MPG in 4.0 xcabs w/ 33s?

[krazykracker]

im just installed a 4in lift & would like to put 33s on but dont want to kill my MPGs,i also dont have the $ or the 35s to regear to 5.13s.

mine has 3.73s,4.0,5spd,xcab

what are you guy's MPGs w/ xcab rangers w/ the 4.0 5spd

 

[Rifleman]

Little different beast, but my 4.0L SOHC 5-speed with 32s and 4.10s can get up to 20MPG if I'm being easy on it and using hills to my advantage. I can easily suck that down to 15MPG when in town and hammerin down.

 

[martin]

My 91 explorer with 6inch lift, 3:73 gears and 33's does around twenty on the highway but that's imperial gallons. I drive easy though.

 

[sniper141]

I have the 2000 xlt extended cab off road sport and get 22 hwy and 17 city running factory 245/70/16s with 4.10gears and 8.8rear with a detroit locker. I am a stop light racer, so in town I like to crank it pretty good and let the cherry bomb do its job and warn walkers to get off of the sidewalks! LOL

 

[AllanD]

im just installed a 4in lift & would like to put 33s on but dont want to kill my MPGs,i also dont have the $ or the 35s to regear to 5.13s.

mine has 3.73s,4.0,5spd,xcab

what are you guy's MPGs w/ xcab rangers w/ the 4.0 5spd

Ok, my truck is a 1987 Supercab with a transplanted 1993 4.0 engine
Mazda Trans 13-54 T-case and 1997 Dana35 front axle and of course a Gen3 8.8" axle out back with 4.10 gears

My truck has a 1" body lift and around another inch of suspension lift (washers in the front, thicker factory blocks and explorer springs in the back)

Running my 235/75-15 BFG A/T's at 50psi I JUST last week while towing a 1992 Ranger 2wd std cab (3.0 5sp) with a 4.0 engine and an 8.8" axle and another 500# of assorted flotsam & jetsum in the bed I got 15.409mpg
on the eastbound return trip from South Bend, Indiana to my house
4 miles north of the intersection of US209 and I476

On tht trip I only shifted out of 5th for a couple hills and then mostly because I didn't want to slow down enough to stay in the right lane behind a slow truck and I NEVER turned off the A/C.

I got 18-something on the trip out, but wasn't really paying attention
because we made side trips to Summit in Akron, OH and to Cabela's in Dundee Michigan going outbound.

I can't really take credit for the mileage, because I was being lazy...
I spent so much effort retrofitting cruise control to the truck
when I rebuilt everything two years ago that I decided to actually
USE the cruise control, so for most of the trip "George" was manning
the throttle I was just choosing what lane to cruise in...

Personally I KNOW I can get better mileage driving manually
(take runnig shots at the hills, etc...)

with 33's I'd look to getting 14-15 if everything is working right...

I have gotten 21 to almost 22 with the truck on several occasions
and I'm looking to regear (3.73's) to improve it's highway cruise mileage
(it'll also make 4th a bit more useful on the highway)

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[Jason]

Mine is a stock 2004 4.0 ext cab with 245/75r16 toyos. I never got 20. My best was a 18.5 mpg tank on my way to Olathe, KS. Owned the rattle box since new.

 

[Dieselinjected]

I used to have a exploader 4.0 with 33's and 3.73s and i got 5mpg. True enough this was never on a road and i was always holdin er.

 

[Blueranger99]

my ranger is a 99 reg cab with 4.0 5spd with a limited slip 3.73 rear,and i have 265x75r15 tires on it and i get bout 17- 18 with it. with the stock 235 tires on it i got bout 18-20. so i would plan on 15-16 with 33s.

 

[krazykracker]

thanks,anyone else?

 

[fastpakr]

I range from 17-22mpg in the Explorer/5 speed.

 

[4x4junkie]

I range from 17-22mpg in the Explorer/5 speed.

About what I get as well (17-21 or so. Best tank was 25, but I had a good tailwind, and have never repeated that amount of mileage since) Ranger 4.0L/stick/4.10/33s

 

[daniel3507]

wow. i get 10 in the city. i need to fix that

 

[PickupMan04 FX4 L2]

4.10'S 4X4 EXT CAB 4.0 SOHC AND AND AUTO MY BEST EVER WAS 20MPG.. ITS TOUGH TO ATTAIN.
sorry bout the caps!

oh and im running 32x11.5's BFG's

 

[Kona]

91 s cab 3.73 ,4.0 5spd winch & w bumper 50% worn trXus m/t's my highway best 17.5 mpg (US Gallons) in town 13.2 mpg (US) worst with lots of 4 lo ( cause off road that is where you will be ! ) 9.4 mpg (US) .

 

[Kona]

im just installed a 4in lift & would like to put 33s on but dont want to kill my MPGs,i also dont have the $ or the 35s to regear to 5.13s.

mine has 3.73s,4.0,5spd,xcab

what are you guy's MPGs w/ xcab rangers w/ the 4.0 5spd

You may have to trim a bit