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mikep · 03-29-2003, 07:54 PM

I installed 5.14 gears in my truck last week . It had 3.54 gears in there before. My mileage went from 11.5 mpg to 13.8 mpg . Thats right. I GAINED 2.3 mpg by going to MUCH steeper gears . Am I missing something here ? No other changes were made .

03-29-2003, 07:54 PM	#1
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	I'm not dumb but I cant understand .... I installed 5.14 gears in my truck last week . It had 3.54 gears in there before. My mileage went from 11.5 mpg to 13.8 mpg . Thats right. I GAINED 2.3 mpg by going to MUCH steeper gears . Am I missing something here ? No other changes were made . __________________ No truck :-(