pic request double lifted and 35's
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I have had the scan gauge in the sport trac and the F150. If I were lugging the engine up a highway in high gear with 35's on my F150, it will easily start sucking down 10mpg or less. It will almost always improve once it downshifts, or I force it to by locking out O/D. Same with the sport trac.
Now a big diesel with a ton of torque, generally you can run oversized tires and still get good mileage on the highway because they ARE making good power at low RPM. The 3.0L and 4.0L, not so much.
42's and 3.73's with a 600ft/lb @ 1700rpm truck....thats PLENTY of power to overcome the effective ratio change by those tires.
I wish people would start to actually RUN the numbers...with CORRECT calculations. They'll soon realize the actual numbers, actually figure out and feel the truck for it's overall drivability. Or get a scangaugeII and learn about fuel consumption, again, with a properly calibrated scangauge.
Thanks Brian.
OH...and for what it's worth, the 4.0 SOHC and 3.0 share about the same power output down low in the RPM range, so they're comparable aka can't overcome tire changes too well. The 4.0L OHV has nice torque down low and surprizingly, drives well with 3.73's and 35's. Still nothing quite like the proper 4.88 and 35's.
I wish people would start to actually RUN the numbers...with CORRECT calculations. They'll soon realize the actual numbers, actually figure out and feel the truck for it's overall drivability. Or get a scangaugeII and learn about fuel consumption, again, with a properly calibrated scangauge.
Thanks Brian.
OH...and for what it's worth, the 4.0 SOHC and 3.0 share about the same power output down low in the RPM range, so they're comparable aka can't overcome tire changes too well. The 4.0L OHV has nice torque down low and surprizingly, drives well with 3.73's and 35's. Still nothing quite like the proper 4.88 and 35's.
zp1ik99....guess what......you've got a 4.0, NOT a 3.0... 3.0 and 35's virtually require 4.88 to be drivable....there just isn't the power to overcome the tire like the 4.0 does. 4.0 on the other hand, is 'okay' with 35's and 4.10's. Not much fun with a manual trans though....you can really feel the tires. Unless....you're talking about an old truck of yours...IDK.
And no...I don't believe for one minute 3.73 and 3.0 and 35's are anywhere near 18+ mpg... what? 60mph in 3rd gear to keep the damn thing driving?
My 4.88, 35's, 4.0, pulls an average mixed driving of about 16.5. On the freeway, average is about 18-19. It's all about getting the engine in it's powerband...aka where it's actually making some torque to keep the thing moving. RPMS are your friend. Lugging the engine isn't. At 75, my rpms are about 3000 and i'm pulling 19-21mpg numbers.
And for what it's worth, I have no problem spinning tires with any of the multiple setups I had(4.10 32, 4.10 35, 4.10 33, 4.88 35, 4.88 35 locked). Ya'll just don't know how to do it. hehehe.
And no...I don't believe for one minute 3.73 and 3.0 and 35's are anywhere near 18+ mpg... what? 60mph in 3rd gear to keep the damn thing driving?
My 4.88, 35's, 4.0, pulls an average mixed driving of about 16.5. On the freeway, average is about 18-19. It's all about getting the engine in it's powerband...aka where it's actually making some torque to keep the thing moving. RPMS are your friend. Lugging the engine isn't. At 75, my rpms are about 3000 and i'm pulling 19-21mpg numbers.
And for what it's worth, I have no problem spinning tires with any of the multiple setups I had(4.10 32, 4.10 35, 4.10 33, 4.88 35, 4.88 35 locked). Ya'll just don't know how to do it. hehehe.
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and its because of posts like this people question your intelligance, thank you for informing me of what engine i have in my truck but go ahead and look back to my old ranger i had about 2 yrs ago before my current, there you will find a 1999 black extended cab regular bed ranger with a body lift, some t-bar crank and shackles on 35's with yes a 3.0 and 4.10 gears....guess what, it moved and got 18+ on the highway, have you ever had this set-up or anyone for that matter who is saying its not possible?? if not your opinions are useless and therfore your input is not needed, your clearly only making assumptions
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Here's a question. Did you have your speedometer and odometer calibrated properly after the tire change? When you upgrade tires it throws off your speedometer AND odometer. In the even that you didn't, your calculations for MPG were off. I had a 3.0 with 3.73's and 31's. It was a freakin DOG. Was it driveable? Of course it was. You are missing the point though. Shane explained it perfectly.
ok ill go with that
xp1k whats your problem, no ones saying its "not possible" to drive a 3.0 with 4.10's and 35's, its just that it wont be quick or fun to drive. and yes i have a 3.0 with 33's and 4.10's and it still dogs it in town.
yes and sucks about your truck idk what to tell ya, i understand the point, opinions are expressed generally with no facts or know how, i stated my opinion on what my experience was than people who have never had that set up go and stomp on it cause they think it isnt possible....
^x2 lol i love the people that love to disagree. everyone lives in different areas and different altitudes which affects things. and EVERYONE has different driving styles.. ive done the math and ive done the calculations EVERY time i fill up and yess i average about 17 to 18+ mpg with 35;s and 3.73's I dont drive like an a**hole everywhere. I leave on time and am never in a hurry. if anyone would really like to prove me wrong Ill do the math for you below:
236 miles on the odometer NOT Correct. since i have 35's ive actually driven 283.2 miles.
and since i run my tank down to the gas light each time i put in anywhere between 15 and 16 gallons of gas..
so if unless every calculator in the world is wrong 283.2/ 16 equals 17.7mpg
so **** off you retards
236 miles on the odometer NOT Correct. since i have 35's ive actually driven 283.2 miles.
and since i run my tank down to the gas light each time i put in anywhere between 15 and 16 gallons of gas..
so if unless every calculator in the world is wrong 283.2/ 16 equals 17.7mpg
so **** off you retards
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