Gears

[ford4wd08]

4:11s should make a big difference in low end grunt

...AND at the gas pump.

I expect to loose some, but I'm not doing so hot around town anyhow, I think it will balance out just because it's hilly around here and I don't stay in OD very often anyhow.

Any calculators to show the difference in RPM's out there?

YOu might lose a mile or two per gallon but the enhanced drivability will make up for it. It won't make a huge difference.

When I went from the KM2's and up a size to the Toyo's i lost about a mile a gallon. I get about 14 average know, I feel like it will be about the same, but with more power

Give and take,gain some here and lose some there.I really don't worry about fuel mileage,I know it's going to be bad but that's a price I pay for having the towing & off-road capability of my burb.

BTW....love my KM2s

I agree, I am more worried about capability than anything else. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, so I will make it like I want.

I liked the KM2's, they got a little wild on the road though, I wanted to go up a size and toyo had the size I wanted. So I've got about 20k on the toyo's and I must say they are an excellent tire

 

[dirtyoldman]

4:11s should make a big difference in low end grunt

...AND at the gas pump.

I expect to loose some, but I'm not doing so hot around town anyhow, I think it will balance out just because it's hilly around here and I don't stay in OD very often anyhow.

Any calculators to show the difference in RPM's out there?

YOu might lose a mile or two per gallon but the enhanced drivability will make up for it. It won't make a huge difference.

When I went from the KM2's and up a size to the Toyo's i lost about a mile a gallon. I get about 14 average know, I feel like it will be about the same, but with more power

Give and take,gain some here and lose some there.I really don't worry about fuel mileage,I know it's going to be bad but that's a price I pay for having the towing & off-road capability of my burb.

BTW....love my KM2s

I agree, I am more worried about capability than anything else. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, so I will make it like I want.

I liked the KM2's, they got a little wild on the road though, I wanted to go up a size and toyo had the size I wanted. So I've got about 20k on the toyo's and I must say they are an excellent tire

So far the KM2s a working good for me,pretty good off-road and pretty good when towing my toy hauler....but every vehicle is different I'll consider the Toyos when the KM2s wear out.Just to let you know I'm running 4:56 gears with 305/70R/16 tires.the engine runs about 2500 rpm in o/d & 3000 in third.The 454 loves gas

 

[ford4wd08]

4:11s should make a big difference in low end grunt

...AND at the gas pump.

I expect to loose some, but I'm not doing so hot around town anyhow, I think it will balance out just because it's hilly around here and I don't stay in OD very often anyhow.

Any calculators to show the difference in RPM's out there?

YOu might lose a mile or two per gallon but the enhanced drivability will make up for it. It won't make a huge difference.

When I went from the KM2's and up a size to the Toyo's i lost about a mile a gallon. I get about 14 average know, I feel like it will be about the same, but with more power

Give and take,gain some here and lose some there.I really don't worry about fuel mileage,I know it's going to be bad but that's a price I pay for having the towing & off-road capability of my burb.

BTW....love my KM2s

I agree, I am more worried about capability than anything else. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, so I will make it like I want.

I liked the KM2's, they got a little wild on the road though, I wanted to go up a size and toyo had the size I wanted. So I've got about 20k on the toyo's and I must say they are an excellent tire

So far the KM2s a working good for me,pretty good off-road and pretty good when towing my toy hauler....but every vehicle is different I'll consider the Toyos when the KM2s wear out.Just to let you know I'm running 4:56 gears with 305/70R/16 tires.the engine runs about 2500 rpm in o/d & 3000 in third.The 454 loves gas

I'm sure you have quite a bit of torque with that setup! I think my KM2'2 wore pretty well, but could have done a little better, my upper ball joints were completely shot when I put my new struts on. I'm sure that had something to do with it.

 

[dirtyoldman]

4:11s should make a big difference in low end grunt

...AND at the gas pump.

I expect to loose some, but I'm not doing so hot around town anyhow, I think it will balance out just because it's hilly around here and I don't stay in OD very often anyhow.

