hey everyone, i ended up picking up an 03 Edge xcab 3.0 manual. it has 4.10s. it needs tires, i was gonna put factory size 235's, but it has some 255/70r15's and im running 2800 at 70. i wanna put the size tire for best milage. do i go back to 235's, run a little more rpm, but not so much rotating mass, or do i go to 265's and run less rpms? i tried a search but couldnt find anything. again im looking for best mileage. thanks!

o yea, heres her first pic, and her first fill up

 

Less RPMS my friend.
Looks like a fun truck. What else you plan on doing to it?

 

should i do 265/70s or 75s?

as far as mods, i wanna do the black headlight mod for sure kinda soon, i'd like to do a hurst shifter later on. other than that idk right now, but i know the mod bug will bite soon lol. i felt like a kid driving off in it. i have missed my ranger for 5 years and im finally back in one... feels great.

 

75's
Do the dome light mod!

 

Bigger tires on a 3.0 are not going to help mileage at all. I see you said the truck has 255 70 15? If you have 15's I would run a 31x10.5 15

 

Well a 265/75 is about 29.8. I don't want to go too big. I don't mind the rpm's. I just don't wanna get too bad gas milage

 

Tires are on the way. 265/70r15 general grabber at2. Should get them on monday

 

Those aren't bad. Should help the MPG situation.

 

Yep. Thanks for the help. Pics to follow tires

 

Get a programmer to fix the speedometer and you will get a more accurate MPG reading. You can also get another 10hp out of the 3.slow.

 

Hey what programmer can turn off PATS?

 

I don't know of one. I know a guy who can flash it however.

 

Why would you want to bypass antitheft?

 

because i only have one key, and i'd rather only keep the little key with me. a guy at work is talking to a guy at the ford dealership to try to program it on the side. and the vehicle theft in our area is almost non existent. i thought i read on some other PATS threads about getting a programmer to disable it. o well, hopefully ill get it done through ford.

btw: tires MIGHT be in tomorrow. if they are ill have them on first thing saturday morning, if not they will be on monday.

 

do you drive highway with not alot of stops or do you drive city?