35 inch tires and MPGs

Chev2021 · May 10, 2021

I lifted my 2021 silverado RST on 35x12.50x20s with a 6 inch lift and my MPGs went to s**t... I expected a little bit of a decrease but I've seen it go down to average 9-10, when before I was getting 14-15 regularly. Now, I can only average 15 with cruise control down the highway for half an hour.

I've looked around seeing people saying to calibrate the computer for the new tires? Would a dealership do that or an outside company?

Also regearing was an option too for better MPGs? I just dont want to spend 80 bucks on gas every 5 days haha.

blckblt · May 10, 2021

Did you get recalibrate you speedometer? If not you will need to hand calculate and get the miles driven by GPS/app as your computer will be off.

Tx_Bowtie · May 11, 2021

I average 15-16 mpg combined with 35x11.5 per the computer. Would read slightly more if calibrated.

Flatblack83 · May 12, 2021

Mine read in the 12s at 1st with bfg km3s 35-12.50-20. After calibration and 2 tanks of gas its in the 15s. The pulsar worked good for me, 15s isn't great but sounds better than 12..haaaahaaa...

eppieguy · May 12, 2021

I'm averaging 15.5ish with 34.4" tires, but I did buy the Hypertech speedometer calibrator .

J2Jones · May 12, 2021

You definitely lose MPG when going larger. In my case, I moved to 35x11.5 NRG's. I used the WAZE app to determine that at an indicated speed of 63, I'm actually going 65. About a 3% difference. To me, that means my MPG and distance traveled are understated by about 3%. I have mixed highway, rural city driving and average about 17.5 MPG. To that's about 18 MPG corrected versus the 19.5 MPG I used to average before upsizing the tires. Seems to me I lost about 7.7% in MPG related to the change but maybe I've missed something. Idk.

GullLakeMi · May 12, 2021

Have you calculated manually at the pump? The computer on my '16 Sierra already showed 1 or 2 MPG better than reality. Maybe yours is reading the other way?

blckblt · May 13, 2021

Unless you recalibrate the speedometer the computer will not read MPH right and mileage driven will be wrong. With those being wrong MPG numbers from the DIC will be wrong. You must 100% hand calculate with miles driven by GPS or an APP (waze etc) and then use gallons off the pump.

JAEDEE · May 18, 2021

I'm running 35x12.5 Toyo RTs and average 16 MPG. I do have the max trailering package with slightly lower gearing (3.42 vs 3.23) though.

TyGriff13 · May 21, 2021

I'm running 35" Nitto Terra Grapplers and my gas mileage is laughable, but hey I did it to myself. Truck sure looks good! Lol. Long story short, I'm averaging 12.3 MPG and I can get around 15 MPG if I'm cruising on the highway.