gas milage?

svilleff · #1 12-04-2011, 06:28 AM

how would puttin a 3in bodylift on a truck make a diffrence in miles per gallon? if theres any at all

STL · #2 12-04-2011, 06:42 AM

If you added larger then stock tires and didn't have the right gears in the axles

fordboy305 · #3 12-04-2011, 08:14 PM

bodylift no. tires yes if gears arent right but if you get tires that are slightly bigger like 2-3 inches taller than it would actually do better mpg on stock gear if its not stepped on. but any bigger tires with stock gears then bad gas milage

my ranger has 2 inch taller tires and i did 2mpg better

but there are cheap mods you can do that will boost up your gas milage. i did few to mine and i rin 112miles on a quarter tank city and 123miles on a quarter tank highway at 65-70mph on a steady speed.

i would be glad to let you know what i did to mine to help boost up some hp and mpg just lmk!!

svilleff · #4 12-07-2011, 05:20 AM

what all did you do.. how much was it

fordboy305 · #5 12-08-2011, 06:46 AM

it was actually not much. just a few trips to the junkyard and 5 bucks here and there.

i first got a intake from a 5.0 explorer. its bigger and air flows better helped even with acceleration.

2 inch taller tires i also got only bad thing is speedometer reads 3-5mph less than what im actually doing lol

then i read about an IAT (Intake Air Temperature) sensor that a 5.6k ohm resistor chip is placed and tells the computer colder air is going in and readjusts fuel mixture. i got the resistor off an old threadmill but most electrical things around have em. not a big difference on mpg but helps a bit. dont go with a 10k resistor because then pinging starts unless you use higher octane fuel.

MAF mod is an easy mod as well. youtube has the video on how to do it just type in MAF Mod. but all it is is just a trip to autoparts to get lik a 3 dollar socket to take off the black box off carefully and after thats done then cut the center divider then with sandpaper just smooth out rough edges on it and put back the box then install it again.
air doesnt like turning so doing that lets air flow better and MAF reads better and also adjusts fuel mixture.

what i did with mine was i got a MAF off an f150 since they are bigger and just swaped in the black box to the f150s after the divider was cut then back in the ranger it was big difference on performance too.

electric cooling fan to reduce drag.

e3 sparkplugs- burn more fuel that goes in than the old ones so fuel doesnt go to waste out the exhaust pipe

this website will let you know pretty much everything there is to it just gotta read alot but its worth it http://rogueperformance.com/WelcometoFredland.html

go on it and it tells you how to do everything and how it works