Thread: 40 mpg s10 2.2L
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Old 01-27-2012, 09:56 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Georgboy View Post
My question is how possible would it be to get a 2.2L s10 5 spd with a 2.41 gear rearend to a achieve 40 mpg?

Well at first I thought that's not enough gear to be able to use your 5th gear, but then realized that a 2.2L was the Isuzu diesel (1985).
With whatever factory gear they came with (was often 3.73:1 or 4.10:1), the old EPA rating for highway was 36 mpg, and the new rating is 33 mpg, so that's really not that far to go.
I would say that it's very possible.
The 1985 model was not heavy.
Diesels handle the extra loading from the gear superbly, and you just might realize a very efficient combination with it running at such a low RPM at speed.

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Edit: maybe you meant the 2.2 Vortec SFI ?
Sorry If I got confused.

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