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trooper Tdiesel · 02-15-2013, 05:04 AM

in stock form the windstar was NOT sold with manual trans.
any windstar with a manual is custom after market.

a ford tempo, focus, contuer engine trans would be a very out side the box windstar

the windstar had a 3.0 or 3.8L the 3.0 is ever so marganly better on mpg i randomly picked a year 1996 to compare.

with the 3.0L
Compare Old and New MPG Estimates

with the 3.8L
Compare Old and New MPG Estimates

your 11/17 mpg is right on par for dedicated city driving.

for an idea of what your windstar would get for mpg with a 4 poper and manual trans this is the last year of the dodge vans to get that set up 1995
Compare Old and New MPG Estimates

you could put a 2.0L out of a dodge neon in a van and get a little better mpg but it would be a silly slow, unless you found one of the DOHC 2.0Ls they had in the 90s then it wouldn't be quite so bad.

my 0.01C find a van with a I-4 and manual trans.

02-15-2013, 05:04 AM	#33 (permalink)
trooper Tdiesel live, breath, Isuzu-Ds Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: oregon Posts: 231 puddle jumper - '93 Suzuki sidekick base model energizer bunny - '86 isuzu trooper base model Clifford the big red dog - '84 GM S-10 durango Thanks: 1 Thanked 20 Times in 17 Posts	in stock form the windstar was NOT sold with manual trans. any windstar with a manual is custom after market. a ford tempo, focus, contuer engine trans would be a very out side the box windstar the windstar had a 3.0 or 3.8L the 3.0 is ever so marganly better on mpg i randomly picked a year 1996 to compare. with the 3.0L Compare Old and New MPG Estimates with the 3.8L Compare Old and New MPG Estimates your 11/17 mpg is right on par for dedicated city driving. for an idea of what your windstar would get for mpg with a 4 poper and manual trans this is the last year of the dodge vans to get that set up 1995 Compare Old and New MPG Estimates you could put a 2.0L out of a dodge neon in a van and get a little better mpg but it would be a silly slow, unless you found one of the DOHC 2.0Ls they had in the 90s then it wouldn't be quite so bad. my 0.01C find a van with a I-4 and manual trans. __________________ 1 86 T\D trooper with rare GEN 3 rods TRANS FIXED NOW DD 1 86 4WD 5sp pup is 2.3L gas, but plan on 2.2L diesel repower 1 91 trop, long term plan is a group buy of imported Isuzu 4JB1-T 2.8L I-4 engines, hoping to get price down to 2K not 3K plus 1993 sidekick my MPG toy, epa rating 26. i get 29/31 with stock drive train. Last edited by trooper Tdiesel; 02-15-2013 at 05:09 AM..