What does your 4x4 get for gas mileage?

[FraserB]

I'm getting about 14.5-15.5L/100km 90% city

2008 5.3 GMC Quad Cab with leveling kit

[Boosted131]

Got 12.5L/100km on a trip to Invermere and back, including fire wood hauling.

[sdubid]

6.19L/100km in the city
Suzuki Sidekick 4dr powered by VW turbodiesel

[Maxt]

Originally posted by GS430
Anyone running manually locking hubs?

Yes,warn selectro's. 85 Dodge w-150 with dana 60's , 35's and 4.10's.

[HomespunLobster]

14L/100KM from Calgary to Grande Prairie

2011 Chev Silverado 2500HD with 6.0L
Just took the crane off the back. And not carrying a whole lot of weight.

[Tik-Tok]

23.5 L/100KM from Spokane to Calgary

1977 Ford F250 Ranger XLT
460 4bbl, with C6 transmission (no Overdrive), and 4.10 gears

[Maxt]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
23.5 L/100KM from Spokane to Calgary

1977 Ford F250 Ranger XLT
460 4bbl, with C6 transmission (no Overdrive), and 4.10 gears

It doesn't have to be like that, I put an 02 sensor into the exhaust on my 440, and spent a day tuning it, then I recurved the distributor to ensure it had full advance at cruise.. It gets stupid good mileage for how big and raunchy of truck it is.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Maxt

It doesn't have to be like that, I put an 02 sensor into the exhaust on my 440, and spent a day tuning it, then I recurved the distributor to ensure it had full advance at cruise.. It gets stupid good mileage for how big and raunchy of truck it is.

That's a good interim idea. My long term plan is to put a 6BT 12-valve into it, and a overdrive transmission. The great thing about 73-77 fords, is they have divorced transfer cases, which can be good or bad, depending how you look at it, but it does allow me to put pretty much any transmission I want into it.

I'm thinking a T56, with 0.5 ratio 6th gear. That'll almost double my highway mileage right there. I know it'll take decades to recoup the costs, but at least the engine won't be drowning out conversations at 120km.h, lol.

[Maxt]

The 6bt is a great motor to swap, I am thinking of doing the same to a Ramcharger.
As long as you keep the power down to a sane level, 6bt is awesome on fuel. My old 94 3/4 12valve 2wd was well over 25 mpg.
I am not sure I would like a T56 in a 4x4, Its nice to have a nice slow crawl ratio sometimes. Other options would be Nv5600, G56 or check out the spicer 3053.
http://www.boyceequipment.com/#!transmissions/cay8
Another divorced case advantage is a longer front driveshaft if you want to put a lot of lift on the truck. Even with a 4" suspension on mine I had to clearance the front yokes so they wouldn't bind when the truck was airborne and the suspension drooped.

[codetrap]

First tank was ok. 10.5L on the Highway to Edmonton and back.


Edit.. this was totally wrong.. I checked my logs on it.

[flipstah]

Who wants to play Guess My Mileage? Lol.

I'll start with the first tank then let you all guess what my mileage will be.

Then, I'll post when I need to fill up next


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[Cos]

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[Noremac]

In a 1325km drive from Calgary to Winnipeg I averaged 9.5L/100km in my 2005 GMC Sierra 2500HD. It's a 6speed manual/LLY Duramax variant with a cold air intake, banks 6 gun tuner and a no restriction exhaust system. Pretty decent for what it is.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by Cos
22 l / 100km, so on that 200km roughly?

So my speedo cable got disconnected one day but remembered my destination so you just have to add 30km to the ticker or 19 miles:





172km total distance.

11MPG or 21L/100km

SO CLOSE!

[mrsingh]

Mixed driving varies between 12 to 15 L/100km on my 1999 4Runner set to RWD. Haven't measured it in 4WD yet.

[flipstah]

I think a long trip will be an indicator of what highway mileage the LR can do.

There's no point tracking city mileage because that speedo doesn't work and wouldn't put my life on it.

[mrsingh]

My fuel gauge is notoriously inaccurate, to avoid running out of gas I never let it get near empty. I basically drive my truck 300 kilometres, then fill it up again. I see how many litres it takes to fill and use that as the basis of my calculations.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by flipstah



11MPG or 21L/100km

SO CLOSE!

You got better than I did driving her home

Although after I got home, I realized the vacuum advance diaphragm on the dizzy had a hole it it.

[Cos]

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[flipstah]

Originally posted by Cos


It is because you lied to me (or are making it up so that I dont win). Either way. I win.

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