4.0 Gas Mileage

Braille 15 pound battery, carbon fiber hood, one piece aluminum driveshaft, lighter wheels and tires.....Are a few....

 

Aside from mileage concerns, us Yankees up north here in Pennsylvania have some pretty good turkey hunting! Spring season opens in April, then we have a pretty long fall season. Turkeys have made a huge comeback. The Black Bear population is growing every year too! Have a good hunt, enjoy yourself!

 

Gotcha!

OK, I'm looking into the battery. Wanted to remote mount in the bed storage compartment.....drill holes for the terminals if necessary. Also looking into a CF hood or Fiberglass with extractors. My wheels are lighter than stock, but that got eaten up by the Duratracs (necessary evil IMO).

Now where'd you see the aluminum DS?

 

I found this site Tor....

http://www.driveshaftspecialist.com/Aluminum%20html/AluminumMaster.html

 

That is definitely a good site. Excellent find.

For mine, there is a shop right around the corner from my house.

http://northwestdrivetrainservice.com/

They built my one piece steel, which was originally designed to fit the factory 4x4 transmission, with up to a 6" lift. Also work all the way to lower than stock height.

That one weighs in about half or less of the factory two piece.



The 4" aluminum weighs even less. O_O



For those that don't know, less rotating mass = less strain on the drive-train = freed up whp.

Also makes the whole vehicle lighter = less force (load) to get the vehicle moving.

 

Damn Tor, you are on it brutha! I really like the mods you've done so far. I got some cool things coming up, and I'll keep you posted. You might like a couple of them.

 

I normally get 15 mpg or so on long road trips, but this weekend I set the cruise on 68 mph and got 19.3 mpg. It was 400 miles, almost all highway. Definitely gonna be doing this much more often!

 

This Saturday morning I will be driving from Erie PA to Detroit MI. 268 miles one way, all interstate, flat terrain, 69 mph. Will let you know how I do.

 

I'm going to Nebraska in May...........looooong way to kill a turkey!!! But it will be fun, other than the drive! Leaving for Alabama in about an hour

 

I just checked mine, 19 mpg on the last tank. Not too bad, that was going back and forth to work all week. I was very mindful of my driving, slow take offs, and keep the RPM around 2k.

 

Yep, the times are demanding a change in our driving habits.......I'd rather drive like I'm racing though

 

Dude, you have definitely got it going on, but all the mods you are doing to your Toyota......I reserve that kind of stuff for my Mustang

 

Cool, you should do pretty good..........if you can keep ya foot out of it

 

OK here we go. Saturday the 31st drove to Detroit from Erie PA. 268 miles to Detroit, plus 77 miles stop and go, 345 total. 20.88 MPG. Trip from Detroit to Erie, 280 miles non stop. 21.16 MPG. 70 miles per hour, cruise control most of the trip. Tough keeping it at 70 when everybody else is flying by at 80 plus!

 

This past week, took an 800 miles trip. Avg almost 23 mpg doing 70-75 mph.

 

I averaged close to 21mpg during a recent trip from central to western Maryland, about 100 miles on routes 70 and 68, with lots of big hills. That's on 93 octane gas, a very light load, my little 1.75 billy lift, and 32" p series hankook a/t's pumped up to 45psi. I stayed around 65mph without cruise, and it's a dcsb sport 6 speed. I think my wheels are hurting me, they seem like they could be pretty heavy: pro comp 7033 17x9. All those fake beadlock bolts are steel, not plastic like some others. I remember getting about the same, if not better mileage on the same trip a few years ago but before any mods and the bed was full of camping gear, as was the rear passenger area.

 

Yeah. Those wheels are heavy. About 35 lbs each.

 

What brand and type of tires are you running? I've got Dunlop AT-20s.

 

It came from factory for the 2012, non TRD, PreRunner. 245/75/16? I think they are dunlup. I will check once I get out of work

Just checked, they are Dunlup AT 20.

 

i installed an ultra gage last fall. my overall AVERAGE for the time and distance since then is 21.7. 90% in town at 40 or so. on the hiway i'll be going about 75 or so.