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Old Jan 24, 2013
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Post the best mpg you've ever got in your 4.0

Im looking to see the city/highway i wanna find what 31s with 410 and a manual get with a tuner im looking to get a mileage tune when i get one with this exact setup i do mostly city just curious post up your MPG !!! with your setup from gearing to mods !!
 
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Old Jan 24, 2013
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The best I ever got ever was 22 MPG all highway, two tanks of gas. That was on 33x10.5 tires, 4.56 gears and tuned. Speedo calibrated.
 
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Old Jan 24, 2013
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i get 18 mpg from day to day, but my best is 24mpg on a summer trip.
 
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Old Jan 25, 2013
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The best I ever got was just over 20 mpg on a 4,000 mile trip that I took last November. I did not get it every fillup but did get it several times. That was driving about 72 mph with 31" Michelin LTX MS tires. My typical mileage at around 75 mph is 18 mpg.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2013
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I drove it and only got 14.2 with a cold air intake and airaid spacer and 33s with 410 gears all freeway 65mpg why did I get so much worse
 
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on my 95, 5 speed manual, 3.27 gears, 275/40/17s, i've gotten 24 mpg with all interstate driving. was getting around 330 miles to approx 13-14 gallons
 
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Old Jan 27, 2013
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My best tank ever was 23mpg driving like a little old lady with nothing in the bed, no tailgate and no spare tire. 4.0sohc 4.10 gears 31" BFG ATs with 45psi. I'm thinking I could get better with normal street tires.
 
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Old Jan 27, 2013
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Wow I wish I could get that haha I really wanna get 17+ with all town driving
 
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Old Jan 31, 2013
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20.5 and that was about 85-90% highway, so I think I could do even better.
 
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Old Jan 31, 2013
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Lately been getting 16.5-17 on a full tank (mixed city/highway). This is with 285's, 4.10s, and tuned. I hardly ever go over 65 on the interstate as well.

However, the best I ever got was from TN to NC cruising 65-70 and got 18.6 when I filled up in NC.
 
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Old Feb 1, 2013
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Hey im looking for for fred at rouges active email i have his site and facebook and ive emailed him but havent got a response does anyone have the email he actually uses i think for some reason the one im finding isnt working and does anyone know where is he located im obviously in washington and im looking to get a tune just trying to find the best way to go about getting a custom tune
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013
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bout 21 on the highway, 3.73's 32's, tuned, exhaust, and intake. two passengers and a bed cover. running between 65-75 the whole time. on a 500 mile trip from home to school. in town i get 15 no matter what. unless its winter. then i get 12
 
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Old Feb 2, 2013
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On my 2008 FX4 with auto trans and 4:10 rear I can get 20 mpg on the highway if I stay between 60-65 But when cruising at over 65 mpg really falls quickly.
 
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Old Feb 4, 2013
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just went threw my first tank about 19 mpg city driving
 
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Old Feb 4, 2013
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before the tuner you're looking at about 15.8 city if you drive like a maniac /19.5 highway with a whole lot of cruise control. What good is a tuner though on a ranger with a manual transmission? I'm not familiar with what you can and cannot change on our trucks... but most of the guys on here just play around with shift points and try and keep a light(er) foot.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2013
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just went threw my first tank about 19 mpg city driving
what is your setup?? your don't have a signature so i was wondering what your running
 
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Old Feb 6, 2013
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Originally Posted by blue
before the tuner you're looking at about 15.8 city if you drive like a maniac /19.5 highway with a whole lot of cruise control. What good is a tuner though on a ranger with a manual transmission? I'm not familiar with what you can and cannot change on our trucks... but most of the guys on here just play around with shift points and try and keep a light(er) foot.
Im not sure ive just been told fred at rogue can make a good tune and help with mileage i asume they can change air to fuel and timing according the mods like exhaust and intake but im not sure im trying like a grandma and getting around 15.2 city and it sucks other people are saying 19 and i wanna get that lol
 
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Originally Posted by 01_ranger_4x4
The best I ever got ever was 22 MPG all highway, two tanks of gas. That was on 33x10.5 tires, 4.56 gears and tuned. Speedo calibrated.
You notice here that the 4.56 gears with the 33” tires bring the trucks driving rpm range to where it should be in an OEM setup.

Originally Posted by boyd_835
I drove it and only got 14.2 with a cold air intake and airaid spacer and 33s with 410 gears all freeway 65mpg why did I get so much worse
33” tires with 4.10 gears are making the truck really work for its power.
If I drive at 60 i’m not too bad but at 65 I can almost watch the gas gauge go down.

Originally Posted by boyd_835
Im not sure ive just been told fred at rogue can make a good tune and help with mileage i asume they can change air to fuel and timing according the mods like exhaust and intake but im not sure im trying like a grandma and getting around 15.2 city and it sucks other people are saying 19 and i wanna get that lol
Truth be told I would bet the actual milage on a Ranger with 4.10s and 33” tires is a lot lower than what people are saying.

Tuning is good but your truck is trying to pull 33” on 4.10 gears, it will be working harder than a truck with 4.56 gears and 33”.
I will be going to 4.56 if my other plans fall through.

Add an air intake system and tune the he!! out of the chip and still get bad milage, then you need to get it together and get it all done, re-gear both diffs, add in some headers and open up the exhaust pipe.
And as I stated in another thread along this lines see about free wheeling the front hubs.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2013
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Yeah I do understand that now I'm running 31s but still only getting like 14 or 15 around town I'm just looking for 17+ city
 
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Old Feb 14, 2013
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i cant get better than 14-15 all city anything i can check to find whats holding me back i known it can do better with my setup like 16-17 im driving like a Asian grandma
 
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too busy with life to waste time checking mileage in lifted truck

 
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Old Feb 14, 2013
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19.6 MPG Highway - Brand new highway tires, 400 lbs of salt in the bed, one passenger
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I figure the salt added up and made the mileage go down because I usually average around 15 MPG in the city so my highway should be better
 
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Old Feb 15, 2013
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I'm getting 23 and better with 3.55's + 5 spd stick.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2013
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what changes were made after 01 to the 4.0l ? the newer ranger seem to get better mileage like 07+ or so is there something little they changed or tweeked
 
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