3 inch lift and mileage afterwards

hey guys and gals,

just wondering about how much a 3 inch lift affects fuel mileage? please let me know which lift set up you have also

thanks!
AK

 

I have the Bilstein 5100s at 2.5 (close enough ) and I have noticed about a 1 to 2 MPG drop. (I have BFG A/T's as well, which are pretty heavy.)

 

excellent, good to know

 

Im getting 18.5 around town while driving easy. My setup is a skyjacker 3" susp lift w/ 33" terra grapplers 10 ply.... hope this helps

 

actually the lift will not change the milage.its the tires u chose.

 

also keep in mind that larger tires are going to throw off your speedometer which will mess up your calculations. Hypertech makes a product that corrects this though.

 

Toytec 3" lift with BFG ATs 33" actually measures 32.6"
Just made a 400 mile trip averaged 21mpg. according to scanguage and 20.8 according to my calc.

 

Lift will change mpg as it increases more air flow under the truck and more resistance.. Not trying to call you out just helping man

 

huh i have a hard time understanding that.u didnt add mass to your truck with the lift.weather your stock or lifted its still the same front end as far as wind drag.and i still got the same milage with my lift and stock tires.just put 265s on so that im sure will change the milage a bit.

 

i had no change when i put my C/Os on but once i put my tires on there was a big loss

 

I have 5100's all around with 885's up front, rear AAL's, and 18"s on 33"s. My MPG on the street= "Don't Care." MPG on the highway= "Don't care cause the truck looks sick!"

 

with that said,the lift doesnt change the mpg,the tires do.

 

Part true...The increased sail area from the also lowers MPG.

 

ok,i just no my mpgs did NOT change with just the lift.no argument here.all done.

 

thanks for the info everyone!