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OBX-GL
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Mar 27, 2014

Advice needed with wheel size and gear ratios.

Hey all, just picked up a 2012 Ram 2500 5.7L 4x4 Crew/long box 3.73 gears. It has 265/70/17's I want to put some aftermarket wheels on the truck as i did with my 1500. I was thinking of going as big a...
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PMcColley
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Mar 27, 2014
The other thing not mentioned outside the reduced pulling power and breaking power is fuel economy. Your mileage will decrease 2%-5% for every inch added in diameter. If memory serves my brother lost about 3 mpg when he put 35s on his 2500 with 3.73s.

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