Any calculators to show the difference in RPM's out there?

YOu might lose a mile or two per gallon but the enhanced drivability will make up for it. It won't make a huge difference.

When I went from the KM2's and up a size to the Toyo's i lost about a mile a gallon. I get about 14 average know, I feel like it will be about the same, but with more power

Give and take,gain some here and lose some there.I really don't worry about fuel mileage,I know it's going to be bad but that's a price I pay for having the towing & off-road capability of my burb.

BTW....love my KM2s

I agree, I am more worried about capability than anything else. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, so I will make it like I want.

I liked the KM2's, they got a little wild on the road though, I wanted to go up a size and toyo had the size I wanted. So I've got about 20k on the toyo's and I must say they are an excellent tire

So far the KM2s a working good for me,pretty good off-road and pretty good when towing my toy hauler....but every vehicle is different I'll consider the Toyos when the KM2s wear out.Just to let you know I'm running 4:56 gears with 305/70R/16 tires.the engine runs about 2500 rpm in o/d & 3000 in third.The 454 loves gas

I'm sure you have quite a bit of torque with that setup! I think my KM2'2 wore pretty well, but could have done a little better, my upper ball joints were completely shot when I put my new struts on. I'm sure that had something to do with it.

Bad ball joints can reak havoc with tires Luckily mine are all good and the tires are all wearing even & equal.I have about 25 thou on 'em now and are a little past half tread depth,might get another 15-20 out of 'em

Gotta go outside and see what I can get into,nice chatting with ya

 

[slims]

Depending on your how fast you drive, your not gonna lose mpg. If you do alot of interstate driving then I could see it but your city mpg should increase. Gears are a great mod when you match them with your driving.

 

[ford4wd08]

Depending on your how fast you drive, your not gonna lose mpg. If you do alot of interstate driving then I could see it but your city mpg should increase. Gears are a great mod when you match them with your driving.

I'm on the interstate, but the speed limit is 55 and I'm not on it for long. So I think I'll be good!

 

[ford4wd08]

4:11s should make a big difference in low end grunt

...AND at the gas pump.

I expect to loose some, but I'm not doing so hot around town anyhow, I think it will balance out just because it's hilly around here and I don't stay in OD very often anyhow.

Any calculators to show the difference in RPM's out there?

YOu might lose a mile or two per gallon but the enhanced drivability will make up for it. It won't make a huge difference.

When I went from the KM2's and up a size to the Toyo's i lost about a mile a gallon. I get about 14 average know, I feel like it will be about the same, but with more power

Give and take,gain some here and lose some there.I really don't worry about fuel mileage,I know it's going to be bad but that's a price I pay for having the towing & off-road capability of my burb.

BTW....love my KM2s

I agree, I am more worried about capability than anything else. I plan on keeping this truck for a long time, so I will make it like I want.

I liked the KM2's, they got a little wild on the road though, I wanted to go up a size and toyo had the size I wanted. So I've got about 20k on the toyo's and I must say they are an excellent tire

So far the KM2s a working good for me,pretty good off-road and pretty good when towing my toy hauler....but every vehicle is different I'll consider the Toyos when the KM2s wear out.Just to let you know I'm running 4:56 gears with 305/70R/16 tires.the engine runs about 2500 rpm in o/d & 3000 in third.The 454 loves gas

I'm sure you have quite a bit of torque with that setup! I think my KM2'2 wore pretty well, but could have done a little better, my upper ball joints were completely shot when I put my new struts on. I'm sure that had something to do with it.

Bad ball joints can reak havoc with tires Luckily mine are all good and the tires are all wearing even & equal.I have about 25 thou on 'em now and are a little past half tread depth,might get another 15-20 out of 'em

Gotta go outside and see what I can get into,nice chatting with ya

I got 50k out of mine and I took them off and sold them to a guy, I suspect he was going to get 10k more out of them. They ball joints weren't doing too much damage, but I'm replacing the lowers because I just did the uppers, and I'm at 170k, I'm sure that they're done with big tires