Got me wondering about wheels?

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Hd74ica

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Hello
Don't need new tires and have about 10k on my stock 18 inch wheels. What I am wondering when I read about people putting larger wheels/tires on their truck what does that do to the MPG and the EVIC in general? Does the Lie-0-meter compensate for the change? Just curious. Thanks.

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The larger profile/width & heavier tires did reduce my MPG on my 6.4L 2500. Around town it was about 2.5 - 3.0 mpg, freeway mileage only dropped about 1.0 - 1.5 mpg although I didn't measure it consistently.

EVIC was fine. I never used the MPG calculator and always hand calculated. The only other error I had was MPH and corrected that with a programmer.
 

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The larger profile/width & heavier tires did reduce my MPG on my 6.4L 2500. Around town it was about 2.5 - 3.0 mpg, freeway mileage only dropped about 1.0 - 1.5 mpg although I didn't measure it consistently.

EVIC was fine. I never used the MPG calculator and always hand calculated. The only other error I had was MPH and corrected that with a programmer.

What size/brand tires did you put on? Did you have 4.10's? Thanks
 

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35x12.50R18, 3.73 gears
 
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