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Apr 27, 2006 | 04:17 PM

#41

CoedNaked

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From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wouldn't an exhaust help MPG a little assuming you drove the same or similar to how you drove before? I thought it made the engine a little more effient, etc.

Apr 28, 2006 | 03:04 AM

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TNRabbit

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From: TENN Native Languishing in Virginia

Stock 1994 DLX XtraCab
3VZE V6
5 speed
4x4
31x10.50 BFG Long Trail
Bilstein Shocks Front & Rear

I get 16-18 mpg overall, mostly highway. I have seen 20 mpg hwy with cruise on under 70 mph.

Apr 28, 2006 | 07:50 AM

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jsnby

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Originally Posted by celica

the electric fan doesn't suprise me as any gain would be minimal. The manual hubs is about what others have ben experiancing. The exhuast doesn't suprise me all that much as the stock toyota exhaust is pretty good to start with & it doesn't take much to mess it up.

The big suprise is the ISR mod. Why did it go down? Are you stepping on it more? What mod did you do? Do you feel more power with it or no difference? Makes me wonder whether to ditch mine & do a snorkle - or would that kill it as well? Is it an open filter?

The low tanks on the ISR curve were with low tire pressure....i forgot to check it and when i did, it was around 25 psi. I am putting my foot in it more. I do have more data to put on the curve, i just haven't gotten around to it. From what i can tell, it will show an improvement over my former ISR numbers. I'm running a K&N drop in air filter in the stock air box. The ISR pipe i'm using is from toyboxfab.com.

Apr 28, 2006 | 08:09 AM

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joshik

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From: bellflower

91 3.0V6 , 35" tires, 4.56 gears. 16mpg hwy/city combined. i drive a lot of both.

Apr 28, 2006 | 08:16 AM

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celica

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What PSI are you usually running. I run 26 in the front and 30 in the rear. Any higher & I find that I wear the middles of the tires faster

Apr 28, 2006 | 11:21 AM

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regularguy412

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What PSI are you usually running. I run 26 in the front and 30 in the rear. Any higher & I find that I wear the middles of the tires faster

If you're running non-stock tire/wheel combo, you'd have to play with the pressures to get it right. I run 31x10.50 15 Michelin LTX M/S tires on factory alloys @ 35 lbs. with no problem. On my Geolandar G051 P235's mounted on factory stock 7-spoke wheels, I run 32 lbs. I suspect that steering gear wear and any kind of lift ( cranked bars ) would have some effect on tire wear and on mileage, as well.

Mike in AR

Apr 28, 2006 | 11:44 AM

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jsnby

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What PSI are you usually running. I run 26 in the front and 30 in the rear. Any higher & I find that I wear the middles of the tires faster

i'm running 35 lbs. in my 31x10.5 ProCrap MT

May 2, 2006 | 10:54 AM

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vtslick19

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From: Blacksburg, VA

'94 3.0 5spd with 4 12's in the back with 160k miles still gettin bout 18 in town, and 22 on interstate.

Jun 9, 2006 | 06:24 AM

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jwhite

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From: Topeka, KS

'93 DLX ext. cab
3VZE V6
5 speed
4x4
miles: 166,000
31x10.50 BFG all terrain (@35psi)
mods - K&N drop in filter, homemade intake tube, magnaflow high-flow cat, new OEM O2 sensor, spintech muffler

daily driven city miles only...17mpg constantly

I plan to drive the truck to Tucson & back here in a week or so (2400 mile round trip)
I'll post back with some hwy mpg's.

Jun 22, 2006 | 01:20 PM

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Fo by Fo

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From: Arizona

My 91 4runner 5 speed just has manual hubs and 32 inch tires. I've only checked once but I had 16mpg with city/highway driving. It probobly would be much better if my engine wasn't at 3k rmps when im at 65. Also, I pretty much floor it through every gear witch probobly doesn't help but even floored I'm holding people up behind me when the light turns green. Does everyone else have to floor it just to get around?

Jun 23, 2006 | 03:32 PM

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dewiseman

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3.0 5spd MPG

I'm in Washington state, most of our freeway driving is stop and go so my combination of that and city driving ranges from 15 1/2 to 16 1/2. My average straight highway driving is 17 1/2 to 18. I have on a few occasions gotten up to 19 1/2 on long highway trips. My 4runner is a 95 with 31.1050x15 tires K&N air filter and amsoil in the engine.