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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:31 PM
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3.55s with 35s?

any of you guys running 35s with ur 3.55 gears just wondering what ur gettin for mileage and if it took alot of power away from your truck? thnks boys
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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I average about 15mpg with my truck. But i hammer on it all day long. I have never honestly babied my truck for a entire tank of fuel. I have 6" suspension skyjacker lift and 35x12.50 BFG A/T's.

I love the look and stance of my truck.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:03 PM
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From: My head lays down in Murrieta, but the day light hours are spent in San Diego, Ca.
If I hammer on it or am towing, 15 to 16 mpg. But if I take it easy, I'll see 17 mpg. Now If I try, which isn't very often, I can get 19 mpg.

But as for power, my truck runs awesome. But I do lag a bit from a start while towing. And while towing at 55 to 60 mph, I'm either lugging the motor while in overdrive or running high RPM if out of overdrive. In these cases, it seems like an in-between gear would help. I usually just run faster to counter this; but in Cali, 55 mph is the law while towing. Because of these issues, I'm debating on installing some 4.10 gearing.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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91rangerturbo^^^^ -truck? what truck?
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 01:28 PM
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I love that picture myself.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by JPR Ram
If I hammer on it or am towing, 15 to 16 mpg. But if I take it easy, I'll see 17 mpg. Now If I try, which isn't very often, I can get 19 mpg.

But as for power, my truck runs awesome. But I do lag a bit from a start while towing. And while towing at 55 to 60 mph, I'm either lugging the motor while in overdrive or running high RPM if out of overdrive. In these cases, it seems like an in-between gear would help. I usually just run faster to counter this; but in Cali, 55 mph is the law while towing. Because of these issues, I'm debating on installing some 4.10 gearing.
same here, but when going up a long grade towing, I lock out of o.drive and keep it about 2200. This usually keeps me about 55mph and 1k egts on a 95 degree day.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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same here, but when going up a long grade towing, I lock out of o.drive and keep it about 2200. This usually keeps me about 55mph and 1k egts on a 95 degree day.
Yep, same here. Sounds like our truck's are pretty much the same......so to speak.......
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 91rangerturbo
I love the look and stance of my truck.
I like the stance, too. Oh, hey, there is a truck beack there.


I ran 315's BFG AT's and loved em. They are light for the size, which helps alot. I would get about 17mpg in town and 21-23mpg on the hwy. This was with a smarty and DD Super Mental injectors. I later ran M7's and got 16-17 in town and 19-21 on the hwy.

I droped to 33" toyo MT's and lost about 1-2mpg due to the extra weight.
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Old Oct 29, 2008 | 10:16 PM
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I Ran 315's For 4 Years With 3.54 Gears, Then When I Smoked The Pinion Gear, I Put In A Set Of 4.10's. It Was Even Better, It Felt Like A 50 Hp Gain.
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