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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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MPG diff. between tires

I have a 86 ex. cab 4x4 p/u and a 95 ex. cab p/u. I am running 30x9.5/15 a/t's on both looking to put 31x10.50/15s on them wondering the diff. in mpg.? any help would be great. (both are stock wheels)
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 04:59 PM
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Not a lot. It will also depend on the aggressiveness of the tread. Is it a M/T tire you are putting on?
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 05:14 PM
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I havent decided id like to have another set of bfg a/t's but i may switch to bfg m/t's if theres not a big difference.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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Your not going to see a heckavalot of difference...I get 18-20MPG with 34" A/t's and 22MPG with 31" M/t's
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:01 PM
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not a huge difference, at worse proprtional to the change in tire size.
However, going from a bias to radial may increase your mileage, and likewise, going from a radial to bias could hurt your mileage.
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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:08 PM
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i got better gas mileage on the highway with my 33's and stock gears. it got alot worse in town though but it is still better then my 31's i spin about 2400 rpm on the highway a just a hair under 65 i think, my speedo is off. overall your change is not going to be to much do i dont think its going to be very very noticeable better or worse

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Old Feb 5, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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thank u guys for all the help.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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If your driving habits are identical and you can accept the torque reduction I think tire size is less of a factor that tread. If you go to an M/T you can count on a lot more rolling resistance and significantly worse mileage.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 01:56 PM
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Depends how you drive, if you try to accelerate as fast with 31s as you did with 30s, 28s, whatever, then you're going to notice a bigger drop. If you are as gentle with the throttle as before, then your milage will remain unchanged.

I have 31x10.5s and I went from 4.10s and I went to 4.56 - which is in effect a similar change to yours (except I'm improving the effective final drive, you're lessening the final drive). I got my best mileage yet (27mpg on a loaded 4Runner running 4.10s and 31s).
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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I have a 93 pickup with 3.0, 5 spd and stock 4.30 gears. When I bought the truck it had
33-12.50 Claws. Couldn't use 5th gear and was getting 13.5 mpg. Put on 32-11.50 BFG
A/T - got 5th gear back and jumped to 19.5 mpg.

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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 06:38 PM
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Edit.

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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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If they are street a/t's then I doubt it. Keep em at 35-40psi.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by FUSOTECH
I have a 93 pickup with 3.0, 5 spd and stock 4.30 gears. When I bought the truck it had
33-12.50 Claws. Couldn't use 5th gear and was getting 13.5 mpg. Put on 32-11.50 BFG
A/T - got 5th gear back and jumped to 19.5 mpg.
at least u get better mpg with 33's than me with 31's i get 12 in town
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 07:40 PM
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I am going to be running 32x11.50 bfg a/t s with 4.88s any idea what kind of milage i will get more or less with a 1984 pickup 22r. old school yota i love it 141,000 oroginal miles
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