4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
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RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
Hey everybody! Im new to the forum and was reading about all the tire and gear combos ya'll have. I have a 01 5.9 QC offroad package. I just recently bought this truck with 68,000 miles.It has315 AT's on it w/4.10'S. This truck is bone stock and my last roundtrip I averaged 13.5 mpg. I want to do some upgrades for better mpg's and performance. I'm not going to get to extreme, but would like to make some improvements.
RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
All Star
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From: Belle Plaine, Minnesota
RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
ORIGINAL: Cereal Killer
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
More Performance = less MPG
Better MPG = less performance
Sometimes you can get both, but generally you get one or the other.
Banned
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From: Maine
RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
ORIGINAL: Cereal Killer
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
As Cereal said, taking the 35" tires off would help, but your probably like me, and defiantly do not want to do that. But Cereal is right about the pedal, just be easy on it. Our trucks are powerhouses and can go good, but don't always be romping on it, it's a truck, they aren't meant to be raced. Free flowing exhaust entailing performance muffler and higher flow cat will free up horsepower and gain mpgs. With all of this said, don't look into that much. An engine is an engine, it's always going to have a baseline for mpgs. I have put an intake, longtube headers with an o/r y-pipe, flowmaster exhaust with a gutted cat...and guess what, my mileage is the same when I got it. It can go either way for me. If I'm taking it slow, then sure, I'll gain a mpg throughout the day, but usually it's contradicted when I'm driving it a little harder or towing something, then all of the hard work goes right down the tubes and I'm back to my standard 12.5 city....which to me, is not bad at all. For a 360 with 35" tires, I'm getting great gas mileage. I just feel bad for the guys out there paying the big gas bills with the ugly trucks, now that I could not bare.
Grand Champion
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From: Colorado
RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
ORIGINAL: 01DodgeRam360
...Our trucks are powerhouses and can go good, but don't always be romping on it, it's a truck, they aren't meant to be raced.
...Our trucks are powerhouses and can go good, but don't always be romping on it, it's a truck, they aren't meant to be raced.
Champion
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RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
ORIGINAL: 01DodgeRam360
Personally, I don't think taking the tailgate off and the A/C system out is a good idea. For one, not having a tailgate can cause damage to the bed rails because they aren't being supported anymore. It also is proven time and time again that without a tailgate, winds will actually go into the bed and cause more drag compared to a gate up. Not to mention, it looks trashy as ****. Also, A/C is a good thing. You are devaluing the reasale of your truck when you start taking out nice additions to the vehicle. Plus, neither of these things will do anything for mpgs that will be noticable.
As Cereal said, taking the 35" tires off would help, but your probably like me, and defiantly do not want to do that. But Cereal is right about the pedal, just be easy on it. Our trucks are powerhouses and can go good, but don't always be romping on it, it's a truck, they aren't meant to be raced. Free flowing exhaust entailing performance muffler and higher flow cat will free up horsepower and gain mpgs. With all of this said, don't look into that much. An engine is an engine, it's always going to have a baseline for mpgs. I have put an intake, longtube headers with an o/r y-pipe, flowmaster exhaust with a gutted cat...and guess what, my mileage is the same when I got it. It can go either way for me. If I'm taking it slow, then sure, I'll gain a mpg throughout the day, but usually it's contradicted when I'm driving it a little harder or towing something, then all of the hard work goes right down the tubes and I'm back to my standard 12.5 city....which to me, is not bad at all. For a 360 with 35" tires, I'm getting great gas mileage. I just feel bad for the guys out there paying the big gas bills with the ugly trucks, now that I could not bare.
ORIGINAL: Cereal Killer
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
For increased mpg:
-Take the big tires off it
-Lose the spare tire
-Lose the Tailgate
-Lose the back seat if you don't use it
-Lose the A/C system
-Keep a light foot on the skinny pedal
-Get a less restrictive air cleaner (just use the search button for that one, there's a million threads, even if they are 90% full of ****, I'm sure you'll find something useful)
-Search "Fastman 52mm throttle body"
- Less restrictive exhaust system
For increased performance, just type that into the search function, you'll find all you need to know and more. Good luck, and welcome to the forum
As Cereal said, taking the 35" tires off would help, but your probably like me, and defiantly do not want to do that. But Cereal is right about the pedal, just be easy on it. Our trucks are powerhouses and can go good, but don't always be romping on it, it's a truck, they aren't meant to be raced. Free flowing exhaust entailing performance muffler and higher flow cat will free up horsepower and gain mpgs. With all of this said, don't look into that much. An engine is an engine, it's always going to have a baseline for mpgs. I have put an intake, longtube headers with an o/r y-pipe, flowmaster exhaust with a gutted cat...and guess what, my mileage is the same when I got it. It can go either way for me. If I'm taking it slow, then sure, I'll gain a mpg throughout the day, but usually it's contradicted when I'm driving it a little harder or towing something, then all of the hard work goes right down the tubes and I'm back to my standard 12.5 city....which to me, is not bad at all. For a 360 with 35" tires, I'm getting great gas mileage. I just feel bad for the guys out there paying the big gas bills with the ugly trucks, now that I could not bare.
Captain
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RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
As for the tailgate up vs down ideas, I personally tried that myself, I drove around for 3 weeks with it down, and my mpg went down .8, I have a short bed though, it may be different for someone witha long bed.
What I think was happening is because I have a short bed, most of the air that was coming off the top of the cab was passing right behind the tail gate(a small amount goes into the bed and russles the leaves, but not much), with the tailgate down, the air off the top of the cab was landing right on the tailgate, and causing drag that would not have been there with it up.
Now with a long bed, air from the cab probably lands directly in the back of the bed, and therefore with the tailgate down, it would allow for an easier escape for the air.
I dont buy the damaging bed rail thing either, even though I have seen trucks whose bed rails were falling apart(I blame that on the rust and the rust alone.)
What I think was happening is because I have a short bed, most of the air that was coming off the top of the cab was passing right behind the tail gate(a small amount goes into the bed and russles the leaves, but not much), with the tailgate down, the air off the top of the cab was landing right on the tailgate, and causing drag that would not have been there with it up.
Now with a long bed, air from the cab probably lands directly in the back of the bed, and therefore with the tailgate down, it would allow for an easier escape for the air.
I dont buy the damaging bed rail thing either, even though I have seen trucks whose bed rails were falling apart(I blame that on the rust and the rust alone.)
Captain
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RE: 4.10 gears vs. 265 tires
for the back, there is only one carrier, but for the front, the split is at 3.92, but you could just buy a "thick" gear and you would not have to replace the carrier, that is the way that I would go