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Drop and Fuel Mileage?

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Old 05-29-2008, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealth
Look at eibach. Below is a 2/4 spring kit for less than 5 bills, for example.

http://www.ajusa.com/details/index/2...0Wheel%20Drive
I found that kit somewhere else for like 350$ one time but can't find it anymore.
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 08:47 AM
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I saw a small gain .5 mpg there was a thread about a year and a half ago that we all were tracking out mileage before and after....

if i have time later ill look for that thread
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw
I saw a small gain .5 mpg there was a thread about a year and a half ago that we all were tracking out mileage before and after....

if i have time later ill look for that thread
So, therefore, according to my calcs, it will take approximately 50k miles for a drop to pay for itself and from then on, make me money...

Hmm... I see this spinning new directions..

By the way, I really like the GF F150... Too bad it's got chrome bumpers and chit.
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 10:24 AM
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listen man how much is the beltech kit running for? i got a 3/4 kit pretty cheap if i remember. i do sell them though so i get breaks every now and then. here's some calculations i did this morning.. i slowed down from normally 85mph to 65mph this morning on the way to work. went from 14.4 to 16.7mpg. that's a little of 2 mpg. hell that's $8 bucks one way. buy the damn drop kit and slow down for about a month and it'll pay for itself.
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by crash_lucky13
listen man how much is the beltech kit running for? i got a 3/4 kit pretty cheap if i remember. i do sell them though so i get breaks every now and then. here's some calculations i did this morning.. i slowed down from normally 85mph to 65mph this morning on the way to work. went from 14.4 to 16.7mpg. that's a little of 2 mpg. hell that's $8 bucks one way. buy the damn drop kit and slow down for about a month and it'll pay for itself.
I drive 55mph to/from work..

Send me a PM about the kits you sell if you don't mind.
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by attworth
by the way, I really like the GF F150... Too bad it's got chrome bumpers and chit.
Nothing wrong with chrome bumpers

 
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Originally Posted by anaheim_drew
Nothing wrong with chrome bumpers

Meh....Not a big fan...
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 11:36 AM
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Im sure i could swing up that way and give you a hand installing the kit sometime this summer
 
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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw
Im sure i could swing up that way and give you a hand installing the kit sometime this summer
If I can afford it this summer.

That'd be cool man.. Not lookin forward to the tank droppage - in fact I'm more than likely going to cut the bolt. I saw a kit the other day that comes with a replacement.

I'll supply the
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 12:28 PM
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when I helped stealth on his (of course he came to me) we just "unbolted" the tank and left on the jack and moved it around as needed, that way we didnt have to disconnect all the fuel lines and everything else.

I wouldnt cut the factory one, trust me those bolts are thick and strong.... plus using as many stock parts as possible is always a good thing
 
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Originally Posted by anaheim_drew
Nothing wrong with chrome bumpers
nothing wrong at all




so why'd you get rid of it.....
 
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Originally Posted by Patman03SprCrw
when I helped stealth on his (of course he came to me) we just "unbolted" the tank and left on the jack and moved it around as needed, that way we didnt have to disconnect all the fuel lines and everything else.

I wouldnt cut the factory one, trust me those bolts are thick and strong.... plus using as many stock parts as possible is always a good thing
It wasn't really that hard either. We did have to move the DS center support bering mount on mine, 2 pc DS. That was the only hard part, yours will be very simple.
 
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Old 05-29-2008, 02:39 PM
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It wasn't really that hard either. We did have to move the DS center support bering mount on mine, 2 pc DS. That was the only hard part, yours will be very simple.
Yeah... I'm pretty mechanically handy, so I'm not worried about that.
 
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Originally Posted by azmidget91
nothing wrong at all




so why'd you get rid of it.....
He didn't wanna look like you?

I don't know, but both of yall have amazing looking trucks.
 



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