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is my mpg bad or about normal for the mods for my truck

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Old 09-15-2012, 09:45 PM
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is my mpg bad or about normal for the mods for my truck

so ive got probally 8k ish on my motor and the rest of the specs are in my sig, now im only getting like 12-14 through town and maybe 15 ish on freeway now for what ive done to my truck is this about normal or wat?

my carb is a weber 32/36 with the primary idle jet bumped up 1 size from stock and i am using a regulator not that it really matters

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Old 09-16-2012, 07:12 PM
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my mpg must be norm since 114 of u read this and no one said a dam thing like most of the time
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You need to find another forum dude. We can't all reply very fast, and some of us just don't know our accurate milage. Stop being so damn impatient. It's the weekend, not everyone is on this forum 24/7. Not everyone is set up just like you. And mileage has been talked about several times before, so the search function would help you also.

I'd say you're about right with your mods. Seems more built for power and torque than mileage.

My 22R got about 13-15 mpg. It was very tired and not set up well. Plus I had 32-33" tires and 4.10s. I swapped in a 3RZ and I get 18-20mpg on 33s and 4.10s. Running 80mph usually.

And btw, you can catch more bears with honey than with vinegar.... Try being nicer...

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i didnt say anything because i dont have a carb and i dont have those mods
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Are you compensating your mileage for the taller tires? What gears? If you use a GPS to track your actual mileage you might find you are doing better..

Edit--just saw the 5.29s..
Seems like it could be a hair higher but in Oregon we get stuck with that 15% ethanol crap gas that sucks balls...
None of my 5 Toyota 4x4's have been mileage champs in stock or modified form-nature of the beast..

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I also get about 14 to 15 with my truck. Got 33's and 4.10 gears bored .30 over with cam 38/38 weber and heddman header
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i know there alot of threads about mpg im on this site everday and have been for a year so im well aware of how it works and what yall dnt like, but how many of u have a setup like me in those threads like 0 i did search and made the desition of making a new thread based on my findings im sorry if i made any of you mad.
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My stock, carburetored 22r gets about 16 in the city and 18-20 on the hwy.
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my first gen with a dead cylinder and a bad carb got 13 coming home in hilly terrian
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and 33s
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I had almost the same setup and that seems a little low, but not way low. I got 15-16 in town and ~20 on highway IIRC. I get about your present #'s with my DCOE's and ~70k on my rebuild.
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ya thanks for all the replies, i also have a lead foot to ive been trying to work through that but its hard. but im going to fill up and recalculate my findings
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