Gas Mileage

hey guys I’m sure there’s a thread already on here just couldn’t find it out of almost 700 pages. So have you done anything to help your fuel economy. On the 2.7 just wondering me and my ‘13 travel 142 miles a day to and fro work?
Thanks

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/4-bangin-fuel-sippin-full-tank-challenge.174620/

 

Drive barefoot with broken glass glued to the skinny pedal and brake pedal.
Mine has that other pedal and knowing when to use it also helps.

Get a scangauge or obdii reader and a app so you can see instant mpg. I’d always thought low rpms high gear etc would save but it’s a fine line.
Lugging uses gas and throttling it uses gas.
I thought I was saving gas putting around in 5th but I was not.
I rarely broke 2500 rpms and wasn’t doing myself any favors.
I was making carbon and using gas.
Welcome to TW by the way!

 

I assume since you have 4wd then you must have 6 lugs. I know the 5 lugs have smaller tires stock and they get better mpg. I'd say LCE header. Best mod I've done for the 2.7L.

 

Buy a Prius if your daily commute is that far. Not being an asshole either I would have a Prius C

 

Trucks are not really made for mpg but I get it, have to work with what you have. The 5 lugs came with 215/70R15 (27") tires standard and I remember people stating they were getting 26-28 with that. I had stock 245/75R16's on my 2.7L and was getting 24. I switched to bigger 265/75R16 and that dropped to 21.

 

Try to loose a few pounds, maybe take something off the truck. Check the air filter, spark plugs, PCV valve, keep the tires 2 or 3 pounds over the normal pressure. Read up on Hyper mileing. Remove anything your carrying in the bed or cab that you don't need, it may not be much, but your still carrying it everywhere you go.

 

The stock steel wheels are really quite heavy. I wonder if lightweight aftermarket wheels would help much with MPGs. Just a thought.

 

Stock steel wheels weigh in at about 28 lbs. I'm sure changing to a much lighter 20-24 lbs wheel makes a difference. I didn't get to find out when I was using 19lb wheel as I went to a bigger tire that decreased my mpg.