Does anyone know how to increase fuel efficiency in a 96' Pathfinder? Currently, it gets about 20mpg, and living in Southern California (was 2.40 per gallon), any increased fuel efficiency goes a long ways towards saving money. Preferably ways that don't come at a cost to power; this entire area is nothing but steep hills, and after driving a car that would struggle to make it up freeway on-ramps, I never want to go through that with this Pathfinder.
Does anyone know how to increase fuel efficiency in a 96' Pathfinder? Currently, it gets about 20mpg, and living in Southern California (was 2.40 per gallon), any increased fuel efficiency goes a long ways towards saving money. Preferably ways that don't come at a cost to power; this entire area is nothing but steep hills, and after driving a car that would struggle to make it up freeway on-ramps, I never want to go through that with this Pathfinder.
That's excellent mileage for a Pathfinder. I'd say just keep the maintenance up and run your tires on the firm side (35-40 psi), but don't go over what the maximum pressure is.
You might could get a little bit better by putting a good cat-back exhaust and good air intake system on it. Got me ~2mpg on my old Chevy V-8.
Chevy??? BOOOOOOOOOO Go Away traitor! J/K But in all seriousness helping the engine breath better on both ends is a milage and hp improver. New spark plugs and O2 sensor(s) also help to get up the MPGs . Check you tire pressure atleast once per month in each tire you lose 1 psi per month naturally plus any leaking out of the valve stem or aroung the sidewall. Besides making it lighter by taking off parts or undeeded junk you may have in it, you can't really get increases in mpg on the cheap.
Hey, that old truck would spank my Frontier with only 4 of it's cylinders running. Actually didn't put a cat-back on it, just took the muffler off. And spark plugs definitely, I gained 1/2 a second at the race track just putting new plugs and wires in that thing.
J/K But in all seriousness helping the engine breath better on both ends is a milage and hp improver. New spark plugs and O2 sensor(s) also help to get up the MPGs . Check you tire pressure atleast once per month in each tire you lose 1 psi per month naturally plus any leaking out of the valve stem or aroung the sidewall. Besides making it lighter by taking off parts or undeeded junk you may have in it, you can't really get increases in mpg on the cheap. 
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