I achieved my goal for 2009

[Jethro]

You could get an aftermarket air dam that hangs lower. I'm sure there is plenty of protrusions below that stock air dam that love catching air and slowing you down.

If you don't mind looking silly and loosing rear visibility, there are a lot of success stories of the 'aero' style camper shells. I left my trucks dignity intact and bought a car that gets 2x the mileage. Course it's a lifted fullsize too...

Maybe a turbo kit?

[Jethro]

Oh yea... Clean lookin truck!

Loose the window guards and you'll be 'sleeker' too. A slab side bed would be more aerodynamic, but I like the way the sportside bed looks.

Perhaps you could get rear roll pan with the back step delete.

Then create a belly pan so it's not acting like a parachute behind your truck.

[Domman56]

Duude that's amazing with 4.10's and that truck is gorgeous loove the rims

[Dave's Civic Duty]

Congrats. I did not know that pu's were able to get that. I had an early Dodge Dakota, reg cab, 4cyl., 5speed, & on a trip out west got 25. I thought I was doing great.

Around town, my diesel Cummins gets better than that got.

Keep up the great work,
Dave

[Super22LL]

Thanks for the kind replies guys. I would love to add an "extreme" style factory air dam on this truck. The prices are too high on them for aftermarket, but I keep my out at the junkyards and sales. No luck yet.

I love those wheels too, I grew up in the 80s and the IROC replicas really take me back to the days when the IROC Z was the king of every highschool boys dreams. As soon as I saw them on an S10 I knew that I had to have them.

I do plan on adding a belly pan to the truck too. I have some coroplast in my shop that I need to fashion into some kind underbody aero advantage. My week off starts this Friday, and I will be putting in the electric fan and installing an amp and a 10" sub in the extra cab. I know it's added weight but I'm really missing having a little jam in the truck. Nothing fancy, just a little more than what I have. I'm very interested to see how the electric fan mod performs. My S10 forum seems to love this mod, saying it frees up power and economy. Should be quite interesting.

Keep on truckin'

[Super22LL]

Installing the efan on my truck was worth it. It took a few hours but I finally got it all together and operating correctly. I gained 1.3 mpg on the first tank with it. I also had a noted power increase and the fact that the screaming cyclone sound of the stock fan is gone, well that was worth it in itself. If you have a mechanical clutch fan I strongly suggest you take a look at the taurus fan, its a great mod.

[Oval_Overload]

Bravo. Thats crazy milage for a truck!

~Jimbo

[SentraSE-R]

Not to take anything away from the OP, but there are folks getting 40 mpg with Ford Ranger pickups. That's your next plateau.

[Dave's Civic Duty]

Wow, 40 in a Ranger, now that's insane! I'll have to check that out to see what kind of mods were done.

[SentraSE-R]

Here's a link to one's gas log. He only got 40 mpg in the summer, but his lifetime average is 34.4 mpg.

Here's another fuel log, for a pickup averaging 38.6 mpg.

And this guy's averaging 39.6 mpg with his Ranger.