22RE ROCK CRAWLER ON 37'S GETS 20 MPG!! 

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If you put full synthetic oils in everything, you will have less parasitic losses due to better oil flow, and thats about it from the rebuilds. What is working for you really well is the header, and you are getting the biggest gains from the right gears in the Diffs for that size of tire. The 22R likes to spin 3000-3200rpm, the sweet spot for economy. I had a similar truck running 4.88 gears with 33 inch tires and a 4spd. Right on 3200rpm at 65mph and got 20+mpg as well. And that was an old carbed truck. Probably would have done better with EFI.

good looking truck man. i miss the days of driving my yota on the street. driving to the trail wheeling all weekend sleepin on a camp chair, driving home. once it became a trailer queen it went to once a month, then 4 times a year, then once a year. now it sits in my garage and havent wheeled or taken it out in 3 years.

Just bought a 4 speed 2WD 1985 Toyota pickup with the 22R carb engine and 230 thousand miles on it and I love this thing runs like new. So now I am watching all these cool videos on how to keep it in good shape. Had no idea the Toyota pickup community was so big It seems like everyone says these engines are indestructible I am starting to believe it. Love your truck wish mine was a 4X4.

Hey if you fix the rust holes you'll pick up an additional 2 mpg.

Your editing is getting better and better every video. Absolutely killing it my guyy.

Great video! And nice truck man. I’ve had my truck for 14 years and have kept the mileage, every tank for most of the time… I love increasing MPG, lol. You are 100% about good maintenance = better MPG...and that “it’s not one thing, it’s everything” 😂 17miles city/20-23 highway (1994, 4wd, manual, 400k miles on body, p235/75/15 tires, camper, all stock.)

EGR will actually increase fuel economy but it will cover everything in soot. At partial throttle you’re creating a partial vacuum which lowers compression, EGR raises the compression at partial throttle by filling that empty space with an inert gas (exhaust) increasing efficiency.

When I was going to car college my daily driver was a 22RE pickup with 37" tires. I was a bit older and more experienced than my classmates as I already had training and income through a vocational school. The engine was highly modified for torque production and the gearing gave me excellent highway mileage. I was also carbureted with a 390cfm 4bbl Holley with a dual plane spread bore intake. It was fun showing the younger group of technicians that a rolling burnout through all gears on dry pavement ...was possible with less than 3 liters NA on big tires.

Great video. Check your tps too. I had an idle miss that I finally found by checking and replacing the tps and my 22re runs like new

Im rebuilding my 1984 toyota 4x4, and I 100% agree with you it's all about the maintenance.

I think mine gets 18 mpg and quart of oil per tank

Shut that mockingbird up 😂

I wouldn't recommend using sea foam as it doesn't have rust prohibiters in it. Use amsoil in everything. Great stuff! Love the amsoil pi fuel additive and power foam for intake not to mention signature series oil 👌

84’ Toyota w/22r converted to EFI, 17mpg in town and 20mph highway, and that is with 330k+ on the clock. Sad to say a engine swap is in the future, love the 4cyl but there is no replacement for displacement. Even with the worse gas mileage, I’ll be giving my rig a whole new attitude.

So totally watchable and easy to follow ❤️

81 22r with outlaw weber,,5.29 35s km3’s done all that you have done,,as far as going through front and rear end, header 2 1/2inch exhaust, 290 cam. 16 city 20 hwy,,seems to b a little better if I keep the rpm’s up around 3000 rpm’s,,plenty of power,👍🏻

Awesome video, love the birds in the background.

I get 21 mpg average in normal commute style street driving with my manual bronco sasquatch 2dr, I'm all about a lightweight manual 4x4 with big tires and an inline 4. If I'm goofing around in the bronco, doing pulls to redline occasionally and generally going a bit faster I'll get 19 Grew up around 22re trucks this is what's up!

hey sweet videos thanks. I have a 89runner 22re 5spd. 31's I can get 500km to a tank unless it is in city or im climbing stuff. love my runner. been all over Canada in it.

That this toyota fucks sticker is fucking sweet lol

dang bro im glad Im super glad I found your Chanel and the content you make. I have an 1989 Toyota pickup 22re manual and im in the process of doing a SAS conversion and im kinda thinking if I should do leaf springs or a custom 3 link set up I already have in mind, any tips or tricks? thanks

Big fan of toys. Never ran 37s but plenty of 33 which I find perfect for camping and hunting. I never paid a fuel penalty on any of my toys with the bigger rubber until my 07 Taco. The difference? First and only auto transmission truck I ever owned. Just can't keep the 4.0 liter from running in 3rd gear in the mountains. Give me a 5 speed stick and I'm in control BTW. On the highway I always just drive via rpm. Got my 22r s to go a long long way. Just found a 5 speed 98 Rav and having a ball with it.

Imagine me mean mugging my 230k mile 5VZFE on 285/75's that gets 16mpg at best. 😆

I have a 2.3 ranger I thought would be impossible to put 37s on but then I see 22re toyotas on 40s and start rethinking if I can haha

Awesome video, great info, all perfectly accurate. Very helpful, thank you!

hell I'm just thankful you didn't make a cup of coffie on start of the video!

Love my '88 4runner

Thanks for doing your video...liked and subscribed on my '86 22re 4runners behalf.

