it ever did was 26 mpg and the worst was 16 with the old worn out motor.

ducatipaso

I've been able to muster > 20 in my longbed 5-speed 2WD. I'm sure a nice long freeway run would net me 25.

Stock engine, well tuned, weber 32/36.

8722R-TE

in my 1977 2WD i get around 28MPG hwy and 22-24MPG city with 20r/22r hybrid weber 32/36 headers and 2" exhaust not bad

mhdie

i have a 83 sr5 on 35's. webber carb... 4.10 in rear i get around 11mpg doing 60-65 buuut i think i have existing issues that cause the low mileage

SCToy

I get 20-21 and as high as 24mpg if I take it easy on freeway road trips.
completely stock 1981 4x4 22r. I have a camper shell, with the shell off I got 19-20 avg and 22-23 freeway.
3 inch lift, 4.88s, 33x10.5R15 with aluminum alloy wheels, so a decently light wheel setup for a truck hehe

evilappendix

My 79 was getting around 17-18 mpg with 31x10s and a 22r mated to the dumpy lil 4 speed. Hopefully once I finally get the w56 in it I'll see some improvement. I will say with the hubs locked up it slurped gas. I could literally watch the needle dip when I was playin in the mud

AdrianGT

My 83 4speed 2wd gets about 20 in town and I averaged 32mpg on my last long trip. I bet the in town mileage will go up once i get the choke fixed. Until the engine warms up the choke makes it mis-fire and idle roughly for a bit. After it's warmed up it idles and runs smooth.

The truck's basically all stock. I bought it from the original owner, I have the owners manual and everything! I recently took off the stock fan clutch in hopes of installing an electric fan and squeezing another 1-2 mpg out of it.

gstanfield

Mine are skewed a little from living at roughly 6,000ft elevation where the engine is down considerably on power compared to you guys closer to sea level

Before the rebuild my 2WD 83 4spd with 3.42 gears was getting 26-28 empty and 20-22 pulling my boat (small boat, only about 650lbs for boat, trailer and all)

That's a stock engine with weber carb and hooker header running through 2" exhaust with a thrush muffler.

After the rebuild I'll let you know what it does.

George