just wondering you guys are doing to get better gas mileage, i've got 35's and city and highway together i get 10-11 mpg. how much does regearing help? any ideas besides not having a lead foot!

 

regearing will get you a couple mpg. other good ways are intake, exhaust, tuner, underdrive pulleys and electric fan(s)

 

With 35's 4.56 would be optimum from a performance standpoint. But did you really lose alot of mileage, have you re-calibrated your speedo? Going from a stock tire to a 35 will definitly throw your speedo and odometer off.

 

yeah it's been recalibrated, and i get around 10 mpg that's city and highway combined

 

Bone, with the mod's I have listed and running 33's and 3.73's, I get a combined 16 and around 19 on the highway. A buddy of mine has 35's and 3.73's and is still getting about 14, 10 sucks. I feel your pain.

 

you think i should get some new gears and get it tuned?

 

i was getting 10MPG and then i got a CAI headers no cat exhuast, high flow mufflers, E-fan and im up to about 16-17 city and 20 highway.

 

Bone, I think that would be a great start. Everyone on the site is really behind Troyer tunes, I would give them a call. When I get some extra cash together I will probably look into them myself. I have had good luck with my Flashpaq but it seems Troyer has the best custom tunes available. Good luck in your quest for better performance.

 

thanks bill t

 

the guy at the ford place told me that changing the gears i would get worse gas mileage, but i thought it gets better. anyone?

 

Did you mention your tire size?

With 4.56s and 35's you should be "close" to the stock end ratio. You will probably be slightly higher, (number, not actual ratio,) but once you factor in the width of the tires and wind resistance, etc. you'll be right about at what gearing you were rolling stock.

It makes sense in my head, so if I didn't word that I apologize.

Regearing a truck with stock tires can make your mileage worse, depending how much you change it - sometimes it's better.

 

yeah i was in the truck and he seen it.

 

hey WANDELL what's your take on my gas mpg?

 

guys i'm new at this so bear with me on the questions. did a search but didn't answer my question. what exactly do gears help out with? you see on my other post the guy at ford said i would get worse mpg with gears. can anyone please explain regearing for me? thanks

 

Gears will help you around town tremendously, you pick up speed quicker taking less pedal to get moving.

You will be running slightly higher rpms than usual so your highway mpgs will suffer slightly. 1-2 mpg loss running 4.10 over 3.55 at 65-70

With our heavier trucks, everyone should be running at least 3.73s, moving to 4.10, 4.56, etc depending on tire size. Most trucks came stock with 3.55s

I plan on running 4.30s in the near future with a 29.5" tall tire I'm not really worried about gas though.

I have a feeling I might have a few traction problems, considering I'm running 24 Lbs. Centerline 20's w/ 275/45 all around
24 lbs. a piece, the stock 17's weighed 49 a piece, just the rims. That with less rubber, I lost about 100 lbs. over stock. You can feel it too, ALOT easier to break them loose.