92 pickup 3.0 V6 31" tires. 14-15 Mpg only running on 5 cylinders.... hopefully will be better when thats fixed

 

That's a pretty blanket statement ha define truck.

 

They have a cab usually in which you sit in, and a bed in which to haul stuff in. They make really small ones, and ones that are big enough to move a caterpillar D9 which weighs 108,000 lbs.

Either way you wont find one thats gets over 22mpg that is also 4WD and runs on gasoline. Atleast not stock anyways.


I do enjoy fiction lots. Its just that I thought this site wasn't about hilariously distorted facts? Am I in the wrong place??
Look its ok if somone wants to believe their driving a 1993 futuristic rocket ship that runs off a baryllium sphere, but dont mislead others. And for god saks go argue with a bunch of engineers and product testers, and the government if you think your vehicle gets better mpg then the people who built it do..

 

Thats pretty good considering.

 

I agree with you to a great extent. There are people who take extreme measures with their driving techniques and hypermilers that get higher than that with stock trucks as well as those with gas mileage friendly mods that can (barely, but can) pull outside the 22 mark.

But stock form, with normal driving, in normal everyday condition I believe you are correct.

For example, I track my mileage very closely (I am not stock, you can check out my build if you want, but I do have mods that help a bit with mileage) and was averaging about 21.7 all summer (18 so far this winter).

That said, I have 32s on and a little extra weight with my topper, camping gear, and recovery gear, etc. So I do think I could easily pull that up by 0.3 mpg or more by simply shedding weight and driving less agressive. (In the summer only, mind you. I'm being realistic.)

So your statement may be true of stock trucks driving in normal ways.
But ecomodders/hypermilers and people with gas mileage conscience mods can easily get 22+

(I don't want to go back and forth on the internet ha just pointing out that saying no truck ever with 4x4 can get 22+ mpg is a blanket statement that has some validity, but is not entirely true.)

 

94 pickup 22re 31-11.5-15 super swamper tsl bias ply 5 speed about 12-14 mpg

 

If anything vehicles tend to get less mpg in the summer hot air vs. cold air.

 

Yeah, but in places that run winterized fuel blends, your mileage sucks all winter. Summer blends have fewer dewatering agents and additives. That's how I understand it.

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Ya thats true.

 

This statement couldn't be more wrong haha

 

haha why? haha

 

Vehicles get better gas mileage in a hot climate, or in the summer vs winter.

hot air vs. cold air

cold air will net you a few more ponies, but the downsides are far too many for the extra horse or two to net a gain.
cold air = power
hot air = mpg

There are many ecomodders and hypermilers that run a Hot air intake as well as a grill dam either year around or just in the winter in order to get warmer start ups and keep the air temp warm as possible. They lose some power, but gain FE.

 

Huh. I didn't know that. Makes sense. The hotter you get, the leaner you get to a point. I think I remember that right?

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It is a very small gain, but if you add up many things that net very small gains you get a decent one.

 

Ya thats yesterdays mpg fad. Todays is that it doesnt seem to offer any difference in mpg, or more so "a grain of salt". Theres more then a handfull of threads on this that can explain better then I can. Like this one for instance: Read the whole thing not just the first part.
http://www.metrompg.com/posts/wai-test.htm

 

Point is, summer = better mpg than winter.

And it's not impossible to get 22+, difficult, but not impossible at all, even with 4x4

 

And these:

http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/s...d.php?t=270360

So will a clogged air filter yield better mpg's??


And heres all the reseons you might get better mpgs in warmer weather, but it doesnt mention anything about the air going into the motor.
http://www.topspeedracer.com/better-...an-winter.html

And we all know the famous cold air intake.

 

Any way back to the Mpg thread.

Its kinda weird my mpg hasnt changed ever. Went from TB spacer, to no spacer, no deck plate, to deck plate, then added a heat shield between the radiator and the deck plate. Summer, winter, spring, fall, winter solstice, full moon, DST, solar eclipse. No change.

Only thing that did change mine was tire sizes and gearing. Oh and pulling my 3500lbs camping trailer makes it go from 18-19 to 14 or less mpg go figure...

 

Good point ThatGuy.......... there are to many variables to get an immediate mpg increase. My CAI intake is bling and noise.

 

That's cuz you gots a 3.0!

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