[landscaper52]

Hello,
I'm new on the forum, so here goes. Here are some of the mods I've done to my current ride. It's a 96 Ford Ranger with the terrible V6 4.0 liter engine. It's supposed to get only 16 or 17 mpg combined, but with the mods so far gets 20-22 city!
I started by reducing the overall weight, removing all sorts of useless junk, that came in at 250-300 lbs. (jump seats, consoles, spare tire carrier, mudflaps,other misc. parts)...Next I added the airdam on the front...I had to endure a week or two of being called a tree hugging hippie freak by the guys at work, but for the better mpg's it was worth it! Today I started on the aero shell, and should have that finished by this weekend. I'll probably have a wood lid, with a plexi window in it, but it's not finished yet. It only weighs about 50 lbs, and is quite strong, so we'll see how the mpg's go...no exact figures yet!
I just paid the damn thing off, so I'm still enjoying not having a car payment for a month or two, and conseq. reluctant to invest major $ in ecomods...however I may drop some soon for one of those scangauges...looks like fun!
See y'all
Rich
sorry still no pics...this site says my filesizes are all too big...I'll have to do some work on reducing them...then resend...