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 Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
#890933
06/16/08 11:46 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 69
OP
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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We took a weekend trip down to the Pueblo area and put mostly highway miles on the '98 Montero. I drove around 80 mph most of the time on I25. I was able to get 19.7 mpg on 85 octane fuel. I am very pleased. I was able to get a hair over 20 on a cross-country trip last fall. I better count my blessing until the new larger tires go on!
'98 Montero, 146K miles, needing Suspension and Tire Upgrades
'03 Montero Limited, 121K miles stock, original owner
'82 Toyota Supra, Spearco Turbo Kit and too many mods to list (in need of turbo rebuild)
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Re: Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
[Re: Chad_in_Colorado]
#890934
06/19/08 05:30 PM
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Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 850
Rock Warrior
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That's pretty decent. After spending the last year replacing misc. sensors and exhaust parts my Sport with a SAS and 35s is back up to 18-19 on the highway. A little tweeking and there's no reason you shouldn't be able to keep that real close to 19 even with larger tires.
Edward
'97 Montero Sport LS 5-Speed 3.5L conversion
SAS Dana 44s & ARBs, 35" Yoko Geolandar M/Ts
NP231 B4R doubler/Terra Low231/RP 5.38 229:1
'99 Montero Sport Limited 4WD SAS 3-link project
'03 Montero Sport Limited AWD
'97 Montero Sport LS 5-Speed 4WD
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Re: Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
[Re: ES_97Sport]
#890935
06/19/08 06:43 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 1,664
Body Damage is Cool
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I have really hard time believing you can attain 18-19 mpg hwy or not on 35s. I'd be surprised of 15 actually. Well maybe if you drive 55 mph with tailwind.
How many miles did you drive, what conditions. How many tanks of gas? (Anything less than 2 tanks has very little meaning)
19.7 is very good for stock truck as well. Prob not real either. Yeah I've calculated something like that occasionally on fill up but it's really just a fluke. On real hwy trip something like say from Missouri to Maine and back totaling 4500 miles it averages to about 17 - 17.5.
92 SR, 285/75R16 Yoko MT ARB locker GAST compressor AirLift 1000 MM10500 Snorkel custom rear bumper
02 Montero LS died protecting the master
08 PowerWagon (stock!)
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Re: Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
[Re: Alex Kogan]
#890936
06/19/08 09:22 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 390
Mudrunner
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I have really hard time believing you can attain 18-19 mpg hwy or not on 35s. I'd be surprised of 15 actually. Well maybe if you drive 55 mph with tailwind.
How many miles did you drive, what conditions. How many tanks of gas? (Anything less than 2 tanks has very little meaning)
19.7 is very good for stock truck as well. Prob not real either. Yeah I've calculated something like that occasionally on fill up but it's really just a fluke. On real hwy trip something like say from Missouri to Maine and back totaling 4500 miles it averages to about 17 - 17.5. I'd have to agree, 19 mpg on 35s would be a dream come true. I am constantly checking and calculating the MPG on my rig. I get about 15 mpg, on 31s... I think it's time for a rebuild <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/barf.gif" alt="" />
91 Montero SuperWagon LWB, Pro Comp Xterrains, Blk Steel RockCrawlers, Aisin Locking Hubs, Pro Comp 9" HID Lights, Projector H4 Headlights, ARB Bull Bar, K&N, Alpine, Optima and a Hella loud Hella Horn... More to come!!!
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Re: Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
[Re: TXrazor]
#890937
06/19/08 10:22 PM
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 69
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Getting the Wheeling Fever
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The best mileage I've gotten was when we moved from Michigan to Colorado last fall. The '98 average 20.1 mpg. We were driving around 60 mph most of the way since I was pulling a trailer with our '03 Montero and I couldn't go any faster and feel comfortable. I got about 11 mpg withe the '03 pulling the loaded trailer <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Typically I get between 16 and 17 mpg with mixed driving in the '98. I told my wife we will have to start using her Montero for trips after I get the new tires installed!
'98 Montero, 146K miles, needing Suspension and Tire Upgrades
'03 Montero Limited, 121K miles stock, original owner
'82 Toyota Supra, Spearco Turbo Kit and too many mods to list (in need of turbo rebuild)
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Re: Weekend Highway Trip - Mileage
[Re: Alex Kogan]
#890938
06/20/08 02:52 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 6,332
Trail Leader
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I have really hard time believing you can attain 18-19 mpg hwy or not on 35s. I'd be surprised of 15 actually. Well maybe if you drive 55 mph with tailwind.
How many miles did you drive, what conditions. How many tanks of gas? (Anything less than 2 tanks has very little meaning)
19.7 is very good for stock truck as well. Prob not real either. Yeah I've calculated something like that occasionally on fill up but it's really just a fluke. On real hwy trip something like say from Missouri to Maine and back totaling 4500 miles it averages to about 17 - 17.5. I can get up to (or maybe a little more than) 24 mpg on a tank of gas with mine, and I have 33s. To do it, I have to drive 55 on the freeway and not do any in town driving. Since I changed jobs and work much closer to home, I get about 16 mpg.
1990 Montero RS (In pieces... for now)
KG6VNX
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