Regear for more MPG

good catch Chris.

I didn't even read close enough to see one lifted not both.

 

Thanks for adding that.....I wasn't sure. If you jack up both, when you spin one wheel doesn't the other just rotate the opposite way and the driveshaft remain still? Been too many years since I've done that and I can't remember!

 

thanks guys!!!!!!!!

appreciate it very much

 

Not for a manual. On the manuals, 2000 rpm is about 55. At 65-70, I am running about 2300-2500 rpm with 285/75R16s (speedo adjusted for the tire size). I think he's talking about making the 6th gear equivalent to the automatic transmissions which is geared lower than the manuals.

 

Based on economy, if your truck was getting 18mpg highway and you managed to acheive 20mpg highway with a gear change, over 200,000 miles, you'd save 1111 gallons of gas. At $3-$4/gallon that's $3333-$4444 over that mileage span. If you averaged 10,000 miles per year, it would pay off in about 8-10 years based on an install cost of $1500. If you invested the $1500 in something that returned 10%, it'd be worth about $4000 in 10 years.

The payoff is much sooner should gas rise above $4/gal which seems likely over a 20 year period.

 

in ten years all your tacos will be electric by conversion and you will be infighting for the last 10 solar panel hoods. MUAHAHAHHAAA!

 

so i guess im confused??? wat is the point of regearing??? if u loose power and have to burn more fuel.

 

It's almost been 10 years. 1 year and 1 month to go....

 

I know gas prices are high now... but no where near high enough to outweigh the cost of a gear change LOL

 

Where's my solar panel hood? Elon Musk doesn't even have this type of wizardry.

I would consider an electric conversion if there was a decent mount kit or something of the like.