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hello from houston texas
goobs
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hello, my name is garrett and i recently bought my first "mini truck" a bone stock rcsb 1988 b2200 with 99k original miles for 1k. i bought it as a "cheap" DD but i already want to mod it. im looking to get the best mpg i can, so any help is appreciated. i tried searching some but havent found exactly what im looking for.
not me in the pic lol.
not me in the pic lol.
ratt2200
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Welcome to the scene
mymmeryloss
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Nice truck. Have fun with it!
dan woodland
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Welcome, nice truck.
Unless you do some serious modifications or engine swapping you won't get much improvement in mileage just tweaking her. The next level of modifications down would be a full engine refresh to make sure she is running at her OEM peak - which by the way is about 25mpg for the manual trans and 20 for the automatic. That's just how much they did back then.
The easiest thing is to do a tune-up and drive her until you decide what you really want to do.
Some examples of upgrades that won't get you much in MPG, some but not worth the $$ if you ask me. 1. Weber carb, $260. 2. Pacesetter header, $180
Unless you do some serious modifications or engine swapping you won't get much improvement in mileage just tweaking her. The next level of modifications down would be a full engine refresh to make sure she is running at her OEM peak - which by the way is about 25mpg for the manual trans and 20 for the automatic. That's just how much they did back then.
The easiest thing is to do a tune-up and drive her until you decide what you really want to do.
Some examples of upgrades that won't get you much in MPG, some but not worth the $$ if you ask me. 1. Weber carb, $260. 2. Pacesetter header, $180
goobs
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The guy I bought it from said he was getting 25mpg, but I was looking at the carb and it appears somethig is either wired shut or open so Idk if I believe him.
It is a 5spd.
So far my plans are to get it running 100%, has a slight stumble/miss, lower 3/3, and aluminum wheels.
And just cosmetic stuff. It has a couple rust bubbles on the roof so when I fix those I'm going to paint the top half of the cab black.
On a side not does anybody know of an air bag helper kit that works for these trucks?
It is a 5spd.
So far my plans are to get it running 100%, has a slight stumble/miss, lower 3/3, and aluminum wheels.
And just cosmetic stuff. It has a couple rust bubbles on the roof so when I fix those I'm going to paint the top half of the cab black.
On a side not does anybody know of an air bag helper kit that works for these trucks?