Will a 6" suspension lift lower it? How much?
Will the same lift with 35's lower it? How much?
Will the lift with the 35's and re-geared to 4.88 lower it? How much?

Thanks, guys.

 

its not so much the lift that affects mileage
its the big meats u throw under the lift

heres my expirence's

Stock height and tires 32in tires around 14 mpg
2.5 as and 33 nitto tgs 13-14
3in body lift/2.5 as and 35 toyo mts 12.-13.5

i think gears help, but not much more than 1 or 2 mpg

 

Oh they help? I thought they lowered it. Somebody told me with a lift and tires and 4.88's depending on how i drove my mileage would be way down

 

gears arent really meant for mileage improvement as much as they are to return lost power from larger tires

 

when I had a 6" on 33's, I was getting on average about 13 - 14 mpg. I have no clue what I'm getting now since my speed is off, but without gears I know it's bad. Hopefully gears will put me back in double digits again.

 

 

yeah. I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I put about 35 miles on it yesterday, and just guesstimating from how much the needle dropped, I'd say I used about 3 - 4 gallons. I could be totally off though as that isn't the most reliable method to check lol.

I'm babying this thing though. I'm only driving with overdrive off till I get new gears, and I barely even throttle it to get around. I just sort of coast lol.

 

I am going to regear before I get bigger tires I just cant stand the thought of the trans going out yet($3000 or more ouch), I`ve got 3.73`s now and I am getting on average 11.5 mpg right now and this is driving easy when it gets driven hard it gets 8-9 mpg which sucks with gas being high, but I think 4.88`s would help alot, what gears do you have now cashel?

 

I've got 3.55ls right now . I know it's horrible to be driving it like it right now, but I'm limiting my driving as much as possible till I get new gears.

The truck really seems to have more power with this gear/tire setup than I thought, but I definitely won't be flooring it around town, and I'm definitely getting gears as soon as I can get the cash together.

Oh and i saw your post in the other thread. I'll get ya the measurements later on today.

 

Thank`s alot man I hate to ask you to do that, I want to see the difference in height with the 38`s verses the 35`s with both lifts, thanks again man

 

Gears on a stock truck will warrent a mpg drop. But most of the time people put gears on after they have big tires. And with bigger tires comes more rolling mass so it makes the motor work harder. Thus using more gas on stock gears which easily drop fuel to single digits, but then when re-geared it returns the truck close to factory ratios. Thus you will see an increase in mpg's instead. Hope this makes sense its been a long morning.

 

Thanks, man.
Well here is what I am thinking. 6" Fabtech with 5"rr blocks and I guess 35x12.50's or the biggest I can go. I think I have 3.55's so I'm thinking of re-gearing to 4.88's. Will my MPG be close to factory then?

 

I think you would be somewhere in the ball park. You might lose 1-2 mpg's. It really depends on the tire you pic. Some are heavier then others. The more rolling mass you have the worse your mpg's will be.

 

Whats the biggest all-terrains I can fit with that setup?

 

That I do not know, but if you ask over in the tire section there is a guy named wandell who is the tire guru. He can tell you that, but even with the size of the tire narrowed down each companies tire is made differently and thus have different weights. I would not be to concerned and would expect the 1-2 mpg loss overall after all of that is said and done. That is a conservative statement so you could do even better then that just a ball park number for you.