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Originally Posted by d0sitmatr
your absolutely right about that, the best I was able to achieve was 28mpg on my 99 ranger with the 3.0l, and that was only once. my goal was 30mpg, but I finally decided to get a more family friendly vehicle and couldnt afford to do so without using the ranger as a trade.
I have a mock up of aero mods I was planning on putting on my truck somewhere on the forums, you might be able to find it by doing a search of my moniker here.
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i dont really understand the purpose of the 3.0l, especially post 2001. it has basically the same power as the 2.3l duratec (150 hp to 143 hp) and marginally more torque (180 to 154) but considering the extra weight of the engine itself and that the 2.3l revs much better the power difference is negligible. On top of that the 3.0 gets about the same mileage as the 4.0 ranger does, about 10 mpgs worse than the 2.3l.