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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 .

Class of 69 · 03-29-2003, 08:03 PM

Did you change the speedo adaptor to compensate for the new gears?? The speedo might be registering a lot more miles than you are really traveling, hence the mileage improvement.

Mike C · 03-29-2003, 08:15 PM

Depends on your driving. I went to 4.10 from 3.07 and my mileage went way up around town. Not so on the highway. Your results will probably be similar. Needs less gas to get going with more gear, but will take way more on the highway.

Nova_Cobra64 · 03-29-2003, 09:00 PM

I'm with class of 69 on this one: speedo gear is probably the reason.

72MARIO · 03-29-2003, 09:18 PM

I second the speedo.

mikep · 03-29-2003, 10:18 PM

Hahahaha . Maybe I am dumb after all. That works out to a more believable 9.6 mpg. Thats more like it. I just changed to 4.57's today. Lets see how that does.

chucks70 · 03-29-2003, 10:45 PM

"why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Lo Lo Lo Lola" Thought this was a song quiz. lol

Class of 69 · 03-29-2003, 10:48 PM

LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing when I first replied.

lunatic · 03-29-2003, 11:07 PM

LMFAO....We are showing our age here....

Class of 69 · 03-29-2003, 11:14 PM

HEY!!! They still play those old songs on the classic hits stations. Any one of any age could know the line. OK. OK. so the young people don't listen to the classic hits station... right?? Still showing my age, but I have a 7 year old! NO, he's not my grandson.

hobby67stepside · 03-29-2003, 11:17 PM

Always thought that song was too freaky.

Now it's buggin' me. Was that the "Kinks"?

lunatic · 03-29-2003, 11:26 PM

Yeah it the Kinks...1970

chucks70 · 03-29-2003, 11:28 PM

Yeah I think it was the "Kinks" when Eric Clapton was with them and there is nothing wrong with listening to the "oldies" stations. Just reliving lost youth and listening to some GOOD music. I do like some of the new stuff including Eminem (AAHHH did I say that). My youngest just turned 9 yesterday.

hobby67stepside · 03-29-2003, 11:39 PM

I didn't know Clapton ever was with the Kinks. I think Ray Davies was lead singer at one time. I could easily be wrong, however.

Class of 69 · 03-29-2003, 11:57 PM

Right On with the Good music brotha... what is all this hog wrestle, and rap crap now days.... they talk so fast I can't understand them.. and poor Mike is sitting there wondering how the he11 his thread went so far astray!!! Ask a simple question, and look what ya get.....sorry Mike.

hobby67stepside · 03-30-2003, 01:08 AM

Hey, its all in good communication. I don't think anyone is getting pi$$ed. If mikep didn't like it he'd comment. If it was a thread I started I'd enjoy the expansion.

mikep · 03-30-2003, 02:01 AM

I dont think Clapton was ever with The Kinks. Ray Davies was but Clapton was still in Cream or Derek and the Dominoes about that time. I may be wrong though. I was wrong once before if you dont count my first two marriages.

chucks70 · 03-30-2003, 08:11 AM

Your right about Clapton, my little pea brain got titles Layla and Lola crossed in there somehow. Clapton was with a lot of groups but not the Kinks. Some were Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes. Probably too much Peppermint Schnapps and Wild Turkey back then got my mind jumbled.

Class of 69 · 03-30-2003, 10:36 AM

Glad to hear I'm not the only one with sticky cob webs in the brain from too much schnapps, and other such things!! Oh, and Mike...opinions of ex's definately don't count!! Took me three try's to find one that doesn't nag or talk back!!!

PanelDeland · 03-30-2003, 11:26 AM

Class of 69, I didn't know your wife couldn't speak.

Class of 69 · 03-30-2003, 12:05 PM

Walks, talks, cooks, washes clothes, and makes very good money!!! I know, I know, you think I'm lying.

krazy_texan · 03-30-2003, 12:19 PM

well hey you guys where talking about youngsters listining to all this new age crap, well i am 18 and i hate all the new music, i listen to classic rock all of the time, but most of what i listen to is from the 80's and early 90's when i was little

casey · 03-30-2003, 12:26 PM

The young guys just have to be exposed to the old rock and roll, My son is 18 and he was listening to a song over and over and said I really like this guys voice, I said oh yeh thats mick jagger, I said heres a bunch more stuff listen to this grass hopper

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 :-(

03-29-2003, 08:03 PM	#2
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	Did you change the speedo adaptor to compensate for the new gears?? The speedo might be registering a lot more miles than you are really traveling, hence the mileage improvement. __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

03-29-2003, 08:15 PM	#3
Mike C Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 7,723	Depends on your driving. I went to 4.10 from 3.07 and my mileage went way up around town. Not so on the highway. Your results will probably be similar. Needs less gas to get going with more gear, but will take way more on the highway. __________________ 44 Willys MB 52 M38A1 64 Corvette Coupe 68 Camaro 'vert LT1 & TH700 69 Z/28 355 12.6's @110 69 Chevy Short Step 4 1/2"/7" drop 72 Jimmy 4WD 4spd 4" & 35's 02 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Duramax

03-29-2003, 09:00 PM	#4
Nova_Cobra64 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Melville, SK Posts: 1,145	I'm with class of 69 on this one: speedo gear is probably the reason. __________________ 2004 Silverado - Beater 1969 GMC - In progress http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=441683 2011 Aveo - Work commuter 2013 Crestliner Fish Hawk 1650 - The reason no work gets done on the project truck.

