Best mods for mpg

I would like to know what is the best air filter or modification to invest in if I am looking to increase my mpg by 2-3.

 

Id have to guess Small tires.

Few threads on this topic with some good info.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...ggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNEZdGWZo9dKFcqnrrEhLE4fGYPkhQ

 

Drive slower.

There is no magic mod. Just adjust your driving habits

 

Dont give it so much gas.

 

Push the truck on starts

 

Most mods actually hurt MPG. Toppers, bumpers, big tires/lifts...defiantly negatively impact mpg.

If you bought your truck used, it's possible you have a suspension lift and oversize tires that are costing you MPGs.

Bottom line is there no 'magic mod' to give you more MPG. If there was, Toyota would have adapted it into the stock Tacoma and sold it with better MPG. Turns out having good stock MPG is a great way to sell cars these days. Toyota has already done most of the 'mods' for MPG for you. They even use lighter weight gear oil in the diffs and engine (on the gen4) to get a TINY bit better mileage.

 

I think me meant like airfilters and such. not a mod thats needed for off roading

 

And I ment to say 'No, there are no 'easy' MPG mods for various reasons.' There vast majority of any mod for your Tacoma will decrease your MPG.

 

I've always wondered what a block heater would do for my MPGs... engines burn a lot of fuel in open loop before reaching full temp. My climate is "cold" only a few months a year so MPG would be the only reason to even consider a block heater. I notice a difference of about 3mpg between the colder months and warmer months, taking the same route with the same traffic quite consistently. Our fuel has ethanol year-round (CA) so that couldn't be the cause... I don't think so anyway.

 

Block heater doesn't do shit for saving fuel when your warming your car up. I only use mine if I park outside and the temp is below 0 F. Most people that have block heaters in Texas and California do more harm to their vehicle than good with them.

 

Buy a honda. Or drive differently.

 

There is no "air filter" mod that will increase you're fuel mileage by any degree. Those who think it does are just dreaming and getting worse air filtration than we want which is just one the of the reasons the 2.7 lasts so long. The 2.7 gets what it gets as far as fuel consumption is concerned. It's that simple. Toyota engineered the 2.7 as a "work" engine and it gets the mileage it gets. The only thing you can do for it is get an LCE header for a lower torque curve which isn't going to do anything for your fuel mileage. If it does? It will be negligible.

As others have pointed out, driving habits have a LOT to do with fuel mileage. With the 2.7 don't rev it past 2500 RPM, for the most part. Wherever you drive? Don't take it past 2500 RPM. There are situations that arise where I rev mine to over 4000 RPM but that doesn't happen very often. Last, but not least? Buy fuel that has no "Deathanol" in it. Mileage goes up without Deathanol.

 

stock tires at 35psi

 

If I limited myself to 2,500 RPM; I'd never be able to go faster than 65mph, drive into the wind on the highway, or climb any hills

Just giving you a hard time, though... I know that the key to awesome 4cyl Taco mileage is driving slow

 

It's all good. I know exactly what you mean. I have to rev mine up to 3000 or 3500 fairly regularly to climb hills and keep up with the flow of traffic. However, if I want to be a dick and block traffic on an 80 mph interstate I can still do 65 if I want and keep mine at or below 2500 rpm. Which is exactly what I do when I'm in no hurry.

 

Paint your truck blue. You'll get the same benefit to mpg as the best air mods.

Or look into hho (browns gas) generators. That's always good for a laugh. They tend to pop up whenever gas gets high, work on the pluhseebow effect.

I'm not sure if most people have missed it, but mpg has been a selling point in vehicles since the 70s. Millions of $ and man hours by highly specialized peeps have gone into your engine. I doubt they overlooked a $5 mod that could give an extra 3mpg and net them millions. No 2 engines are identical, and one here or there may benefit slightly from xxx or yyyy, for the most part they're as good as they're going to be, until you spend some real $$$




Sooooooo many threads on this. Accelerate slowly,, like really slooooooooooowly. Drive slower. 55mph will do a lot better than 75. There is no magic rpm, not sure why 2k is preached as gospel. Whenever you're on a steady and straight be in top gear. High rpm and a mostly closed throttle increases fuel consumption. Accelerating when you're under your poweband does the same. Lugging the engine, does the same.


Or just spend the extra couple bucks and drive normally. I personally would rather be able to push the gas pedal and have something happen than save a nickel but that's just me. My dd gets around 19 in town if I drive reasonably. Good nuff. If I wanted better I wouldn't have bought twin turbo.