Hey all,
I was lurking a Ford Ranger forum and ran across this info. At the bottom of the article there is a list of "mods". The one I am asking about is the Air Muffler removal. Now I don't understand a lot of the technical stuff I read here, but I do get the idea that more air = more HP = more fuel. But does that also mean less MPG? If I have more HP to move the same weight then I could move it faster. But If I move the same weight with more HP at the same speed wouldn't the engine be working less hard and running more efficiently? I realize that there has to be a break over point somewhere. You can go out and do a whole bunch of "preformance" mods and expect to get incredible MPG. Just ain't gonna happen. But from reading some of the post on that forum it seems some folks have had sucess with this one. It seems to be completely reversable from the reading so I think I am going to try it. I was just wondering if anyone here had tried this and how it worked out for them. Once I get back to driving the same distances to work and back I'll try and get some FE numbers posted, but with a small leak in the filler neck in my tank they may not be very accurate not being able to top off the tank. Here's the link. If it isn't clickable then try a CCP into the address bar.
The Ford Ranger 4-Cylinder Lima Motors - The Ranger Station
Thanks