Fuel Economy after lift kit

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Old 02-25-2011, 02:19 AM
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Fuel Economy after lift kit

Can you guys tell me what kind of drop in fuel economy are you experiencing after installing lift and tires. How high is the lift, what size tires, power chip or not, and resulting fuel economy.
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:51 AM
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Before - 12.5 average mpg, after the 8 1/2in lift with 35's, no chip, results in about 9.5mpg, if I drive nice.
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:24 AM
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i used to get about 650km to a tank after 5" rough country and 35's went to about 375km per tank then added a superchips programmer and now i get 500km per tank and each tank is about 85 litres. Sorry for the canadian measurements but i dont know how to convert them.
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 97f1504x4jim
i used to get about 403 mi. to a tank after 5" rough country and 35's went to about 233 mi. per tank then added a superchips programmer and now i get 310 mi. per tank and each tank is about 22.45 US gallons. Sorry for the canadian measurements but i dont know how to convert them.
 
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Old 02-25-2011, 11:21 AM
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You are trying to put two things that don't go together in a sentence, lift kit and fuel economy. Maybe with a leveling kit and 33's you can retain decent numbers; but anything 35" and over your looking at something in the neighborhood of 12-14 on average, or less depending on the factors like driving style, area, etc.. (this is with a custom tune and re-gearing)

You have to pay to play, and unfortunately some of that 'pay' comes at the pump Which is starting to get bad!
 

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