Raleigh North Carolina and surrounding areas

Ok yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the link.

 

A slight increase in tire size CAN help mileage, in my case 245/75R16 and 4.10 gears suffer greatly as to maintain 65mph i'm turning 2900rpm if i go to a 285/75r16 i'll drop a couple hundred rpm which uses less gas, there is a crossover where things start going down

 

i picked those numbers as i didn't know what his were, it all works the same though

 

Very helpful, thanks. Definitely making sense now. I wasn't thinking about it at that level before, I guess.

 

Quite a bit. Funny how forgetting to put a space in Master Ace can make it sound so much worse

 

My truck about six off with 4:88 of doing 70 on speedo my speed app says 76-77

 

I "know" this, but I still manage to get a wave of depression when I fill up and calc my MPG's.
I was thinking about creating a speedometer compensation device with an Arduino. Do you think that it should be done at the Speedo, or would their be benefits to correcting it before the ECU?

 

I have about the same difference with stock gears, but I've only got 285/70/17's. Tires are gear ratios too.

If you are 8% off then you miss out on 8% more miles on the Odo.

 

Great explanation, I didn't refresh my page and missed it the first time.

 

Daughter- Daddy, would you pick up a couch for me?
DT - I only have a 5' bed.
Daughter- It will fit, it's not that big and I have too much in my Focus.
DT - Ok. must be a love seat.
Daughter- yah.



@Sandman614
Loving using the SUMOS as bumpstops.

 

Thats my wife 100%!!!!!

 

@meatman we crossing your hood

 

Have a blast! Come back in one piece!

 

I understand! Had to cancel AOP, daughter is moving to an apartment in Greensboro next weekend but this weekend I have to collect her furniture deals.

And I have that Mazda to finish...

 

looks like a RockAuto yard sale !

 

Between my wife, 3 daughters and the Taco I might as well as buy stock. Or at least start my own shop.

 

Ha, my Runner is severely confused, was spec'd for 225/75r15 with 3.90 gears ( V6 5spd 4wd ) about 6months after i bought it the speedo needle wouldn't go past 40mph, even @ 70mph, not a good thing to let the wife loose in. found a new cluster, installed it ( mileage is now 13k off, lower than what it was showing ) Running 245/75r16 rubber, the speedo is off by 5mph @ 65, still not right, but at least trackable, then pinion bearing in rear was making noise, open it up to find 4.10 gearing in the rear, the front was still 3.90.....sigh ( front has since been swapped to 4.10 YAY, i can use 4wd again ! )

I figured out the cluster is programmed for a Runner with 4.30 gears now running 4.10 gearing with 245/75R16s it'll stay that way, don't care.

 

Does that mean we are gonna see you back on the trail soon?

 

once it cools off there is that possibility, I've still got some trail prep and i need to find all my off road stuff ( strap(s), shackles, etc ) and off road rubber would be a good thing too. It's been a DD beater for the 7 years we've owned it, its time to go out and play

need to yank the running boards and build sliders and a rear bumper and a front skid/bash plate to protect the lower radiator as well.

 

Yup, looks like I'm sitting at a 7% difference. Good to know.