03-29-2003, 09:18 PM	#5
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I second the speedo. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

03-29-2003, 10:18 PM	#6
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	Hahahaha . Maybe I am dumb after all. That works out to a more believable 9.6 mpg. Thats more like it. I just changed to 4.57's today. Lets see how that does. __________________ No truck :-(

03-29-2003, 10:45 PM	#7
chucks70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cadiz, OH Posts: 628	"why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Lo Lo Lo Lola" Thought this was a song quiz. lol __________________ 68 1 ton dually 292, 2001 Sebring, 2004 Trailblazer, 11 Camaro Convertible.

03-29-2003, 10:48 PM	#8
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	LOL!!! I was thinking the same thing when I first replied. __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

03-29-2003, 11:07 PM	#9
lunatic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: BC Posts: 929	LMFAO....We are showing our age here....

03-29-2003, 11:14 PM	#10
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	HEY!!! They still play those old songs on the classic hits stations. Any one of any age could know the line. OK. OK. so the young people don't listen to the classic hits station... right?? Still showing my age, but I have a 7 year old! NO, he's not my grandson. __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

03-29-2003, 11:17 PM	#11
hobby67stepside Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 952	Always thought that song was too freaky. Now it's buggin' me. Was that the "Kinks"? Last edited by hobby67stepside; 03-29-2003 at 11:20 PM.

03-29-2003, 11:26 PM	#12
lunatic Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: BC Posts: 929	Yeah it the Kinks...1970

03-29-2003, 11:28 PM	#13
chucks70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cadiz, OH Posts: 628	Yeah I think it was the "Kinks" when Eric Clapton was with them and there is nothing wrong with listening to the "oldies" stations. Just reliving lost youth and listening to some GOOD music. I do like some of the new stuff including Eminem (AAHHH did I say that). My youngest just turned 9 yesterday. __________________ 68 1 ton dually 292, 2001 Sebring, 2004 Trailblazer, 11 Camaro Convertible.

03-29-2003, 11:39 PM	#14
hobby67stepside Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 952	I didn't know Clapton ever was with the Kinks. I think Ray Davies was lead singer at one time. I could easily be wrong, however.

03-29-2003, 11:57 PM	#15
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	Right On with the Good music brotha... what is all this hog wrestle, and rap crap now days.... they talk so fast I can't understand them.. and poor Mike is sitting there wondering how the he11 his thread went so far astray!!! Ask a simple question, and look what ya get.....sorry Mike. __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..



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03-30-2003, 01:08 AM	#16
hobby67stepside Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 952	Hey, its all in good communication. I don't think anyone is getting pi$$ed. If mikep didn't like it he'd comment. If it was a thread I started I'd enjoy the expansion.

03-30-2003, 02:01 AM	#17
mikep Used to have a truck Join Date: May 2002 Location: port orchard WA Posts: 1,552	I dont think Clapton was ever with The Kinks. Ray Davies was but Clapton was still in Cream or Derek and the Dominoes about that time. I may be wrong though. I was wrong once before if you dont count my first two marriages. __________________ No truck :-(

03-30-2003, 08:11 AM	#18
chucks70 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cadiz, OH Posts: 628	Your right about Clapton, my little pea brain got titles Layla and Lola crossed in there somehow. Clapton was with a lot of groups but not the Kinks. Some were Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominoes. Probably too much Peppermint Schnapps and Wild Turkey back then got my mind jumbled. __________________ 68 1 ton dually 292, 2001 Sebring, 2004 Trailblazer, 11 Camaro Convertible.

03-30-2003, 10:36 AM	#19
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	Glad to hear I'm not the only one with sticky cob webs in the brain from too much schnapps, and other such things!! Oh, and Mike...opinions of ex's definately don't count!! Took me three try's to find one that doesn't nag or talk back!!! __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

03-30-2003, 11:26 AM	#20
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03-30-2003, 12:05 PM	#21
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	Walks, talks, cooks, washes clothes, and makes very good money!!! I know, I know, you think I'm lying. __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

03-30-2003, 12:19 PM	#22
krazy_texan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Des Moines, Ia Posts: 3,233	well hey you guys where talking about youngsters listining to all this new age crap, well i am 18 and i hate all the new music, i listen to classic rock all of the time, but most of what i listen to is from the 80's and early 90's when i was little __________________ Krazy Texan My Trucks are made with Wrenches not Chop Sticks 1967 GMC 3/4 ton "Johnny Cash" 1990 v1500 suburban 1967 Ford f100 Swb 4x4 "green bean" GOD BLESS JESUS, JOHN WAYNE, AND THE ALAMO

03-30-2003, 12:26 PM	#23
casey Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kelowna B.C. Canada Posts: 2,048	The young guys just have to be exposed to the old rock and roll, My son is 18 and he was listening to a song over and over and said I really like this guys voice, I said oh yeh thats mick jagger, I said heres a bunch more stuff listen to this grass hopper Last edited by casey; 03-30-2003 at 12:31 PM.

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