Tuning and improved mileage...anyone?

[Dynawide]

This is what I was going to ask the OP. If they changed the tire size programming.

I get/got 17 in town and 23+ highway with both the Livernois and Unleashed tunes. And that's with one of the heaviest 285/70r17s and 2.5" lift.

Tire size has been adjusted for.

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[fusseli]

Well this is 100% guaranteed NOT going downhill. While it wasn't 28 mpg it's still darn good for this truck. This was going to CO from AZ which is far from downhill. I was running the Livernois 91-93 soft shift tune with 32's and lifted and driving 70-75 mph.

I lost about 1-2 mpg with the larger tires and lift and gains that back once running the tune. My overall average was 22.5 mpg'


It was so good I actually made a whole thread on it thinking I had the wrong engine. lol

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/mpg-during-our-road-trip.20287/

25.6mpg is nice but sorry bro but that's downhill on average ? that's a big decent after flag staff.

 

[daczone]

Running 275/55-R20's on my 2020 with a canopy and I never average under 20 mpg. I do have a Ford Performance tune as well. My wheel tire combo is nearly identical to the OEM wheel/tire weight (about 72 lbs each), but it drives so much better.

 

[Rp930]

I would ditch the 5 star tune. But that’s just me.

 

[landiscarrier]

I get 22-23 all summer long with my Unleashed 93 octane performace tune. Stock size tries but a little more aggresivce tread and leveled in the front. (I did notice a slight drop when I leveled it) Mileage definitely drops in the winter.

 

[CO2Ranger]

It's important to note whether you're 4wd or not when posting MPG and SuperCrew vs SuperCab. Makes a decent bit of difference.

 

[MXGOLF]

I am going on 5 months with the Unleashed tune and am only getting around 16 mpg. Now it's all 4 miles to work and 4 miles back. No real long drives yet. I due use 91 octane. Lucille sure shifts way better and hauls ass too. I lost 3-4 mpg with the tune. We have very crappy gas here in Oregon and it's been a very, very wet winter and spring so far.

 

[mtsoxfan]

2019 Lariat, leveled with 1.25" wheel spacers. Just finished a tank of 87, what I always run, got 24.4. Mostly 50 mph. Highway speeds drop it. Just put in 91 to see what that does to mileage.

 

[Big Blue]

It's important to note whether you're 4wd or not when posting MPG and SuperCrew vs SuperCab. Makes a decent bit of difference.

The only thing to take away from these mileage threads is that comparing anyones stated mileage against anyone elses stated mileage is a exercise in futility. There are just too many variables involved. The biggest one being the driver.

Some mods may help one and hurt another. The only possibly definite take away is that lifting/leveling and bigger/heavier tires will reduce your mileage. One other thing that seems fairly constant is keeping your highway speeds under 60 mph or less. Good luck with that one on any interstate. A tune may help mileage, but only if you don’t use it for the purpose it was made, and probably why you bought it.

I have personally given up on tracking my mileage, much less anyone elses. I've got better things to do with my time. Not why I bought it anyway. When I need gas, I fill it up and pay what the pump says. Then I enjoy driving my Ranger with no anxiety

 

[fusseli]

2019 Lariat, leveled with 1.25" wheel spacers. Just finished a tank of 87, what I always run, got 24.4. Mostly 50 mph. Highway speeds drop it. Just put in 91 to see what that does to mileage.

I've ran 91 since I drove it off the lot 4 years ago. Turbo means pre-detonation of fuel is an enhanced risk and higher octane inherently is robust against that. $40k truck vs. $4 a tank difference hmmm okay be cheap and tell yourself it's no different, ECU is megahertz faster in this decade and will adjust to the fuel you put into it. You will NOT get maximum boost psi or max timing advance nor as often going cheap on fuel. Nor will you get an mpg difference because cruising is under completely different conditions.

The only thing to take away from these mileage threads is that comparing anyones stated mileage against anyone elses stated mileage is a exercise in futility. There are just too many variables involved. The biggest one being the driver.

Some mods may help one and hurt another. The only possibly definite take away is that lifting/leveling and bigger/heavier tires will reduce your mileage. One other thing that seems fairly constant is keeping your highway speeds under 60 mph or less. Good luck with that one on any interstate. A tune may help mileage, but only if you don’t use it for the purpose it was made, and probably why you bought it.

