3.73 gears 5 speed, no cat, thursh glasspack, als header, underdrive pullies, shaved head, 8mm wires and i drive it like its suppose to be driven, no slow not fast, puttin it to the floor to merge with traffic but not racing people...i babied it on the way to the beach last year and got 38mpg on a straight hwy shot to myrtle, thats the best ive ever seen, although the pedal never hit the floor nor did i hit the brakes, lol.

f-ing a' man......how does that thrush sound on ur truck ?, i used to have one on an isuzu 2.3 truck without cat and it was pretty cool, just wondered how it sounded on urs....

 

I've found that my truck gets shit for gas mileage (for being a 4 cylinder). In the city, I get around 14 mpg... and hwy I get 16. Maybe it's probably because of the fairly high elevation (4000-6500 ft. above sea lvl.) and that Colorado uses 85 (yes, 85) octane for regular fuels, and also... my cruising rpm range stays between 2500 rpm (@70 mph) and 2900 rpm (@80 mph). It's a common misconception that these engines get good gas mileage. I think it's safe to say that the 4.3's probably get better gas mileage because of a better power to weight ratio.

Oh hell yeah man I totally agree... That is what I have been trying to tell people but they are like... no no you have a 4 cylinder it is good on gas... yeah that a load of bull... thats one of the reason I wanna swap... that and I have to stomp on the gas just to get in to the flow of traffic... houston drivers are crazy... and the majority of them cant drive worth a damn. That porbably why we had the most fatalities in 2003

 

houston? never been there, worst traffic ive seen to date is Atlanta, fuggin 8 lanes on EACH side, bumper to bumper @90+mph, its horrible and thats on a sunday afternoon lol!!!

 

with my stock rims i get about 24-25 miles per gallon with my boyds i get about 20mpg. I only drive on the highway to get anywere too.

 

i agree sat there and kicked myself thinking i bought a "gas miser" my bro's 89 iroc 305tpi got like 24 hwy, shit it costs me 2.5 gallons to go like 40miles on southern state parkway cruising at 65

 

Drop the tailgate down. It makes a LOAD of difference in gas mileage, especially on long trips. I get in the low to mid 30's on the highway with the tailgate down.

Charles.

 

driving with the tailigate down dosn't change gas milage thats a myth

 

Drop the tailgate down. It makes a LOAD of difference in gas mileage, especially on long trips. I get in the low to mid 30's on the highway with the tailgate down.

Charles.

i get low 30s with it up...

 

when i had my 98 2.2 s10 5 speed 3.73 with drop in k&n i had a 150,000 on the clock was getting about 28 mpg all highway I now have a x blazer with the 4.3 and im getting 18 mpg what i wouldnt give to get the mpg i got out of my 2.2 from this blazer

 

A myth? Well, you can believe that if you want, but I've tested it by driving a couple tanks with it down, and a couple tanks with it up. On average, I get much better gas mileage with the tailgate down. The truck also doesn't get blown around by big gusts of wind as much.

Charles.

 

I get 300mi to the tank, someone do the math....... :dunno:

 

A myth? Well, you can believe that if you want, but I've tested it by driving a couple tanks with it down, and a couple tanks with it up. On average, I get much better gas mileage with the tailgate down. The truck also doesn't get blown around by big gusts of wind as much.

Charles.

Actually it is a myth, Motor Trend did a full study last year and it actually increases drag with the tailgate down. I used to think as you that it helped to have it down, but in actuality it causes more of an air cell behind the cab and in the bed this air just circulates to the front and increases drag. The study also tested one of those airnets for the tailgate and it too caused increased air cell behind the cab also increasing drag. Now keep in mind that the increase was only by .03-.04 coefficient of drag, but that still going in the wrong direction. Now a tonneau cover on the other hand eliminated the air cell and decreased drag by almost .20 coefficient of drag. So if you are looking to increase mpg then I'd get a tonneau, otherwise leave the tailgate up and work on other areas of the truck.

TJ

 

aight, just about headn home from truckn nats in havasu,az, so good time 2 check on mpg n cruise @ mainly 65mph, few 75mph pass(just to pass cars) n sometimes to 60mph, but overall is 65mph, anyways, so my mpg hit my highest @ 44mpg!!!!!!!!!! :jawdrop: that includes drivn like a grandma, no a/c, I'm impressd w the mods n constant care, it still able 2 save gas well n some kicks :rock: wit gas price goin up, makes me thankful for2.2 savn gas well, well @ least mine does...

 

is there a big difference between the aluminum stock wheels and the steel stock wheels?

 

damn i wished i could get 30 mpg not even thinkin about 40mpg. well i get about 24 mpg. the most i got was at 29 mpg but i had to drive like a granny, never kickin it and hardly usin the brakes. i usually get about 400 miles to a tank. do u get better gas milages with a lowered truck?

 

steel n aluminum just pretty much diff. materials, steel might be lil heavy but not 2 sure

 

I have a 2003 2.2 5-speed with 3.73 rear gear all stock and I only get 22 city, 26 highway at most. Why do you guys get such good gas mileage. Personally I think 22 is low. Should be around 26-28 city with the four banger.

 

my 4 banger 5 speed cracks 30 usually, of course i ride about 1" off the ground and have dropped at least 100 lbs. of shit out of it when i bagged it, so many parts laying around the garage though

 

i would not be so concerned with static weight crusing at 60mph hp/weight ratio is more to do wit acceleration. You wouldn't see a big difference in 200lbs b/c its already moving on the highway but drag a truck that jus added 200lbs and u would c a drop in acceleration.

also when ur on the highway pull behing a bigger truck or semi, and jus draft the truck for awile like within 20 ft of his bumper, and u will feel the truck pull yours from the vacuum the box truck makes. Jus wouldn't try that in traffic.

 

yeah last time I tryed that there was a hug wreck right in front of the 18 wheeler and car parts flew up from under the truck onto mine.

 

I'd think that following that close could be pretty dangerous. besides. I am getting 26mpg, just driving however I want. lol, and I'm still totally stock with 157,000

TJ

 

I get around 30 Mpg non highway... haven't tried highway yet, but it seems even better.

 

edmunds says the older 2.2s get slightly better gas milage than 98+... thats strange.. anyone else agree with that?

 

edmunds says the older 2.2s get slightly better gas milage than 98+... thats strange.. anyone else agree with that?

not sure cuz 94-97 cam is bigger than 98+ which means more fuel so it depends on 2.2 how its been treatd, how many feet above sea level, im at basically 0 and i drive slow as mofo, basically 10 under limit anywhere so my mpg is now at least 30mpg w00t