Gas Milage
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Gas Milage
I have a 94 Pickup with a 22-re with flex-a-lite fan and a K & N air cleaner and only get about 15 mpg's in town or on the highway. I have the stock gears and 33 12.5 tires could there be a problem that is killing my mpg's or is this normal
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Probably the only way you are going to get better milage is to regear, so I would say that is normal. I was getting around 16 in my 4Runner with 31's. I also had the 22RE, 5-speed.
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thanks guys i was just wondering if it was normal it didnt seam right to me dosnt bother me that much just wanted to know if there was something wrong or what ever but thanks alot
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How are you calculating mileage? Are you including the multiplier that your larger tires give you in your mileage, or is it straight from the odometer?
I get 16MPG from the straight odometer reading, 18.5 corrected.
I get 16MPG from the straight odometer reading, 18.5 corrected.
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Yes I used to get 11 with 35's and 4.11's. You can't calculate MPG's when your speedometer/odometer is off. Now with a highly modified 22RE, 4.88's, and 36" tires I get 17.3 mixed.
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Here's the formula:
((new height - stock height) / stock height) * 100 = percentage difference
Here's your values:
((33 - 28.3) / 28.2874) * 100
becomes:
(4.7125 / 28.3) * 100
becomes:
.16659 * 100
becomes:
16.659%
Take your odometer mileage and add 16.659%, this is the actual mileage driven.
In my case, I have 32" tires which is 13.125% over 225/75-15 tires which is the stock size. Some trucks came with 31's but I'm not sure if the speedometer and odometer were calibrated to 31" tires on those models.
Hope this helps
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Your speed will not always be 2-3mph off it will be a percentage off. Use 10% for an example at 45mph your speedo will be off 4.5 mph which probably won't get you a ticket, but let's just say your on the interstate and you're doing 75mph that's 83mph and the FHP loves them ticketbooks. Now with 31's it's not that bad but 35's it's bad. Oh and those stupid radar trailer things aren't accurate at all, I've seen one say my yota was doing 73 and my speedo said 25mph.
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