Eco Block from crawford performance

Still got the Q1? I'll take it off your hands if so.

 

So first full tank with the q3 on my 14 dish prerunner 25.5 mpg. Had been averaging anywhere from 23.3 to 24.4. So I am happy so far. We'll see if this continues.

 

I already bought and installed on my 4Runner, sorry.

 

No worries. I was just trying to help him out. I'll just order one from Crawford. Thanks fellas.

 

That is what I did. It didn't hurt that it was the discounted price either.

 

This is nice to hear about one of our employees... Jon is a great asset to our team!

 

Thanks for sharing

 

How exactly are you getting 23.3-24.4 already? Which engine and gearing do you have? Bravo.

 

He has a 4cyl prerunner

 

That's impressive for a 4cyl with 4.10 gearing. Well maybe that is actually closer to the average with stock tires.. But good for you anyway jb!
Thanks Brady

 

My daily drive is almost all hwy. Set the cruise at 67 and go. Nice and flat here in Florida. 2.7 with factory steelies and tires. Only weight i have added is curt hitch and some step bars.

 

OK, I can report some early initial findings. I put one of these on my 2014 DCSB (w/4.0 and auto) about a week ago, and roughly repeated a drive I had done last fall, filling up at the same station and same pump. The drive used less than a full tank of gas and my speed probably averaged around 60 with the cruise control doing the bulk of the pedal work. Last fall my mpg was 22 and change and last weekend I got right at 24. It's hard to purely quantify what the Eco Block did over a brief period of testing like this, but I'm sure it's helping. If I was forced to quantify, I would give it at least 1 mpg improvement. I can't really say that I noticed much in the way of performance gains, but I also have an SC which probably skews things some. The idle and acceleration may be smoother, but it's subtle. I'll keep track and will report again later. I will say at this point that for the cost it's a screaming investment and I don't see any particular downside. Plus it's about a 2 minute install, and since I have the SC I didn't have to modify an engine cover because it doesn't exist.

 

Apparently my last order didn't come in. That was the 3rd one I ordered so I'm a little sad. Going to shoot this guy Jonathan an email when I get home.

 

Sorry Dude Let me know how it pans out...

 

I was assuming for a little better with the SC because of how rich I have heard they run, but this is an initial test. Keep us posted please.

 

I would like to give an update on the Q3 I installed. For the month of March I have filled up 6 times. The first three times I did not have the Ecoblock installed and averaged the same mpg that I usually get which is between 22.0 and 22.7mpg. The last three fill-ups I averaged 23.3 to 23.6mpg. Here is a list of data that I recorded below:

Without Crawford Performance Q3:
3/4/15 --> 335 miles / 15.10 gal = 22.19mpg
3/9/15 --> 367 miles / 16.29 gal = 22.53mpg
3/13/14 --> 359 miles / 16.00 gal = 22.44mpg

With Crawford Performance Q3:
3/19/14 --> 377 miles / 16.01 gal = 23.55mpg
3/26/15 --> 355 miles / 15.26 gal = 23.26mpg
3/30/15 --> 347 miles / 14.84 gal = 23.38mpg

Note that I drive the same commute each week which is 50/50 city-highway miles. I drive 65mph on the highway and shift moderately in the rpm range falling anywhere between 2000 and 3000rpms. My tire diameter is factory with tire size of 265/70r16. I know that this record is over a very short period of time, but it does point to the conclusion that at least for half of the month of march I was able to achieve a better distance to fuel ratio by using the Crawford Block. We will see what the results prove to be as time goes on and I will continue to report back.

 

My god man you get more than 240 out of a tank??? My light glows at 220 like clockwork!

 

Thanks for this detailed update