The Gas Mileage Tricks and Trumps thread.

[Workamper]

What Zukemon & Jeramiah recommended earlier seems the best advice, and is probably the reason my Suburban gets better than expected.....

Stomping your foot to the floor, passing a guy, then making a turn 1/2 mile up the road just seems like a good way to waste fuel, but people do it to me alll the time. Unless it's White with an Orange stripe down the side, nothing needs to go that fast

[Warpig]

I got drastically improved mileage after my trip to west texas hunting this year, I pulled a 16ft gooseneck, there and back with a zuk and lots of gear on it.  The few passes in west texas were peging my f250 out at 4500 rpm.  I didnt get very good mileage on those tanks, but after I got unhooked I got 13.5, I think the high rpms, cleaned some carbon from my engine.

[Claysaddiction]

or you could go as fast as the person in front of you in the right lane(multiple lane roads) it's called DRAFTING , use the people around you too

[Jeremiah]

There's whole web sites dedicated to what works and what doesn't. google "hypermileing"

[Claysaddiction]

There's whole web sites dedicated to what works and what doesn't. google "hypermileing"

thats neat

[brotherjack]

Yep -- the ole right foot is the key.   If I go easy on the throttle, I get 27mpg out of my V6 Tacoma, and 32mpg out of my 2003 Tracker (2.0l).   In those very same vehicles, if I drive with a heavy foot, I can get as poor as 12/13mpg in the Tacoma, and 20 to 22mpg in the Tracker.

Your mileage may vary (LOL).

[viking]

I've been thinking of installing a vacuum gauge in the tintop and the Windstar, I've used them in the past in other vehicles and they can help the mpg's if you strive to keep the vacuum as high as possible.  If drive the Sammy at 55 to 60 mph wind resistance doesn't hurt mpg's but anything above that and the milage really falls off.  On the other hand the Windstar, due to very good aerodynamics, axle ratio, lockup torque converter and overdrive, plus a very good power to weight ratio it gets its best mpg around 70.  Because we have so many freeway mountain passes going north or south to local towns the mpg's are in the low 20''s but on long flat stretches it will get in the 30's.  I installed a boost gauge on our motorhome and if I'm able to keep the boost as low as possible it does get good mpg considering all the weight that the 5.9 Cummins is pushing.

[Southeast Offroad]

Any word on the $12 ebaychip?

[Skyman]

MY buddy's ford  had an "economy" light. It was basically a vacuum switch. Once vacuum dropped below a certain level the light would go on, and you would ease off the throttle to get it to go off, and save mileage.

Following the "economy light" he got some very impressive mileage out of a 78 or 79 ford range (full size back then) with a 351 windsor.

[Strange]

ill weigh in on my trick for gas milage.
95 bronco
was getting ~10.6
so i did a tune up, old spark plugs and a dirty cap and rotor are bad for your economy, so i took the gasoline engine out and put in a turbo diesel.
now 25.2 highway 19 city

[viking]

ill weigh in on my trick for gas milage.
95 bronco
was getting ~10.6
so i did a tune up, old spark plugs and a dirty cap and rotor are bad for your economy, so i took the gasoline engine out and put in a turbo diesel.
now 25.2 highway 19 city

What kind of diesel?  I had a 1978 Bronco that I was considering installing a diesel in, almost bought a inline six out of a Isuzu truck.