Play around with your cruising speed.
A V8 ought to be at 2,000 RPM somewhere around 62 to 65 MPH. Somewhere around 65 MPH seems to be where vehicles are made to cruise. Set the cruise control, plant your feet on the floor and enjoy all those frantic folks roaring past on your left. As you get your best mileage. AND *Disconnect the front hubs. *And, get highway tires. Keep the knobby ones for actual off-road driving. *Switch all your lubricants to synthetic. |
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Maybe I should just drive my vette more often, I drove it from Wisconsin to Texas and averaged 27.5 mpg with the cruise at 74, which I think is not bad for a 400hp car. |
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according to this https://www.fordf150.net/specs/04ranger.php, the AT can tow more than the MT on a 4 cyl ranger? |
On my trucks I run highway tires, and always have (I like my smooth, quiet, comfortable ride), and I run synthetic fluids. I usually travel within 5 MPH of the speed limit (And in light traffic I'm going 5 MPH under). At 65 MPH I'm usually turning about 1,800 to 1,900 RPM.
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well, you know how that can be an excuse. ya know, "i might need to tow something, sometime."
obviously, unless a load of sod or concrete is being towed, most 4 cyl can fill the need. |
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I got a scangauge for use in my truck. It doesn't help as much as I would like (nothing is magic) but it helps me to improve my driving techniques.
While a new fuel efficient vehicle would be hard to make pay for itself, I did just that. At the height of the gas price rise I found an '89 Honda CRX and got it for $875. The money I saved getting 40mpg over the 10 mpg in my V10 Super Duty has more than paid for the price of the car, maintenance, and body work/paint. Add in insurance and maybe not, but it's a lot easier to find a parking spot for it. It does take a while to get into the little-car thing, but if you want good mileage a truck really doesn't do that. I guess it's all in how much gas you want to save... Driving conservatively I get 40-41 mpgs. Last tank I tried semi-rigorous DFCO (deceleration fuel cut off) and got 47.25 mpg. Sure beats the 10mpg of the truck. It even beats the 20mpg I get out of my automatic '98 Z28. |
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