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Tezzating · 10-27-2011, 11:49 AM

Thanks for the feedback ! Its good to know our results are comparable to others. TBH I'm sure once we have 2 foot of snow (Hello from Canada !) she'll forget all about the extra $40 a month in gas..

I think highway speeds there's a speed at which we'd enjoy greatest efficiency. The above result was gained at an average of 75mph, doing 65mph would be better I think.

I've been looking at the front end and will make some changes which will help with highway:
- Someones chopped the inner guards, probably to fit a larger tire, but thats gotta be bad for aero.
- The grills for fog lamps are open, so I'll fill those when I fix the inner guards
- I saw a thread with a guy running an XJ on here, he gained MPG by blocking 5 of the 7 grill vents (Canadian winter coming, so this isnt a bad idea either way !)

I'm swapping in an electric fan on my truck and if that works out good, I'm going to swap the Jeeps too.

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Tezzating EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 6 Truck - '98 Ford F250 Lariat 4x4 90 day: 14.68 mpg (US) Jeep - '00 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4 90 day: 18.98 mpg (US) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for the feedback ! Its good to know our results are comparable to others. TBH I'm sure once we have 2 foot of snow (Hello from Canada !) she'll forget all about the extra $40 a month in gas.. I think highway speeds there's a speed at which we'd enjoy greatest efficiency. The above result was gained at an average of 75mph, doing 65mph would be better I think. I've been looking at the front end and will make some changes which will help with highway: - Someones chopped the inner guards, probably to fit a larger tire, but thats gotta be bad for aero. - The grills for fog lamps are open, so I'll fill those when I fix the inner guards - I saw a thread with a guy running an XJ on here, he gained MPG by blocking 5 of the 7 grill vents (Canadian winter coming, so this isnt a bad idea either way !) I'm swapping in an electric fan on my truck and if that works out good, I'm going to swap the Jeeps too.