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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by codyc
Just get a manual and you will be getting 18-24 mpg
That's out of the question.
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 06:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Ladies

Removing Roof rack will do more than an exhaust.. Can't really give numbers on these things but every little will help. I installed a dynomax cat-back and didn't notice any change in gas mileage although It can't hurt it. Better flow and lighter exhaust..
Thanks for the advice.
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Squid
I get 11 mppg on my 99 and its bone stock. I've tried almost everything to improve it with no luck. Complete tuneup, seafoam, upgraded injectors, throttle body removed and cleaned etc. The next thing I'm going to try is the o2 sensors.
that should of been the first thing.
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Yep, I get about 11-12 mpg stock. I attribute that mostly to a heavy right foot, and the fact that I rarely drive more than 15-20 miles a trip. Hoping to get all new plugs/wires this summer.
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 07:58 PM
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That's what I get
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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I get 10 with 31's roof rack and 4.5 inch lift
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 1998classic
Yep, I get about 11-12 mpg stock. I attribute that mostly to a heavy right foot, and the fact that I rarely drive more than 15-20 miles a trip. Hoping to get all new plugs/wires this summer.
Get them now u should get better than that
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Dang. I have a stock 94 with 30x9.5x15s and when I drove out east I averaged 19mpg and it has close to 250k on it. U sure you don't got a fuel leak somewhere... 0.o
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Old Mar 8, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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That's about what I get with a 4.5" lift and 33x13.50s is urs lifted or have bigger tires?
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by A Black Cherokee
I've got a 99 XJ on 5.5 inches of lift and 33 inch tires. I get about 11 mpg. Is that normal?

I have a friend with a Chevy Tahoe 5 inches of lift and 35s and gets the same mpg. :/
^ See his first post on this subject.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:13 AM
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Anytime you lift a vehicle you will loose mileage, the higher you go the more you loose, then bigger tire's more of a loss, any add on's you will also loose. Then don't forget where you live m.p.g will be differant in differant place's( most people seem to forget this) then the driving habits also tell your m.p.g's.So it will be quite hard if not impossable to tell you what you should and shouldn't get, no one here can truthfully tell you your m.p.g. You can only compare to similar set up jeeps.Or do the best tune up and go from there.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by codyc
Just get a manual and you will be getting 18-24 mpg
A stock one will,he isn't stock so that make's your answer wrong.
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by stev-o
Get them now u should get better than that
Why should it be better he told us why it is so low,I'm just wondering how you know it should be better?
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:24 AM
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nothing outta the ordinary, i get 11mpg's with a 3" lift and 33's
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Old Mar 9, 2012 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Lostfisher1
that should of been the first thing.
No a tune up is always the first thing to do, you dont just replace part's cause you THINK you know,he did it right you might do it azz backwards but others dont.
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