New Bridgestone Revos, finally.
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Originally Posted by Van91DSM
Are the Revo's a decent offroad tire? I'm looking at them as well. I think the reviews at tire rack are mostly soccer moms and the like. My BFG A/T's never let me down when I had them on my '85 back in the early '90's, but I'm considering the Revo's. It's either the BFG A/T's or the Revo's, although one friend is telling me that the Pirelli Scorpion is very good, but I'm thinking that the Scorps probably suck and would get stuck in sand/mud faster than either the Revo or the BFG A/T's. Any opinions on how the Revo's hold against these two tires? I'm looking at 265/75/16's.
You can take some of the best rain tires on tirerack and the wet traction rating will be 8.4. Then you can take a tire that everyone says is bad in the rain, such as the BFG AT (what I have), and tire rack says the wet traction is 8.1.
Or how about a pure dry traction racing tire vs the BFG AT in dry traction. Shouldnt even be on the same scale right? Nope, BFG GForce - 9.5 BFG AT Offroad - 8.9.
As far as I'm concerned thats the worst rating system ever if the difference between best and worst is .3-.6 .
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[QUOTE=jvangun]Thundercloud, here are some additional pix of the Revo's as requested.
Thanks for doing that. You sold me. That looks awsome. It will be the "P" 75's for me.
You have had them for a little while, any news on gas mileage?
Thanks for doing that. You sold me. That looks awsome. It will be the "P" 75's for me.
You have had them for a little while, any news on gas mileage?
#46
Originally Posted by jvangun
Thundercloud, I was very leary about doing anything to this truck such as changing from the factory tire size, however, going from 265/70/16 to 265/75/16 only throws my spedometer off about 3mph at 80!!! Check it out. I was nervous about going a hair bigger but, glad I did. The little extra really fills up the extra wheel well space. If you want anymore pix, let me know.
Speedometer Calibrator
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Speedometer Calibrator
http://www.csgnetwork.com/speedocalibcalc.html
you will drop about 1 to 1.5 MPG when going up to the 285/75-16's over the 285/70-16's.
if you want more clearance, you can get a 1" 4Crawler Body Lift for about $150 and install it yourself in less than 3 hours. it's very easy and will give you more clearance to prevent rubbing on the pinch weld.
i have a total of 3.5" of lift and run 305/70-16's (big 33's) and i regeared to 4.56's. i'm getting 18 MPG @ 75 MPH and 2450 RPM on the interstate (for comparison)....
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Originally Posted by bamachem
you will drop about 1 to 1.5 MPG when going up to the 285/75-16's over the 285/70-16's.
i have a total of 3.5" of lift and run 305/70-16's (big 33's) and i regeared to 4.56's. i'm getting 18 MPG @ 75 MPH and 2450 RPM on the interstate (for comparison)....
i have a total of 3.5" of lift and run 305/70-16's (big 33's) and i regeared to 4.56's. i'm getting 18 MPG @ 75 MPH and 2450 RPM on the interstate (for comparison)....
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with my 4WD limited, i went from about 18.5 to about 17 with the jump. then with 285's i went to 16. added the supercharger and it went to 17. after a regear, pulling the supercharger and going up to 305's, i'm back up to 18.
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Originally Posted by bamachem
with my 4WD limited, i went from about 18.5 to about 17 with the jump. then with 285's i went to 16. added the supercharger and it went to 17. after a regear, pulling the supercharger and going up to 305's, i'm back up to 18.
Nice to know a S/C will actually add MPG.....might have to consider that.
I forget, did you pull the S/C for cost of running premuim or something else?
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Originally Posted by MTL_4runner
The first jump you did was 265/70's to 265/75's?
Nice to know a S/C will actually add MPG.....might have to consider that.
I forget, did you pull the S/C for cost of running premuim or something else?
Nice to know a S/C will actually add MPG.....might have to consider that.
I forget, did you pull the S/C for cost of running premuim or something else?
by selling it and regearing, i not only dropped $0.20 per gallon off my BIG fuel bill, but i also gained a MPG in the process and didn't loose any $ out of pocket other than what had already been spent on the SC (about $600 total)...
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Bamachem, You mention something about the changes from 285/70 to 28575's and the results I will see. I went from 265/70 to 265/75. Now, being that the second number is the percent of the first number (70% of 265 vs. 75% of 265) I would probably not see the same change as if I was running 285's..... correct?
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my progression:
275/70-16's (landcruiser size - was on the runner when i got it)
265/70-16's (swapped from other runner before i sold it)
265/75-16's Nitto Terra Grapplers
285/75-16's Goodyear MT/R's
305/70-16's Goodyear MT/R's
265mm * 0.70 = 185.5mm, 185.5mm = 7.3031", (7.3031" * 2)+16 = 30.6062"
265mm * 0.75 = 198.8mm, 198.8mm = 7.8248", (7.8248" * 2)+16 = 31.6496"
(31.6496" - 30.6062") / 30.6062" = 0.03409 or 3.4% difference in circumference & diameter
that equated to a ~1.5 MPG loss for me.
275/70-16's (landcruiser size - was on the runner when i got it)
265/70-16's (swapped from other runner before i sold it)
265/75-16's Nitto Terra Grapplers
285/75-16's Goodyear MT/R's
305/70-16's Goodyear MT/R's
265mm * 0.70 = 185.5mm, 185.5mm = 7.3031", (7.3031" * 2)+16 = 30.6062"
265mm * 0.75 = 198.8mm, 198.8mm = 7.8248", (7.8248" * 2)+16 = 31.6496"
(31.6496" - 30.6062") / 30.6062" = 0.03409 or 3.4% difference in circumference & diameter
that equated to a ~1.5 MPG loss for me.
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i've noticed that there's almost no mention of the les schwab wild country txr on this board. granted, they're not the most aggressive tread out there, but they do pretty damn well in snow and ice from my experience. a bit loud on dry pavement though. anybody else have any opinions about them?
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After much deliberation and research, I think I'm going with some 265/75/16 BFG T/A KO's on some American racing 16x8" Outlaw II wheels. Pretty much what I ran on my '85 x-cab back in 1989. These should be on later next week I hope.
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