I was wondering would it even be worth it to try and ditch some excess weight to gain a couple mpg's? I was thinking of removing my hitch receiver that i never use and also replace my spare with a can of fix o flat. Any other ideas to ditch some extra lbs?
Losing weight = more mpg?
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bcmaxx
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LESS twinkies!!!!
If you ditch your spare for onroad use, fixoflat and a plugkit incase the tire has a large puncture. dont ditch your spare for offroad, or at least put in in when you do go out.
If you ditch your spare for onroad use, fixoflat and a plugkit incase the tire has a large puncture. dont ditch your spare for offroad, or at least put in in when you do go out.
Talyn
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Ditch anythign that you don't use. Personally I would still keep the full sized spare and jack. Its debatable how much a little bit of weight reduction would help a brick.
bjoehandley
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I'd leave the jack and f/s spare, maybe pull the back seat, empty all the junk out of it, smaller tires (if you have them laying around), put yourself on a diet if you're a bit on the round side like me, ect.
O-Gauge Steamer
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It is said, in racing circles, that removing 100lbs is about the same as gaining 10Hp. So that will give you an idea of how much weight would need to be removed. Basically, the entire interior save for the driver's seat and that would need to be changed out for alight weight racing bucket. All of that would weigh in at what, maybe a tad over 100lbs?
Really can't see any good come of this.
IMO, for mileage, run the narrowest tire you can find to reduce the rolling resistance, lower the Heep to reduce it's brick like aerodynamics and utilize "hypermiling" driving techniques. Shutting the engine down at stop lights is a good example of hypermiling. If you look at the curent crop of cars that are rated to get high MPG, a number of them shut down at the lights.
But, at the end of the day, it will still be an XJ. Not exactly the world's best example of fuel efficiency. I get a tad under 17 in town and near 20 on the road and am well pleased to be getting that. My heep is nearly 6" up from stock and I run P285/75R16 with 4.56 gears. Can't expect mileage out of a lifted rig.
Really can't see any good come of this.
IMO, for mileage, run the narrowest tire you can find to reduce the rolling resistance, lower the Heep to reduce it's brick like aerodynamics and utilize "hypermiling" driving techniques. Shutting the engine down at stop lights is a good example of hypermiling. If you look at the curent crop of cars that are rated to get high MPG, a number of them shut down at the lights.
But, at the end of the day, it will still be an XJ. Not exactly the world's best example of fuel efficiency. I get a tad under 17 in town and near 20 on the road and am well pleased to be getting that. My heep is nearly 6" up from stock and I run P285/75R16 with 4.56 gears. Can't expect mileage out of a lifted rig.
JohnX
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Sawzall off the roof, remove doors, pull out the HVAC, interior should only be a milk crate for the driver, never fil the gas tank full...that adds weight too. You could swap out all the tires for some skinny little donut spares. If its 4x4 swap out the front for a beam and ditch the Tcase. Remove any skid plates, shocks are heavy too. Do all that and you could save well over a thousand pounds.
I stripped the interior save for the dash, visors, and front door panels. I have the passenger seat in it, but not the rear. I keep the jack and full spare in it and have a hitch. When I recycled metal a few months ago, the Jeep with 1/3 tank and me in it(~185# clothed) weighed 3080, so it's ~2900#.
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