Welcome Visitor! Please take a few seconds and Hello ThorRagnarokStation, I am sorry if this plea for suggestions is in the wrong section of the forums, but it does involve the dirty old sluggish 2.3 in my 1993. I have a habit of making shtposts on the forums, but I'm super duper serious this time, like for real.
Okay, so my conundrum is this, my dirty fart bag 2.3 is terrible on gas, shocking right? My terrible no good 2.3 is mated to a terrible no good A4LD, which is tied to an Open 3.73 7.5 rear end. I'm looking for suggestions that might MAYBE POSSIBLY improve my fuel economy slightly, even a teeny weinny amount. With this combination I get sub 20 miles per gallon at 65 on the way to work and back, so what I was thinking is, A different rear gear ratio, and maybe a bed cover. I have a whole 8.8 axle torn apart to replace seals and bearings and, while I'm in there, I'm converting it to a limited slip center section.
My main question is this: *What* rear gear ratio can the 2.3 and A4LD handle completely stock, and still have even a *little* amount of acceleration when needed, as long as it can maintain 65-70, I'm really not concerned if it takes 10 business days to do it. Along with this question of what rear gearing to use, I was thinking that a bed cover, i.e. camper-shell could possibly help aerodynamics a little bit? Am I naïve in My assumption? Any suggestions is good help
Okay, so my conundrum is this, my dirty fart bag 2.3 is terrible on gas, shocking right? My terrible no good 2.3 is mated to a terrible no good A4LD, which is tied to an Open 3.73 7.5 rear end. I'm looking for suggestions that might MAYBE POSSIBLY improve my fuel economy slightly, even a teeny weinny amount. With this combination I get sub 20 miles per gallon at 65 on the way to work and back, so what I was thinking is, A different rear gear ratio, and maybe a bed cover. I have a whole 8.8 axle torn apart to replace seals and bearings and, while I'm in there, I'm converting it to a limited slip center section.
My main question is this: *What* rear gear ratio can the 2.3 and A4LD handle completely stock, and still have even a *little* amount of acceleration when needed, as long as it can maintain 65-70, I'm really not concerned if it takes 10 business days to do it. Along with this question of what rear gearing to use, I was thinking that a bed cover, i.e. camper-shell could possibly help aerodynamics a little bit? Am I naïve in My assumption? Any suggestions is good help
