Recent content by JonFrey12

True that. I usually average about 19 with mixed city/highway driving, but I've found that fuel additives increase gas mileage and only cost about $3 per tank. I ran a tank on that stuff all freeway doin 70 mph with the A/C goin and got 23 mpg. I was pretty happy about that :)

Yeah that's true. I won't change it, I was just curious to get some opinions on it.

Thanks Denny. Its just that the high RPM's have been bugging me. 65 comes at right below 3000 rpm, and 70 is at around 3100 RPM. I guess that's ok. I'd rather have higher RPM's than have the engine bog down all the time.

I believe I have a 3.73 in my truck.

Haha! Whatever. :P

Ive never towed with my Ranger. What do you guys think the towing capacity on mine is?

Has anyone out there ever tried a transmission swap for a 1989 Ford Ranger 5 speed? I just think the 5 speed is geared too low and would like some lower engine revs on the freeway with a possible higher-geared 5 speed or a 6 speed.

Hey all. Usually my Ranger runs about 3,000 rpm at 65 mph, but sometimes its about 100 rpm less, sometimes 100 rpm more. Same goes for just about all other speeds and other gears-I was wondering what the deal with this is and if anyone else is experiencing this issue. It seems to gear itself...

Thanks for the advice Hurley.

Swapping out the entire axle sounds like a lot of work. Is there any way I could just swap out the gears inside the differential? Would that work?

I guess making the gearing higher would take better advantage of the engine's torque, and since this particular engine has more torque than horsepower that would make it quicker. How involved would swapping out for a 4.10 be?

Putting a 4.10 differential on will bring the freeway rpm's down and make it quicker?

My Ranger runs about 3,000 rpm going 65 mph in fifth gear. I was wondering if there was a way to bring those freeway rpms down to get better gas mileage and less wear on the engine. I know that the three gear reductions are the transmission, the differential, and the rear wheels. I was just...

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Hey Guys. My Ranger runs about 3,000 rpm going 65 mph in fifth gear. I was wondering if there was a way to bring those freeway rpms down to get better gas mileage and less wear on the engine. I know that the three gear reductions are the transmission, the differential, and the rear wheels. I was...