235/70/16's
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235/70/16's
Long time lurking ,first time posting.
I will be buying new tires in the next few weeks and was thinking of going from the stock 265/70/16's to 235/70/16's. My thought was, since I do no offraoding, I could gain some MPG's and not change the ride much.
What are the pro's and con's of running 235's?
Thanks,
B.
I will be buying new tires in the next few weeks and was thinking of going from the stock 265/70/16's to 235/70/16's. My thought was, since I do no offraoding, I could gain some MPG's and not change the ride much.
What are the pro's and con's of running 235's?
Thanks,
B.
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im not a genius or anything, but i think the smaller tire you go the more gas you will use. I really dont know. I figure that your RPMs will be higher becuase the smaller tire will make more revolutions per minute. Like i said, i have no idea, just my thoughts. I dont really think the smaller tire would matter much anyways. you would gain more torque though
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I'm not sure what kind of tire you have on now, but if you get a highway tire like the bridgestone duler H/T, you will get better mileage as aposed to an A/t or M/t...changing to that small a tire will throw off your speedometer and cause you to run the engine at a higher rpm on the highway. If I were you, and I was looking improvement in gas mileage only I would opt for size
225/75/16, or 245/70 or 75/16....
Also the thinner the tire is the better the milage.
225 as aposed to 265
hope this helps
225/75/16, or 245/70 or 75/16....
Also the thinner the tire is the better the milage.
225 as aposed to 265
hope this helps
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