higher mpg numbers

MPG

Does anyone have any real world numbers for better mpg for the 2005+ Frontiers? I know several people have intake, exhaust, etc. upgrades, but wanted to know if anyone has tracked mileage long enough to get solid numbers. I don't want to hurt my mpg with any performance mods. Increased horsepower AND mpg is a great thing. Thanks.

try removing your a/c compressor, lines, and condencer. you will gain more horsepower + weight reduction= better mpg. and if mpg is all that you are worried about
try removing your cruse control, power windows, radio/speakers, spare tire, ect....
the list goes on. but the question is do you need those things? some people do and some people dont. if you can then more power to you. but other peoples needs are different then yours. so dont cut them down because they dont share your veiws. i'm also looking to get a hybrid maybe the nissan altima when it comes out in 2007. but i still need my truck. from towing to offroading, i need the power to do those things. so i get two vehicals, ones a gas saver for comutting and the other is for work and play. its my hard earned money. i'll spend it the way i please im also a vet.
i just got back form iraq. but i still have dreams and thats what i joined for. to protect our dreams. your and mine alike. so dream away...

i also drove 5 years without a/c. but it didnt help with the gas milage. being young and dumb, always street racing, couldnt keep my foot off the gas. but now that im older i traded my 200sx se-r for my frontier. now i play off the road insted of on it.

Re: What type of rock are you smokin man...

[quote="finalfrontier"
It's actually the other way around, bud. One gets more expensive things (4x4, lifts, etc etc.) to make up for what they lack in real life, when in fact they rarely actually use the ability. Why do you think so many people are driving SUV's as opposed to minivans these days?

I did not get a 4x4 because I knew I would rarely need it, if ever at all, so tell me oh-wise one, why should I have gotten it? I have nothing I need to compensate for [/quote]

Whoa Whoa Whoa.... This thread has gotten serisouly out of stray. WOW... blatenly attacking others who love the same truck that you love (or I would have assumed for joining the club). Heres the thing... there is a really really good chance that I proly have dropped more money into my truck than 90% of everyone on here if not the full 100%. Trust me when I say that it's not because I'm lacking something, or I'm trying to live out my HS deluted dreams or anyother psyco babble. I can tell you exctaly why I have done so much to my truck and spent so much money on it, One simple reason. I LOVE MY TRUCK!!! Is that really so hard to buy? Bottom line... everyone has there own opinion, there own tastes, there own dreams.. ect.

And as to where the thread started, I'm all about better MPG baby.... if I can save a few bucks at the pump and still get to ride in my prode in joy.. I dont think I can see a down side in that at all. He is very right about replacing the clutch driven fan, it has a dramitic effect on both MPG and HP. Diddnt think you could improve both huh?? LOL..

BTW being an hybrid has nouthing to do with the drive trane at all. To be a (what is most commonly reffered to as) an Hybrid.. all is has to be is an electric motor attached to a gas motor or Vice Versa. Has nouthing to do with the transmission, or how much or how little the MPG's are, or where that power is transferd to once it leaves the output shaft of the motor.

jdham said:

I'm up to 28 mpg in the city. I generally don't speed much, I run my tires at 42 psi, and am modifying the engine for efficiency. My first big project is my radiator cooling fan. I removed the clutch driven fan and installed an electric one. It runs like a champ and boosted my mpg more than I thought it would. Previously I was getting only 23 to 27 mpg but now I'm getting consistent 27 to 28 in the city and over thirty miles per gallon on the highway.

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I travelled to BC last week and got 11.8l/100km which converted is 28.65MPG Same as you . Not so bad for a 4X4.

[quote="II don't understand their sizing system. Any ideas? I want to keep the diameter as close as possible to what it is now so my mph and odometer readings will stay accurate. Thanks for any info.
John[/quote]

Here is what you need to know in tire sizes...

Example: 265/75x17
265 = tread width in millimeters
75 = 75% of tread width is the sidewall height (again in metric)
17 = wheel diameter in inches

So....
265 X .75 = 198.75mm sidewall height
198.75 x 2 (lower sidewall and upper sidewall) = 397.5mm
397.5 / 25.4 (mm per inch) = 15.6
15.6" (side walls) + 17" = 32.6" tire height.

Simple right? PM me and I can send an Excel file that will help you calculate what size tire you would need for a given RPM at a couple of different speeds such as 55 and 70.

Hope this helps

Props for starting this thread, brother. I too am interested in conservation. That's why I commute in a VW TDI that gets 48 MPG running BD-99 (99% Biodiesel.) As for the Frontier, I'm really interested in converting it to run on Ethanol (E85.) Here's a link to a kit out of Brazil (where most cars run on Ethanol already) I wonder about your thoughts on it's feasibility, and implications. The site says Nissan vehicles aren't compatible with their connector, so I've emailed them and asked them to elaborate.

http://abcesso.com/e85-conversion-kit.html

Interesting about the electric fan, can you elaborate? Where did you get the fan, how did you hook it up?

Following is the response from Flextune (in case you were interested.)

Flextune is normal working in almost every car,the problem whit some car have a diffrent connector type who is not fitting Flextune.So here you need to find a solution get get it fit.We are working to get adapters,but it is very difficult to find this produserc.

Best Regard

Vidar

I suppose we should allow the Brazillian some lattitude as English is obviously not his first language. I don't know about you, but my Portuguese stinks!