old time Tacoma owner lookin' to get more MPG

[roflwaffle]

Originally Posted by humanoid

Thanks for the welcome! I'm guessing the guard weighs at least 150 lbs. or so, it looks pretty heavy.

It's all relative. 150lbs in a 3500lb truck is around 4% of it's weight, and for a pickup truck, the ratio of energy needed to roll the vehicle compared to the energy needed to push the vehicle through the air is about 1:1-1:5 depending on whether you're driving along at 25mph in the city or doing 70mph on the freeway, so you're looking at a .8-2% difference.

[humanoid]

Originally Posted by roflwaffle

It's all relative. 150lbs in a 3500lb truck is around 4% of it's weight, and for a pickup truck, the ratio of energy needed to roll the vehicle compared to the energy needed to push the vehicle through the air is about 1:1-1:5 depending on whether you're driving along at 25mph in the city or doing 70mph on the freeway, so you're looking at a .8-2% difference.

Hmmm, never thought of it that way....

[Illusion]

Hey another Taco guy, welcome. I'm hoping pull a few MPGs out of my gas sucking taco too. But "red" comes first. Check out "akashic" post with his taco. Finally someone put pizzas on a 4X4.