Chewy Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 How bad has your MPG suffered with the tires? I put some nice looking Coopers on mine several years ago and MPG was HORRID! I ended up getting some Hankook's on it last year and MAN, they're SO much quieter and I bet I get 3-4mpg better. Still crappy but better... lol Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 How bad has your MPG suffered with the tires? I put some nice looking Coopers on mine several years ago and MPG was HORRID! I ended up getting some Hankook's on it last year and MAN, they're SO much quieter and I bet I get 3-4mpg better. Still crappy but better... lol Chris You sure them tires didnt have ford in front of it:lol: In all serious though ford were never known for the gas mileage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I wad told my truck us supposed to get 15-18 mpg freeway...11.6 with the 34" M/T's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 You sure them tires didnt have ford in front of it:lol: In all serious though ford were never known for the gas mileage. It's not a case of bad gas mileage. It's a case of much worse with that style tires. Just my observation. I get about 20mpg now on the highway. 4x4 is killer though. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I wad told my truck us supposed to get 15-18 mpg freeway...11.6 with the 34" M/T's I dont think 12 is bad at all for what you have. Might have got more if it was the 5.3. Do you have the stock gears in the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11chevz71 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 It's not a case of bad gas mileage. It's a case of much worse with that style tires. Just my observation. I get about 20mpg now on the highway. 4x4 is killer though. Chris Yeah i get 16 city and 17 highway that is about it. My dad 02 and 04 got 16-18to20-22 with no problem. But the 09 gets a little less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGEVOXFTMFW Posted July 23, 2010 Author Share Posted July 23, 2010 Trucks brand new so it's still breaking in, should get better mpg in a month or so. Says 15 on the dash, after filling up and zeroing the trip. Going do a volant intake eventually supposedly few guys got 1-1.5 better with it. Not sure if the exhaust hurt or not. Im still on the factory 17x8.5s have to be better than the 18s or 20s haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightMare Silverado Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Ya it's the stock gear's and I typoed, it's 35" by 12.5" tires lol. I don't 12 it bad either I actually got it up from the previous 10.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 I know it's stupid to do so, but I compare to my G8 which is about 400hp at the crank and it gets 25mpg. My truck stock was a whopping 235hp with 330lbft stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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