YES! I am THAT concerned about mileage!

MPG is my religon!

 

Yeah I was trying to get some pics on here for you but I don't have any good ones and since my truck is in the shop for a new set of ball joints and an alignment I can't take any right now... I'll try to get some soon...

But with the 35's I When I do rub it's on the Frame and antisway bar... I got about 1/2" before I get into the fender or wells.... So maybe if you trimmed the wells out and put on some flares you would be alright with 37's but you would still rub on the frame and sway bar... Again... With that said, maybe some off set rims would help that issue...

If your willing to put in the time and work, I'm sure you could get it done... but ****... how much more is a 3" lift than a 2" lift and would require less cutting...

 

I have not run into any rubbing issue's w/ my 35's. Maybe the adapters on my DRW move the tire out more than on a SRW? That is why I was thinking w/ 37's I could get by with a leveling kit?

 

Hmmmm, ok.

 

Some of us that run 37's and a 6" lift actually take our off road and don't want any rubbing.

 

Dang Pauly your mileage is worse than mine w/same setup (wheel/tires not perfomance mods). I got 14.4 hand calc'd last tank driving primarily to and from work. But then again i dont live in socal so i am probably alot less stop and go than you. What is funny about the mileage is that i never gave one rats behind about mileage when i had gassers; with the 2 diesels i am obsessed with it. Never thought twice about getting 14mpg's in my little 4x4 nissan or f-150. My wife tells me I am going to get tennis elbow as often as I check the OHC! Even my kids joke about it.

 

Hey, that's cool. You like that look, more power to ya.

 

Yeah.... go on with your bad self.... If that is what you like more power to you... I just say if you can run 37's with a 3" lift and no rubbing why add the other 3"s.... That Differential is still the same height no matter if you put a 13" lift on it...

Again... If that is what you like go ahead... No ones stopping you... As long as you don't stop those of us who don't.... hahaha

 

[QUOTE=SSminnow;1693750]So you have 35"s on your 2wd dually? Or did I miss something along the way?
Shoot me a PM.

 

.....and 13" of lift will get them an extremely top heavy rig that is not capable of serious wheeling. The more "lift" you put on a vehicle, the more top heavy it becomes, and the less capable it becomes on the trail.

 

[QUOTE=kawiram;1694929]

PM is on the way

 

Who needs a lift to run 37"s ?



The Toyos are like having 7th gear...

In-town mileage went down a click, since it takes more fuel to get them rolling (tire itself weighs 94#), and highway mileage went up significantly due to lower engine RPM. 15mpg in-town, 20 highway if you keep RPMs below 2K... go over 75mph and lbs/hr of #2 really increases!
That's with Smarty #2 & Quad PL1 for best BSFC.

p.s. 16mpg with GN in tow... your mileage may vary, since we run the trucks at GVWR.

 

I off road mine with 37's....they work just fine.



Bob

 

XLR8TR and BOB... that is 37's with no lift of any kind??? No Rubbing???

D A M N !!! I see we all have 2005's, and like I said if I am LOCKED full left or full Right and hit holes or rocks I rub on the frame a little and I have 35's and a leveling kit....

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

Now I do see that you guys are not running stock rims... could that be it???

edit... OK BOB I see you have stock rims... I can't figure this out...

 

Bob's got about 3" of "lift" from the Carli kit and XLR8TR is running a 2" leveling kit so no they are not completely stock.