315/75/16 Driveability

[Jorge6.5]

I ended up with 315/75-16 General Grabber's. Glad I didn't go smaller due to looks but can definitely notice the drag taking off, brakes don't feel bad. I'll see how it works for a while. I don't tow or haul like I used too but if it was a couple years ago when I was towing daily I don't think it would have worked well at all. But at the same time how the truck used to get used it would have never been lifted either.

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[green98]

Pics?

Thinking the aal will settle down a little, and get closer to level.

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[beardeddummy]

I'm running 315/75/16 with 4:56 gears. Been daily driving it for awhile. Before I regeared it, I had 3:42 gears. It was awful. I would make certain you have the 3:73 gears then decide if you want to regear or not. If you don't, I'd go down to 33's. 35's are too big/heavy for anything less than 4:10 IMHO.



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Just curious what's your mpg or gpm with that setup?

 

[Jrgunn5150]

Just curious what's your mpg or gpm with that setup?

Mileage with that combo is probably only slightly less than stock, and better than 3.42's with those tires.

 

[green98]

I don't watch mileage that close anymore, just accept it's not good. Think I was getting 12-13 before, sometimes down to 11, I hardly run the highway more than 20min at a time and when I do it's usually around hills. Now the speedometer is so far off mileage won't be very accurate, above 10 I'll be happy.

 

[glfirefighter144]

mpg is relevant to enviroment and RFM(right foot modulation) my 96 has 3.42s with 315s and gets 12-13 run hard and up in the high teens when i can keep my foot in check, but i do have a 5 speed, but truck is still a bit sluggish, more so with a trailer

 

[5spd Z71]

I get anywhere from 12-14mpg with that setup. Depending on how I drive and city/highway. I drive almost all highway speeds and even when I was hauling 500lbs of parts in the bed, still got 13mpg on the highway. The rpm's are high at highway speeds, but downshifting for hills is something I rarely do now.



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