I get 35 mpg on both city and freeway driving. My bronco has 32's, 351, and E40d with 3.55's

Gabe

 

Oh yeah....my bronco sits in the garage....my civic is what i drive to work.

Gabe

 

I never bothered to calculate my city mpg, but we did the interstate cal once and it was like 19.85 mpg. My old man added it up...he's a engineer and all that.

 

Yeah, I've been getting around 13mpg with my 94, with the 351, and that was after my tuneup, and thats mostly highway miles at about 60-65 mph. Yeah, Gas prices suck, but I knew that when I got the bronco. We're averaging between $1.70 and $1.80 depending on the day, seems to be cheaper when I still have gas in the tank.. then jumps just when I need to fill. Oh well, its all part of the fun.

 

So what is your secret

 

See his next thread...............

 

dang my 84, 302, 4 gear and 3.55's get about 12 with slightly spirited driving, but i'll swear that its hit 16-17 twice (while driving very nice) 1.74 1.89 1.99, 1.66 for diesel, are the prices down here, dont know how much it cost to fill mine, ive had it since november and its only been above 3/4 twice (no job sucks)

 

oh and biodeisel is 1.71, they need to put this stuff in mass production so the price goes down.

 

Hell i would kill a small village for 10 MPG. I'm at 4 city, no highway driving, and I put about 30 bucks in gas every 3 days. someone please tell me how the hell are you getting 10 MPG. I literally have stopped buying food just to feed my bronco. I am living off of kool-aid, ramen noodels and ciggerets.

 

Jeez! whats your set up? somethings not right, cause even pro's 600 horse highboy gets 4

 

anything over 12mpg is amazing. my 93 had a 95 302 ho swapped in and I was lucky to get that much around town. on the highway though, I cruised 70+ around 2100 rpm and got 13 or 14...

anyone with a trick to get some more milage please tell, my current 302 is a hawg that gets 14 mpg when I'm lucky

 

are you redy for this.... i have an 88 EB that is as far as i can tell fully stock except for the rear drive shaft..... i replaced it with astronger one.... I have been so frustrated i have even taken my bronco to 7 macanics to check out my truck and all of them said there was nothing wrong with it...... OH joy..... well at least i got a christmass present from my gass attendant.... oh and the best part is my truck only has 109,000 miles on it.... so it's practicly new.....

 

i got about 13.8mpg highway but since i fixed the timing im pushing 14.5mpg or so. And about 11mpg in town, and thats with a gentle foot. With the gas prices rising i cant afford any lead in the shoe.

 

I'd say these would help anyone to get better mileage.
1: Tune up. Fresh plugs, wires, cap, rotor, etc... Fuel and air filter. Don't know if a K&N increases mileage or not, but I have a drop-in one, and am getting over 15mpg.
2: Check O2 sensor.. These can make the truck run rich, and eat gas.
3: Tires... keep the aggressive ones for your offroad adventures. I have BFG A/Ts which are as "offroady" as I'd get for a street driven truck. If you're going for top mileage, I'd get the Long-Trail T/As... even less aggressive tread. I'd use these on road, and have another set of tires for the trail.

4: Light right foot. nuff' sed

 

Hey indysvodave,
can having a clogged or dirty fuel filter really take away from your mileage?