I have a 95 club cab 4x4 with the 5.2 that gets 13-14 around town. The best
I've done is about 18 coming back to San Diego from Lake Tahoe. I would try
it without the tailgate but the thing comes in handy. Dave
At 09:49 PM 10/8/96 -0400, Pittermn62@aol.com wrote:
>My 95 Sport was ordered (I found it used) through the military zone office w/
>3 options: V8, A/C, and bucket seats. So far I've added a bed liner,
>tonneau cover, bug deflecter and switched to a 22 gallon tank. It has the
>standard 3.21 open rear. My best recorded mileage is 22.4MPG @ ~75MPH.
> Around town/commuting I usually get 18-20/tank overall. I record every
>fill-up so I do have this documented. My worst tank was around 15 MPG after
>a few HEAVY leadfoot sessions.
>
>I'm interested in what sucess people have had with different modifications
>involving performance and even handling.
>
>Also, does anyone notice their 5spd sounds alot like a school bus
>transmission? Mike works fine but seems noisy. The truck has 25K miles and
>still has the original tires (the only one out of 4 with the same mileage I
>looked at, and the only 5 spd.) so I don't think it was beaten to pieces. It
>runs, shifts & drives fine. I checked what warranty work was done on it
>since new and only the windshield was replaced (strange but true at aroung
>1000 miles).
>
>Pat Herman
>Reg-cab Sport
>
>
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