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410/411 or 373's!?

Old Oct 29, 2011 | 12:23 AM
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Im most likely guna do a cam /head swap also so I might just wait and see wat it does with 373's. My truck is horrible when it comes to gas mileage. About 290-320 out of a full tank (around town)
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 12:54 AM
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not worth the swap for 4.10 i say go 4.30s.. i run 4.10 on 30" tire and i wish i wasn on 4.56s..lol.. and traction issues is a good thing.. nothing a tire cant fix..
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 00ecsb6.0
Im most likely guna do a cam /head swap also so I might just wait and see wat it does with 373's. My truck is horrible when it comes to gas mileage. About 290-320 out of a full tank (around town)

It's like when people ask me how's the gas mileage, and I say, what's that? With my tune on the 6.0, 4.10's and 20's, I'm a little better than 320. It is what it is. I refuse to drive anything that ain't got no powa, I just don't feel safe.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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I average 12.5 or so around town, 13 if I drive nicely, maybe 17 on the highway. 6.2 6L80E 3.73 CCSB 4x4 on 285/70-17s. 320 miles a tank isn't bad around town. If you used all 26 gallons that would be about the same mpgs as I get in the city, but nobody runs the tank dry between fills so you're doing better than 13mpg. Sounds fine to me.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by lady3bglover
It's like when people ask me how's the gas mileage, and I say, what's that? With my tune on the 6.0, 4.10's and 20's, I'm a little better than 320. It is what it is. I refuse to drive anything that ain't got no powa, I just don't feel safe.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by rjwz28
I average 12.5 or so around town, 13 if I drive nicely, maybe 17 on the highway. 6.2 6L80E 3.73 CCSB 4x4 on 285/70-17s. 320 miles a tank isn't bad around town. If you used all 26 gallons that would be about the same mpgs as I get in the city, but nobody runs the tank dry between fills so you're doing better than 13mpg. Sounds fine to me.
Good pointer. Is D.O.D still on your truck tune?
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 05gmcsierra
not worth the swap for 4.10 i say go 4.30s.. i run 4.10 on 30" tire and i wish i wasn on 4.56s..lol.. and traction issues is a good thing.. nothing a tire cant fix..
Whats ur rpm at 70 mph?
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 00ecsb6.0
I have a 4l65e but I cant seem to STOP tryin to make it faster so ill probably do a 4l80e soon. It is my DD but I want it to be nasty from a 50 roll and a dig so id say both lol I know my mpg's will go down on the interstate with 411's. 275/45/20
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I do not plan on going F/I. I plan on heads and cam maybe a little nitrous I already dont get traction at all on the street. It has a 2inch hanger so pinion shims may be needed?
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Mine hooks at the track but blows them off on the street. Thats too much for me. I do travel on the interstate a little so thats too low lol honestly it felt faster with the 342's. Thats alot of rpm's! I got a 13.17 at 104 but I was deff in 3rd gear. What size cam do you have?
Nitrous and heads wouldn't make me go to an 80e. A built 60/65e could handle that.

If you're blowing your tires off, how is a lower gear going to help that? Keep the 3.73s, IMO. Especially if you want a good pull from a higher speed. Get a set of caltracs, and try some nittos. That tire profile on a set of 20s is going to be hard to hook. Maybe widen your rear wheels, and run a wider section width tire.

If you think you're fast w/o traction. Hooking up from a punch or a dig is going to be a huge difference.

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not worth the swap for 4.10 i say go 4.30s.. i run 4.10 on 30" tire and i wish i wasn on 4.56s..lol.. and traction issues is a good thing.. nothing a tire cant fix..
4.30s and the first gear in a 60e is going to take more than a tire to hook.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 00ecsb6.0
Is D.O.D still on your truck tune?
No DOD/AFM on the pickup 6.2, only VVT.
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