gas mileage
01-21-2011, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Turkey Hunter
I call bull **** on the 4-5 mpg gallons better. There's nothing you can buy that's worth it to save gas. My truck gets 13mpg but when my mom drove it for a week it got 15 mpg because she doesnt accelerate fast.
01-21-2011, 11:45 PM
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Hell, I did a rear end service on my truck an saw a increase in mileage. Tires do help out with mileage. Make sure you keep them inflated, rotated and balanced. Air them to what the placard on you door jam says. Not what the sidewall of your tire says.
01-22-2011, 01:33 AM
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What's your mpg now? If it's 18 you're not going to do better, if it's 8 you can do better. I get 14 in the winter.
01-22-2011, 10:29 AM
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I get that in the winter and in the summer I get about 17-17.5 but I know it could do better my dad had a 89 f150 that got 20. so there has to be something that can be done
01-22-2011, 11:23 AM
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You probably won't get much better in the summer actually. What engine and drivetrain was your dads 89? We had a 1990 F150 with the 300 I6 and 2wd which would get 18-19mpg. Those old trucks were also a lot lighter, not as much sound deading or crash bars.
01-23-2011, 11:17 PM
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01-23-2011, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by haha
You need to re-calibrate your speedo for the larger tires.
It is impossible to put a larger more aggressive tire on a truck and get 4-5 mpg's better.
