Looks awesome... poor gas mileage......

Jumped in without doing my homework and upgraded my 07 Taco stock wheels/tires from 245/75/16 to 285/50/20..... Looks kick ass but the MPG and acceleration are poor. This was done a couple days ago so i'm still not 100% sure actual mileage loss. Any of you go with the larger tires? Looking to get the actual MPG.... Thanks

 

Welcome to the site. Most of us here have larger tires. Seem to lose about 1 or 2 mpg. Your new tires are about 31.2" tall, old tires are 30.4" tall. You most likely are losing your mileage due to weight. When you check your mileage take the miles on your odometer multiply those miles times 1.4 then divide your gallons into that to get your actual mpg. Go here to see

 

Welcome to TW roggs!
its actually only a 3% gain in tire size so the multiplier is 1.03 i agree its most likely due to weight and also from the increase in tire width. these speedo/odometers are a little fast reading from the factory so its actually about perfect in accuracy now. your MPG readings will be accurate by just using the number of miles over the number of gallons consumed.... but if you multiply that by 1.03 then you'll get what the MPG would have been according to the factory calibration. i'd expect your mpg to go down about 5-10 percent from what you were getting. i can still get around 20mpg with 32.2" tires and a 3" lift in my truck.

 

Thanks. That link is too cool. BTW - sweet truck.

 

Please post pics of your truck.

 

Added truck photo to my profile..I think it looks kick ass.. Also wanted to know if there is any more info on the removal of the secondary air filter in the 2007 Tacoma? Is it really worth it? Thanks all

 

Thinking of a 2.5 lift... what you all think?

 

i think its a good idea to remove the sec filter. when i did it on the 06 i had.......the truck idled better and the motor sounded better.....like it could breathe better. it was worth it to me.

 

Surprise is a little town about 10 miles down the road from me....yeah its spelt just like that. Welcome neighbor.

 

Yeh, I'll probably remove it..... Another stupid question, how do I add my truck photo to my posts? its on my profile, but its not added to my replies. Thanks

 

go right under the pic to the link under it and click and copy then paste it in the post.

 

Does buying bigger tires have an effect on your acceleration?

 

sure he don't mean to the avatar?

 

ah.....he may mean for his avatar.

 

I just upgraded my tires and can say its made a huge difference

 

for picture in avatar go to user cp, then edit avatar and put pic there.
for signiture, goto edit signiture and add pic there.
Like I'm a gurru...not

 

Thanks bro... it worked....

 

CAT BACK EXHAUST or just replace the muffler? Pro/Cons your thoughts?

 

CAI or AFE Drop In? Thoughts?

 

yes, to an extent. the bigger the tire then the taller the final gearing will be and thus will hurt your acceleration. if you change out the gearing in your truck to match the tires then the acceleration shouldnt be affected though.