classics ???

[siii8873]

I have been considering a RRC. What kind of MPG do these truck get with various engines that are stock.
I know you do not drive these for fuel economy.

[mpruiks]

i have gotten somewhere around 15mpg, but have been told that i can do better.

[Les Parker]

Best I got on my 92 Classic was 18 mpg.
On the 97 5 speed Discovery, it regularly managed 21 to 22 mpg, was happy with that !

[siii8873]

which engines?

[mpruiks]

mine is a 91 RRC, 3.9 liter with about 187k

[hughwilton]

1995 RR LWB 4.2 My engine is new with about 6,000 miles on it. In Los Angeles traffic, combined freeway & streets is 11.5 mpg.
I just completed a 3,000 mile road trip and I recorded my mileage. (No cruise control, it died just before the trip).
At 55/60 mph the best I've had was 16.7 mpg.
At 75 around 13.5 mpg.
The mpg is pretty much the same as it was with my old engine.

[mearstrae]

15 mpg seems to be about as good as it gets for a stock engine. I had modified my '95 Lwb 4.2L and got about 22mpg on trips. How? Bosche gen III injectors (for a Ford Mustang 302, with four spray holes), K&N air filter, high voltage coil in cap distributor (for a Buick), custom dual exhaust, synthetic oil. A lot of monkeying about, and money spent, for a few mpg. My '70 and '76 V-8's are 3.5L and get about 15 mpg also.

'99 Disco II
'95 R.R.C. Lwb (Gone...)
'76 Series III Hybrid 109
'70 Rover 3500S

[rangerover]

completely stock

1990 RRC w/ 3.9L - 12-17mpg
1995 LWB w/ 4.2L - 15-19mpg

The gas station is like a second home

[SGS714]

10-13mpg on my 400k miles in 4 different classics.

[luckyjoe]

Over 1300 miles last week our current 1995 RRC LWB returned a 15.3mpg average and best tank was 16.1mpg. This is a bone stock 4.2L with 53k original miles. On our 1996 D1, owned 16 years since new, I would get 15mpg pretty much on any paved road.