New to the forum 10-1-09

[Camaro98]

Hey all,

I heard about this forum from a friend who recently joined, and he said that this was a really good place to come if I wanted to find out how to squeeze more mpg's from my vehicles.

The vehicles I own and drive are a 1998 Camaro (3.8L V6 auto) and a 1997 Blazer 4X4, 4-dr (4.3L V6 auto). The Camaro is actually surprisingly good on gas for what it is (23-25mpg city, 27-34mpg highway - depending on set cruise speed), but the Blazer is...well...a midsized metallic red pig (16-17 mpg, combined city/highway).

I'd really like to get the mileage on the Blazer up. I'd be happy if I could get just 22mpg out of it. Has anyone else on here ever acheived 22+mpg with a 4.3L Blazer/S-10 pickup?

[Nevyn]

Over on CleanMPG, a user known as "nervousmini" has a Blazer:


http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showt...9;s+FSP+Blazer

[bgd73]

welcome.

The blazer 4.3 has a very stressed design internally. Do not lean it too much. going for high teens mpg will at least keep it going. I refer to the crankshaft. All engines could be double in greater fuel mileage, oem designs prevent it. the 4.3 is a rare one to just simply leave alone, like 90% of inlines...

today smaller displacement and suffering how much cannot be done with your vehicle is about the only way to start with a strong base for good fuel mileage, and go from there.
It even keeps 3 cylinder geos popular. If there was four cyl doing the same consumption for thousands of pounds of work over it...we'd be seeking it hey?