View Single Post
Old 01-14-2011, 11:07 PM   #6 (permalink)
d0sitmatr
n00b.... sortof..
 
d0sitmatr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SFL
Posts: 345

silver fire - '03 Mazda Protege5
90 day: 32.52 mpg (US)
Thanks: 37
Thanked 19 Times in 18 Posts
it looks like the Previa is out.

someone contacted me to trade their 2001 Xterra for my truck.
the Xterra has the 3.3L v6 (unfortunate....) but on the flipside, its a 5 spd MTX ! (I can see some major hypermiling in my near future.

so if the trade goes through, my plans are roughly the same for the Xterra as I had planned for my ranger.
full bellypan, smooth out the front end as much as possible, along with a lower airdam, Im going to look into possibly dropping it several inches (sits 6+ inches higher than it actually needs to for a 2wd...) some tall, skinny LRR tires.

if Im lucky (very lucky I think) I "might" be able to get upwards to 25-28mpg. but I think most of that will come from hypermiling than anything.
__________________
~Mike

  Reply With Quote