I have personally given up on tracking my mileage, much less anyone elses. I've got better things to do with my time. Not why I bought it anyway. When I need gas, I fill it up and pay what the pump says. Then I enjoy driving my Ranger with no anxiety

Concur. Ford has had ECU octane de-tuning since the 80s with the original 2.3T. The Ranger will adjust spark and valve timing based on the fuel that's run. Guess what there's an immeasurable mpg difference because of driving environment and right foot factors but probably a subtle power difference. Fast forward to today and guess what lifts and big tires get worse mpg and downhill gets the best mpg, still the same LOL.

 

[ccasanova22]

The only thing to take away from these mileage threads is that comparing anyones stated mileage against anyone elses stated mileage is a exercise in futility. There are just too many variables involved. The biggest one being the driver.

Some mods may help one and hurt another. The only possibly definite take away is that lifting/leveling and bigger/heavier tires will reduce your mileage. One other thing that seems fairly constant is keeping your highway speeds under 60 mph or less. Good luck with that one on any interstate. A tune may help mileage, but only if you don’t use it for the purpose it was made, and probably why you bought it.

I have personally given up on tracking my mileage, much less anyone elses. I've got better things to do with my time. Not why I bought it anyway. When I need gas, I fill it up and pay what the pump says. Then I enjoy driving my Ranger with no anxiety

Depends on how many miles one is doing a year. If you travel long distances, it makes a huge difference. Even 20 to 25mpg is a big deal, some states are $4.79 a gallon and some are $3.xx a gallon so that matters too. I don’t live paycheck to paycheck but don’t want to live in debt either, so if a $2,000 fuel savings a year makes a difference (tires, for example) it does make sense to run the street tires for work/business travel and swap the big off road tires/wheels for off road fun. Heck I may even get another vehicle to go around town with, so I’m not spending $80 a week in gas just to get to the nearest city and buy groceries.

 

[DonovanJM]

Depends on how many miles one is doing a year. If you travel long distances, it makes a huge difference. Even 20 to 25mpg is a big deal, some states are $4.79 a gallon and some are $3.xx a gallon so that matters too. I don’t live paycheck to paycheck but don’t want to live in debt either, so if a $2,000 fuel savings a year makes a difference (tires, for example) it does make sense to run the street tires for work/business travel and swap the big off road tires/wheels for off road fun. Heck I may even get another vehicle to go around town with, so I’m not spending $80 a week in gas just to get to the nearest city and buy groceries.

Curious how long it would take to break even on buying a different car to save on gas. Let's say you bought a super cheap $2000 car that gets twice the mileage as the Ranger. So now you are only spending $40 a week on gas. That would take 50 weeks to break even. That's not too bad. Don't forget insurance though. That's gotta be at least $20/month. So now you are saving $35 a week with the car. So 57 weeks to break even. Then maintenance. Are you going to buy a super cheap car? I know I wouldn't after driving around nice truck. You probably already figured that out.

 

[Big Blue]

Depends on how many miles one is doing a year. If you travel long distances, it makes a huge difference. Even 20 to 25mpg is a big deal, some states are $4.79 a gallon and some are $3.xx a gallon so that matters too. I don’t live paycheck to paycheck but don’t want to live in debt either, so if a $2,000 fuel savings a year makes a difference (tires, for example) it does make sense to run the street tires for work/business travel and swap the big off road tires/wheels for off road fun. Heck I may even get another vehicle to go around town with, so I’m not spending $80 a week in gas just to get to the nearest city and buy groceries.

Cannot dispute anything you said. But short of moving across country you can’t do anything about gas prices. Also I don’t believe there are any combination of mods out there that will get you a guaranteed 25% increase in mileage. Modifying your driving style may be your best shot.

My whole point was that comparing your mileage to anyone elses is futile and can only lead to you feeling good if yours is better, or the oppsosite.

Most mods everyone does to their truck tend to make it look cool or perform better, but reduce mileage.

On the subject of fuel cost. That is a very regional issue. Both availability and cost difference. 87 octane E10 is common most places. Some regions have 93 octane premium, some only have 91 octane. Some premium is E10 some is E0. Some places the price difference is only .30 a gallon, some places it is more like .80 to .90 per gallon, it is for me. So justifying running premium is even tougher on a cost basis.

 

[daczone]

It's important to note whether you're 4wd or not when posting MPG and SuperCrew vs SuperCab. Makes a decent bit of difference.

Should do a POLL and see the ranges. It would be nice to separate by 4WD and Cab Style.

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