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4 Bangin, Fuel Sippin, Full Tank Challenge!

Discussion in '4 Cylinder' started by 2TRunner, Aug 29, 2011.

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  1. Jul 5, 2014 at 7:22 PM
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  2. Jul 7, 2014 at 6:07 AM
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    Here is my best tank so far. Stock 2011 5spd. acc. cab on the dunlop tires. 455 miles when the gas light came on. There are 70-80 miles of interstate at 70mph, and the rest of it is all rural hwy and towns. When I filled the tank it came out to 26.3mpg.

    MPG.jpg
     
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  3. Jul 7, 2014 at 12:50 PM
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    Congrats, nice tank. :cheers::cheers:
     
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  4. Jul 7, 2014 at 4:19 PM
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    Nice Hartford. :cheers:
     
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  5. Jul 12, 2014 at 9:25 AM
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    I love the summer.

    674.6 miles on 19.572 gallons for 34.5 mpg.
     
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  6. Jul 12, 2014 at 3:03 PM
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    Filled up today. 305.5 miles, used 16.01 gallons = 19.1 MPG. 50 miles was urban boulevards with synchronized lights, mixed with moderate urban interstate. All the rest was 3.5 mile trips back and forth to work, stop and go conditions. A/C always blasting.

    Next tank will be better as I have a long trip planned.
     
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  7. Jul 18, 2014 at 4:05 AM
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    I'm gettin' pretty good MPGs with the 32s and 4.30s.

    Still in the 20s and I actually think I'm getting better mileage now than I was with 30s on stock 3.58s. I'm running a full tank at the moment to see.

    Odometer is off about .2 to .25 of a mile. I have to travel 1.2/1.25 miles for my odometer to register 1 mile. Had a nice chance to check it stuck in traffic in KY with mile markers measuring the .10s.
     
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  8. Jul 18, 2014 at 2:54 PM
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    Keeping lower RPMs make a big difference, but also these trucks are not known for good aerodynamics... they are not horrible, but they certainly are not good either. Air resistance increases exponentially beyond 60mph. Great job getting over 29mpg, just be sure to stay in the right lane on the interstate.
     
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  9. Jul 22, 2014 at 8:08 PM
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    I have found that 2K RPM is the sweet spot in any gear. It has enough power but is still sippin fuel. I do let my speed fall off some when climbing hills if somebody isn't riding my bumper. I drive 65-70 MPH on the interstate and get 27 - 28 MPG but if I go 55- 60MPH it jumps to 30-31MPG. I drive city more than anything so I average 25-26 MPG. As soon as I get this thing paid off I am buying a base single cab 4x4. I heard Toyota was thinking about doing away with the single cab 4x4 but with the sales staying up I can't see it. Hope not anyways.
     
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  10. Jul 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM
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    I too enjoy cruising at 2000 rpm. The engine has a certain resonance that I find soothing at this rpm. Sometimes I find myself turning off the radio just to hear the 2tr purr.
     
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  11. Jul 23, 2014 at 7:18 PM
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    Built for maximum low end torque, tooter II.VII intake manifold spacer, LCE long tube header, Injen long tube intake, 2,900 rpm torque peak.
    My cheapo 5 lug base model standard cab 2.7 5 speed almost never sees the freeway but I just did my first long freeway miles... a round trip from Los Angeles to Sacramento.

    838 miles @ 27.354 gallons = 30.6 mpg :)

    No hypermiling stuff. Just normal regular driving keeping my speed between 60 and 70. (2,000 to 2,300 rpms in 5th gear).

    Filling up in Bakersfield and climbing the steep "Grapevine" with lots of downhill on the other side yielded the best mileage of the whole trip:

    33.2 mpg

    These are all my mods:

    Injen intake
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    The city/hwy factory stock rating is 21/25.

    My city/fwy is a conservative 24/29 with the mods having the most effect on freeway gas mileage.

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  12. Jul 31, 2014 at 7:55 PM
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    23MPG. I was going to go for a 400 mile tank. Checked the gasbuddy app before leaving work and decided to fill up before I went home. A couple stations near my job were $3.27 to $3.29. The rest of the stations were around $3.65. Saved about $6.
     
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  13. Jul 31, 2014 at 8:28 PM
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    i never let the light come on in my truck. i fill up when it gets to 1/4 tank of gas left.
     
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  14. Jul 31, 2014 at 8:43 PM
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    You're not up for the challenge then. :p
     
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  15. Jul 31, 2014 at 9:01 PM
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    That's not a bad idea. You never want to chance running the tank dry because it can damage the fuel pump.


    Greg
     
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  16. Aug 9, 2014 at 11:36 AM
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    592.8 miles on 18.898 gallons for 31.4 mpg.

    Drove to Cheyenne for Frontier Days Rodeo and hoped to do better but it was pretty windy and averaged around 31, when I was expecting 34+.

    Driving to Rocky Mt. Nat. Park tomorrow, should do 35+.
     
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  17. Aug 19, 2014 at 6:08 PM
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  18. Aug 20, 2014 at 12:26 PM
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    Have you guys noticed a difference of note pending which fuel brand you use?

    I ask being that I'm in the army and will often hit up the AAFES gas stations on the base but you have no idea who is filling the tanks and what additives they are putting in the fuel.
     
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  19. Aug 20, 2014 at 4:13 PM
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    Had a couple good tanks on my long road trip last month (26+) but I'm back to the 24.x mpg daily grind.

    That's if the odometer is trustworthy, but according to the mile markers I need to drop 3.9%, so my lifetime 24.4 is really 23.4. Gotta love engineers who didn't care.

    Btw, gps said this was exactly 70 mph, my android said 70.2 mph

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  20. Aug 23, 2014 at 6:32 PM
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    Did a full fill up today after several partial fills. Total miles driven 858.1, bought 37.3 gallons, for a MPG of 23.0

    About 2/3rd of the miles were highway, the rest was 3.5 miles trips back and forth to work. This is the same mileage as the last fill that had this ratio of hwy/city.
     
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