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25 mpg in a 3.0?

ok i just found this truck. i was just reading and he says it can get 25 mpg out of it? is that right? theres no way is there? it looks awsome but he sounds like a big bu11sh!t3r
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You can get upwards of 23-24 on the highway with a tuner and some other engine mods but I highly doubt you can get that out of a lifted truck. I pulled 22 every once in a while in my Ranger but that was 100% highway
 
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ask him for data. I don't believe it. I can barely get that with my 2.5l drive fast down the highway....
 
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it looks pretty good and its not too far away. i want that bull bar off of it.
 
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IM calling BS especially with those 32" tires.
 
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A 3 to 4 inch body lift? How would you not know? That guy just sounds stupid and the interior looks like poo
 
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im sure he bought the truck that way. all these rich kids around here that i talk to have some bad *** trucks but when i ask them how much lift and what size tires and so on theyre all like ummmmmmmmmm idk? 18 inches of lift maybe? and 44s? when they are clearly a slight bit taller than my truck lol
 
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That guy doesnt know a damn thing about that truck. How do people ever plan to sell anything with stupid ads that make no sense?
 
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leather bedliner huh? hmmm lol. and 25mpg? BS. i get like 12 but i also have 33s lol
 
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. i get like 12 but i also have 33s lol
OUCH...That sure does make me think twice about lifting mine!
 
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I get 24 highway w/ my 3.0
 
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I get half that, god I hate my truck
 
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A 3 to 4 inch body lift? How would you not know? That guy just sounds stupid and the interior looks like poo
it looks like Smakes interior
 
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I own a 02 EDGE supercab with a underdrive pully,flowmaster 40 SISO exhaust, airbox mod ,2WD automatic. During a summer morning I drove from out of town to work 100 miles. All highway , speed limit was 60 mph, I got 24 MPG. Same trip back after work with a/c on part of the time, 22.7 MPG. I did this trip differenet times throughout the summer and still got the same MPG. The truck has 187000 miles on it now and I still get 21.5 on average.
My other Ranger, a 03 XLT Supercab, lowered 2 inches, airbox mod, underdrive pullly. SISO flowmaster 40 I get 23 MPG all the time, 90 percent interstate. Coast up to stop signs and off ramps , use the gas pedal a little on the conservative side. Keep the truck in tune , maintain proper tire pressure it might be possible to get 25 MPG
 
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I get 24 going to and from school 98% highway 2% city
 
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im on 33's with 4:10s and a 5-speed, when coming home from silver lake driving 60-65 most of the way i got 22.8 thats my new best
 
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if he gets 25 mpg......i'll rubberize my interior
 
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wow, ive got the 3.0 and most i can get with 265's is 18 highway, but then again thats at 75mph
 
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I get 20 highway if I'm lucky! Probably around 15 in the city on my 3.0.
 
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Originally Posted by bidness
I own a 02 EDGE supercab with a underdrive pully,flowmaster 40 SISO exhaust, airbox mod ,2WD automatic. During a summer morning I drove from out of town to work 100 miles. All highway , speed limit was 60 mph, I got 24 MPG. Same trip back after work with a/c on part of the time, 22.7 MPG. I did this trip differenet times throughout the summer and still got the same MPG. The truck has 187000 miles on it now and I still get 21.5 on average.
My other Ranger, a 03 XLT Supercab, lowered 2 inches, airbox mod, underdrive pullly. SISO flowmaster 40 I get 23 MPG all the time, 90 percent interstate. Coast up to stop signs and off ramps , use the gas pedal a little on the conservative side. Keep the truck in tune , maintain proper tire pressure it might be possible to get 25 MPG
Yes but that ad has a lift and bigger tires which kill mileage.
 
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Best I've got out of my 3.0 is 22 and that was all 55-60 MPH driving. If I got rid of the 4.10s for some 3.73s I could probably pull more like 23 or 24.

But if mine was lifted no way I could get that.

It wouldn't be unheard of to get 22.

With my 99 4.0 with 3.73s and 33s, I could just break 20 on a straight freeway drive.
 
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Im saying he may get 20-22 mpg

with the right gearing it would compensate for the large tires but 25 is not plausible

I wanna see the bed liner also
 
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Oh yeah, if its kept tuned up you can get 20-22 on the highway pretty easily if you keep around the speed limit. As soon as you get above 65 though the MPG drops
 
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Form Springfield Mo - Memphis Tenn. I got about 23mpg that was 65 mph on cruise control

New spark plugs, New spark plug wires, and Recharged air filter
 
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Yeah I got about the same. Running 75-80 from Durham, NC to Midland, TX I got 17.5 average for the entire 3000 miles. That was right after a plug, wire, air filter, engine oil, diff fluid and a few other stuff change. Now if I would run 60-65 it would pull 20 the entire way but its just not possible to go that slow when the speed limit is 75 lol
 


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