havent read the tread, but i got 20.11 today driving up the 395 from LA to mammoth. I was loaded down to move into an apartment + bicyle + jet ski on the trailer. I got 271.6 miles on 13.5 gallons. Im completely stock. only thing i did was oil change, tires pressure (32 then increased due to elevation). I was towing so i kept the speed 60-65 worked out great. ill see if i can get the pic off my phone for you to show what my set up was.

 

dang man, pretty impressive...i just filled up today and calulated the mpg at 20.93 with 292.8 miles and 13.99 gallons, but whenever my needle hits the 1/2 mark i'm usually around 160-180 miles...not to dis, but i think the 300 miles at 1/4 tank may be stretching it a little...

 

Well, I filled up today, and I'm a huge fan of going slow now. I got 20.3mpg on this fill-up, as opposed to the previous several tanks being 17-18.5 max. I also noticed that my wife is a lot happier, as I'm not yelling at the guy in front of me to move over (the fast lane is not a parking lot!), and I still get everywhere I need to go. While gas is ~$4.00/gallon, I'll be driving slowly and calmly.

 

yeah. I got my scangauge and immediately started driving slow. now I been doing
it so much I prefer to drive slow (I mean, gentle acceleration and no sudden moves). when I do -get on it- like days of old I am surprised how much power my rig really has, and it is almost a shock that I used to consider that as weak !!!! what was weak was my driving habits.



I just got 25 miles per gallon out of my 4runner for 130 mile trip. large thunderstorms moving in at 45 mph and I was driving with their direction and got bursty 30-60mph tailwind for 2 hours.....I cheated...love having instant mpg computer to play with

 

Amen guys. I think every car should come standard with a real time gas mileage gauge (I think a lot do now a days). People would slow down considerably.

I've been using my ScanGaugeII in my 1999 Accord 4 banger commuter car to maximize my mileage. If I keep a light foot on the pedal I can get close to 48mpg at 55mph. The down side is if I try to go that speed on the hwy I nearly get run over so 60-65 has had to be more the norm which drops me down to about 38mpg in that car.

I've yet to hook it up to my SC'd 4Runner. I curious what it'll say under boost with that 7th pumping in fuel.

 

I'm not sure if I can compare our two engines/years, but my 3VZE 4Runner has been to Alaska and back (to Montana), pulling a trailer, averaging 24 mpg at 65 miles per hour. This is before my mods. Maybe it's just an engine fluke. Or the 5 speed transmission.

BTW great username Man4God and props to your quotes.

 

Punching a cat is ILLEGAL for the streets andywhere you live. No matter if you have emissions tests or not. It is a federal regulation not a state regulation. Sorry for the bummer even though a lot of people do it.

 

Punching cats is pretty cruel too.

 

But funny, admit it.

 

I am running it in my truck w/ the urd 7th, since the stock ECU dose not know the 7th is there it will not show up in the MPG rating of the scan gauge. But i still find it very useful, I like to show SFT LFT water temp, MPG

Ian...