upgrades to make after adding larger tires
08-30-2012, 12:09 PM
#11
I hear what your saying. My thing is we have an 03 Toyota 4runner V8 that averages around 17 or so. Then we added the new truck which averaged around 16-16.5 and will soon average 14 or so. So we have two gas drinking daily drivers. haha. But we actually decided to get rid of the 4runner and buy her a little lexus IS250 to drive. They get close to 30 mpg on the highway. So I'm not very worried about our gas bill anymore. I still may look into a tuner to help out on the highway. I probably drive on the highway 75% of the time.
08-30-2012, 12:16 PM
#12
does anyone know if there are any re gearing available for the 11 and up F150, would really like to add some lower gears to turn my 35's, should get a mpg back with gears and make it a lot easier to tow but i don't tow often, i never tow with a gas
08-30-2012, 02:43 PM
#13
If you want to go nuts get a programmer like an edge evo where it has a read out. It would drive me crazy when I would put the average mpg on cause you would watch it go up and down so I just gave up and switched it to a different screen. I know I'm screwed going to work cause of the lights and stupid people. On the highway if I wanna get good mileage then I'll drive 65-70 but half the time I'm up to 75-80 and at those speeds I know it's sucking gas pretty good. With 35s and 3.55 gears I think I'm averaging about 14 mpg. 3.73 gears would be pretty good with 33s and if if you want better mileage get a 4 cylinder.
08-31-2012, 12:18 PM
#14
If you want to go nuts get a programmer like an edge evo where it has a read out. It would drive me crazy when I would put the average mpg on cause you would watch it go up and down so I just gave up and switched it to a different screen. I know I'm screwed going to work cause of the lights and stupid people. On the highway if I wanna get good mileage then I'll drive 65-70 but half the time I'm up to 75-80 and at those speeds I know it's sucking gas pretty good. With 35s and 3.55 gears I think I'm averaging about 14 mpg. 3.73 gears would be pretty good with 33s and if if you want better mileage get a 4 cylinder.
08-31-2012, 12:22 PM
#15
The tuner is worth getting for the overall drivability. I did see, as Franchi said, about 1-2 mpg better on the highway.
I have 33" BFG AT/KO and adjusting the tire size helped shift point and just felt better driving in all conditions.
I'd recommend a tuner (I have the Edge) for anyone.
I have 33" BFG AT/KO and adjusting the tire size helped shift point and just felt better driving in all conditions.
I'd recommend a tuner (I have the Edge) for anyone.