Zstarkey
03-02-2008, 05:17 PM
Ok guys you can see my signature im debating on lifting my truck 6"s and putting 35"s on it what will the MPG's do. Post on here how your MPGS are after a lift
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buildingup 03-02-2008, 05:55 PM My truck for highway goes anywhere from 13-21mpg and city anywhere from 10-16 depending on how I drive...For the past couple months I have been getting an average of about 15-16 mixed city and highway Steezey 03-02-2008, 06:01 PM I get 15.5 with mostly highway and about 14 with mostly city Zstarkey 03-02-2008, 06:17 PM That is about what i get with mine right now buildingup 03-02-2008, 06:49 PM Looks like you have 285's on the truck now...When you do the lift and larger tires it'll only drop maybe 1 mpg ...Don't know how you drive but when I use to have my edge on 3 and keep my foot in it thats when i got the best milage...I get worse now with it on 1 and foot out of it...But then again I only drive maybe 9,000 miles a year now vs 30,000 Juiced_Dmax 03-02-2008, 07:24 PM I get about 14 mixed driving a little better if strictly highway and a little worse if lots of idling and city driving. mmangels22 03-02-2008, 11:06 PM probably looking at a 2-3 mpg loss. i get about 15 now. hopefully mods will make it a little better. bassprokd 03-03-2008, 10:32 AM I just put my tires on Friday and drove pretty much all highway...with a little stop and go. I used an online converter to see what percent difference it was between my old tires and my new 305/85/R16 tire and it said that it was 84 percent (If I was doing 84 it would be really 100mph). I double checked it with mile markers and it was right on 84%. Anyways...I drove 186 miles which converted to 221.433 actual miles and I filled up with 13.670 gallons of diesel [at $3.95 :( ] So it ended up giving me 16.2 mpg. Before on the same trip I got 15.9mpg. TXVTX 03-03-2008, 11:38 AM On my 2008 2500HD LMM my highway mileage went from 19mpg pre-lift to 15mpg post-lift. City mpg went from 15mpg pre-lift to 12.5 post-lift. These are just the facts of life when putting a lift on: "your mpg will decrease". Now the question is given the current big rise in diesel costs: Would I do it again? Simply put: heck yeah! scottd1022 03-03-2008, 11:40 AM I get 15 doing mostly mixed driving. Swampfox 03-03-2008, 11:57 AM 14 mpg city and 17 mpg on the interstate. jeredlee 03-07-2008, 01:02 AM i have 37in tires and i get about 300 miles to a tank of diesel with the short bed tank i think its 25 gallons so if you do the math thats 12 mpg that sucks but the reading on my truck says 14-17 Tim3124 03-09-2008, 09:56 AM i drive 50 miles to work one way i get 18.9mpg everytime i check it B-rad 03-09-2008, 11:50 AM i lost 2.75mpg average from 295/75/16's. MAX Attitude 03-09-2008, 11:52 AM i have 37in tires and i get about 300 miles to a tank of diesel with the short bed tank i think its 25 gallons so if you do the math thats 12 mpg that sucks but the reading on my truck says 14-17 I have a short bed and on my tank it says 26 gallons. Thomas08 03-09-2008, 09:49 PM I lost about 4 mpg. Turbobruce 03-09-2008, 10:29 PM I lost 3mpg in the city and almost 5 mpg on the highway. I just got back from a trip to Utah and I usually get 18-19mpg going and 19 coming home. This last trip I got 14 going and 15 coming home. This was at 75 mph average and I always hand calc and account for the larger tires.:( Love the lift but DAMN these diesel prices are killing me! | ||