This is my favorite generation of Toyota Pickup - it's like a Japanese S10 but better 😁

Awesome video. Mahalo from Hawaii🤙🏻

Great trucks I have the flatbed dually mode

OEM 22RE 116hp My new 87' 22R 103hp with 28" tires/ 4:10 gears, at best was 18 city 20 freeway mpg....Now LCE stage 2 stroker 22R/ 38mm 2brl Weber 160hp 17 city, 19 freeway. I got a lot more power with about the same mpg...Toyota magic?? 31" tires, 4:56 gears, adjustable timing gear 4 degrees advance

29 mpg in my 89 2wd. Average 25 around town

I miss my old 4Runner wi the 22RE. I now have a 4Runner 5vz-fe with 33’s and it gets horrible gas mileage.

Love the older goofy videos

Lmao 😂 the end is priceless hahaaa!

L52 is an overdrive 5spd built in 1983 only

Sup bro. You change out the timing chain and guides on your motor? Or they the originals?

The L52 trans is a 5 speed though...

I have a 22re 94 2wd low on pretty fat tires and my MPG is garbage I believe it’s about 10 to 11 mpg

Hey where did u get those tires from? I have them in 35's and am looking for 37's. My truck is built almost the same just i have air lockers with an atlas and still with the w56. But i love the tires i live in Washington state PNW and so far these tires havent let me down.

Most importantly tire psi!! Great video as always

Where can i buy 37 s on 15 inch rims , my goodyears are getting worn . I checked at Canadian tire no go not available. All places in quesnel same answer ,? I own a 86 forerunner re 22 . Great rig love it.

I know it was asked before, but unanswered. What front bumper is that?

What bumper is that?

Where do you get your parts and how do you find good places

Wish I could find one of these for sale

The 4spd gets way better mileage that the 5spd as well

under hood sticker helps mpg for sure, this truck F's hard! lol

What oil do you use?

Loved the video guys! The only issue I have was the birds in the background were so loud that I couldn’t hear you speak. Maybe some editing in post can fix that for future videos 👌🏽

Great vid. always into the mileage game. You said it has a 4 speed. what RPM are you running at 100K's? i am at 2700 at 65mph in my 81 trekker with the g52 5speed. also right at 19-20mpg. on 31in tires. 4.11 gears. I find that most 20-22r STOCK engines like that 2600-3100rpm for the best fuel economy. My 79 2wd truck that i used for autocross had 4.56 gears. 27in tall tires and ran almost 4200rpm at 70mph. it only got around 7MPG:( But am hoping to run this same truck in the future as an MPG aero truck on propane and aero mods to get me into the 30MPG range. My daughters 80 Celica with the 20/22r hybrid, with LOTs of mods to head, pistons, rods, deck, flywheel. ect. ran 26in. tires had 3.23 and ran at around 2600 at 75 and got almost 30MPG. also note that these were all carb, not injected. All engines love LOW backpressure. at WOT. and for part throttle, scavenging from the primary tubes and more importantly. the collector length. and cam overlap has more to do with gains then the rest of the exhaust. but on wheeling rigs the backpressure can aid in engine braking on downhill descents. Still excited to see if you guys get the new rig. Hope you have a great weekend. Tom B. in ND USA

Ive always heard from an engineering standpoint that you lose mpg on egr delete but gain power... ur claiming to get better mpg after??

There is no motor in the world, besides 2 strokes, that benefit from back pressure. The less restriction, the better and more efficient the engine will perform. There are many physics and thermo published papers on this subject.

Did you make that front bumper? Or have it made? If it was fabricated by someone else, do they make them for 2nd gen Tacoma’s?

25psi in your tires?? That seems low for highway pressure. I thought the standard was 35psi for on-road tire pressure for most all tires and sizes.????

How fast can you go in that thing in the highway?

whats a kilometer?

86yota 4*4 20r and I get 24 in town

529 Diffs in the Gear

Motors don’t need back pressure

How long does it take to learn the stuff that you know?

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Hahah I can’t over 15mpg. Because high rpm pulls are life

Top speed is several mph!

So gooood I the same motor #phils_offroad

I used to get 22, now get 13mpg thanks to a bad ecu.

BBBBBRRRRROOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Put your seatbelt on bro🤦

Being anal in finding the happy medium adj the tps!, on point valve adj, good comp, perfect timing, 1 or 2 notches lean maf mod , electric fan, hotter coil, ngk plugs and wires, factory cap, clean plenum, egr delete and bigger alt (94' s10 alt), Optimum yellow dual and you can thank me later. Do not put synthetic in your 22re! The Yota gods will rain hell!... I don't care how much it will tickle you down there a thank you will be good enough And if running bigger tires please re-gear accordingly... Past- 84' pu 3" 31s, 94' pu 31s, 91' pu +☝️+ snorkel and v6 rad, ifs spacers, 3" Cherokee springs(2" stretch), lincoln locker rr, 5' flatbed. Now 89' Runner sr5 v6 auto swapped to 22re 5spd, spacers, ome rr springs, 33s. Soon☝️, dbl cases(have cases), trd E lock, snorkel, dt lift, bumps rails rack & winch. And 1st gen grill swap.