Est'd gas mileage of a rebuilt turbo-4?
 

I have a freshly rebuilt turbo-4 banger out of an 80's Tbird, I am planning on dropping it into my 4cyl ranger, along with its auto tranny rather than the 5spd in the ranger now, I pull roughly 20 mpgs now with my stock setup and about 300,000 miles. Does anyone know what kind of mileage they get now in their turbo-4, I don't know what the engine got even in the bird, it wasn't road worthy when I acquired it. The ranger is 2wd, reg cab, short bed.
Thanks,
Scott

The milage on a injected TC engine should be about the same as you get now.What not working the turbo unit.But will suck up to about 13-14 when on the turbo all the time.I would say stay with the stick trans it is more durable than the old 3 spd/4spd OD automatic.Not to mention takes about 25 HP to run it.

Does anyone have a turbo-4 in a car that knows the gas mileage?
Thanks
Scott

Yes my 85 TC gets 20 when not on the turbo(automatic) My stick car got 25 but have sold that one.

Thanks hotrod, and sorry for cutting ya out last time- looks like we posted about the same time lol....
Scott