What was the "officially rated" gas mileage??

[stumpcatcher]

Hi
I just acquired 86 RANGER 2-door SuperCab fuel injected 2.9L
manual transmission
4X4 SHIFT ON THE FLY

Can you tell me what the "officially rated" gas mileage of this truck was??

 

[straycat]

Yours might not be getting what it got new. This subject has been brought up a lot on our site. We have a search function on this site. Did you try it? You can go to KBB.com and look up your 86 and see all the specs and what the vaule of your Ranger is or go to Edmunds and they have a lot of info as well with all the factory specs.

 

[wildbill23c]

Its a truck, if you bought it for fuel economy you bought the wrong vehicle plain and simple. A truck was designed to haul/tow not for fuel economy.

That being said my 84 Ford Ranger was lucky to get 19mpg on the highway from what I can remember and it was the 2.8L V6 2WD, 3 speed automatic. They were never known for being fuel efficient.

 

[shane96ranger]

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Powe...make=Ford&model=Ranger Pickup 4WD&srchtyp=ymm

 

[stumpcatcher]

Yes, I know its a truck I didnt buy it for fuel economy.
BUT the "officially rated" gas mileage is a spec that I want to know.
I will look at the links that were provided above.

 

[stumpcatcher]

Thanks to shane96ranger

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Powe...make=Ford&model=Ranger Pickup 4WD&srchtyp=ymm

By following above link I find:
1986 Ford Ranger Pickup 4WD 2.9 L, 6 cyl, Manual 5-spd, Regular Gasoline
16 City
18 Combined
20 Highway

Thank you so much shane96ranger for giving me a direct link to the answer I was looking for.

 

[shane96ranger]

No problem. That is a very useful site.

Sent from the can

 

[wildbill23c]

By following above link I find:
1986 Ford Ranger Pickup 4WD 2.9 L, 6 cyl, Manual 5-spd, Regular Gasoline
16 City
18 Combined
20 Highway

Thank you so much shane96ranger for giving me a direct link to the answer I was looking for.

Haha, I told you the same basic thing in my answer. lucky to get 19mpg. Some people have reported low to mid 20's but I've yet to drive one that managed to do that LOL.

Drive your truck and find out is exactly what your answer will be. Fuel economy is based on the vehicle, the load, environmental, how well the vehicle is tuned and maintained, etc.

My 84 Ranger was a California Model that had all the BS smog stuff on it, so without it I'm sure it could have achieved at least 20mpg or maybe 22, but I highly doubt it. Driving the older ranger's and the bronco 2's were like driving a square box down the road, not exactly much in the way of aerodynamics LOL.

BTW that link is a great reference for a lot of people. I manage to get a pretty consistent 16mpg city mileage out of my 84 4WD bronco 2. Couldn't say highway miles because I can't drive out of town due to my work schedule and I don't trust the tires on it to go that far.

 

[adsm08]

I did manage to get 21 out of my 87 for a while, before they started putting booze in the gas.

That said, the "official fuel economy rating" is now a worthless number as the methods used by the EPA to give us wildly inaccurate and unrealistic optimum fuel economy numbers have been changed several times to reflect changing traffic patterns in the last 30 years since your truck was tested. It might be fun to know, but it is kinda like trying to file your 2012 taxes using 1985's tax code.

 

[wildbill23c]

I did manage to get 21 out of my 87 for a while, before they started putting booze in the gas.

That said, the "official fuel economy rating" is now a worthless number as the methods used by the EPA to give us wildly inaccurate and unrealistic optimum fuel economy numbers have been changed several times to reflect changing traffic patterns in the last 30 years since your truck was tested. It might be fun to know, but it is kinda like trying to file your 2012 taxes using 1985's tax code.

I know my Toyota Tundra's fuel economy went to shit after I was forced to run ethanol fuel in it, I used to get around 23mpg on the highway consistently, then with ethanol fuel I was lucky to get around 18mpg on the same highway.

Anyhow, I agree the fuel economy ratings from the 80's aren't exactly going to be accurate now LOL.

I'm running non-ethanol fuel in my trucks now, and my fuel economy has returned some. I can't say for sure on my bronco 2 as I haven't been able to just get it out on the highway and drive it through a few tanks of gas to find out what the highway economy is.

I believe though back in the 80's most of the speed limits were around 55mph on the highways, today's speed limits are 65-75mph for the most part so the fuel economy standards won't apply anyhow unless you plan on driving everywhere at 55mph. Which like with my 84 B2 the 55mph mark on the speedometer has a box around it, which from what I gather was supposed to be the speed that it got its best economy at and the speed limit on the highways back then. Someone with better knowledge may have better info on that though.

 

[SenorNoob]

That link is pretty cool. It shows 18 combined for the 88 2.9 Manual. Well, with the 4.0 I'm getting 22. More power and better gas mileage, I love it!

 

[stumpcatcher]

Yes, I can agree a mileage spec from 86 would not be accurate now, cuz todays regular gas is not the same as it was then.

But the specs are still useful for comparison between different makes and models.