Tire Sizes and My 2.7 Liter Tacoma

My neighbor has the revos he lost mPgs with v6. 265s were 41 pounds so almost 10 pounds havier than stock.

 

Well I ended up choosing 245/75r16 duratracs for a few reasons.

I like the idea that the gear ratio wouldn't change and staying with the stock size will help keep the weight down. Price - they're about 100 bucks cheaper. Combine that with the tips in this post and the 245s are pretty affordable.

 

Did you get them in load rating C?

Glad you got what you wanted OP

 

Yup, ordered them in C rating from 4wheelparts.com. I hope they look half as good on our trucks as the 265 duratracs!

 

You don't have a 4Banger.
With stock Dungflop (on steelies) I have to drop it in 4th for some Hwy hills.
With 255/85/16 BFG KM2s (55lbs tires) (on 1st Gen TRDs) I have to drop it in 3rd for those hills.

I disagree with both those statements.
Mine handled mud better than the guys running 285s I was with. Dirt/sand/rock no problems.
My 5speed Taco slows down a lot more with the Dungflops when I take my foot off the gas than it does with the BFG KM2s.
I was going to replace the Dungflops with 265/75/16s until I found the great deal on the TRDs. Now I don't have to compromise, Big tires for wheeling & smaller ones for MPGs.

 

You've got it all wrong man^ bigger and wider looks cooler, duh

some people

 

You understand the concept of 'everything else being equal'? Same exact truck, same exact driver, same exact tread pattern. The wider the tire, the better it will float on mud. Mud is one of those things you want to stay on top of rather than get buried to your axles. The greater the area, the less contact pressure, the better the flotation. There are exceptions, of course, such as a few inches of mud over a rock base, but most mud isn't like that.

And I'm not sure what point you're trying to make about letting your foot off the gas. You put a larger diameter tire on, and you alter the relationship between vehicle speed and engine speed. You have effectively reduced the engine breaking by allowing the road to apply more torque to the engine. So yeah, its going to coast for a greater distance, even if the weight was the same. For the same reason as the truck can't accelerate as easily with bigger diameter tires, it can't slow down as easily either. A more interesting test would be to see how far it coasts in neutral, but that is an extremely difficult test to isolate the variables and compare equally.

 

I beleive it was your generalization of mud/sand/dirt/rock


mud and sand flotation is great, so you get a wide flotation tire

anything else a skinny will out perform in most cases

not to mention thats only if mud/sand is up to the axles or past the frame

if its less than that you dont need to float

and a skinny with higher aspect ratio means more clearance at the axle.

 

Well I got them mounted up yesterday, and I'm pretty happy with my decision to stick with the 245s. Before I headed to the tire shop, I rolled one up next to the stock Dunlop for comparison. Granted, there was about 40k worth of tread wear on the stock tires, but the Duratrac still stood about an inch taller.

 

Awesome man, good all around tire! Now go see what they can get you stuck in.

 

Just started running 255/85s. KM2s...kick ass tire! I feel like they perfectly compliment an OME lift.

OP, had 265/75/16 BFG All Terrains on prior to the KM2s. Honestly didn't notice much, if any power loss from these tires. They were heavy, however. Highway RPMs have actually dropped with the 255s. Although much slower "off the line". Sorry, no pictures of stock truck with 265s, just post OME lift.

265s with a 3" lift just looked odd to me...