Just a tip on great bfg tire deal

[Hammerhead]

:--) Oo. I just stumbled across a great deal on those BF Goodrich 315/70/r17's that I keep hearing about!!!I Hope this isn't improper, but on "discount tire direct .com"they have them on special for $147. 00 each with free shipping included. This is about $75 dollars cheaper per tire than anywhere else that I have seen them. Hope that this may help some folks!

 

[David Muench]

Hate to burst your bubble, but most of us have been buying them from www.tirerack.com for $129 each. I just checked and now they're down to $125 each. I bought mine back in December.

 

[Hammerhead]

My bad

I had only seen these tires in magazines and so that was the source that I was comparing the price against. I did the shipping calculator on "Tire Rack.com" and with shipping included thier price is still about $22. 00 cheaper than the site I had mentioned earlier. Sorry about that!! Just got a little excited about what looked like a killer deal. Kick A** looking truck you have by the way!!

 

[jlord]

Will those tire fit on a stock 2500 4x4?

 

[jimnance]

Got a special deal on mine at $120. 00 each. They fit perfectly on my 2500 4X4 Quad Cab. No rubbing or problems.



I thought that fuel economy might improve, but after adjusting for speddo/odo calibration error I'm still in the 19-20 MPG range on the road. 18-19 MPG around town. I do have a fairly light foot, your mileage may vary. .



The engine does seem to like the lower RPM's at freeway speeds. Right at peak torque. A good place to be

 

[jimnance]

Just checking to see if my signiture modifications took.

 

[David Muench]

Originally posted by jlord

Will those tire fit on a stock 2500 4x4?

Yes.

 

[Diesel Dan]

David and others w/373 and 315 tires,



What rpm are you guys turning at a recalibrated/calculated 70 mph. I am interested in both manual and auto numbers.



thanks,



Diesel Dan

soon to be an 03 guy

 

[C. Harlan]

Do the Low Tire Prices cover Road Hazard? If so, where do you take them to get fixed?

-Chris-

 

[davidclark]

Originally posted by Diesel Dan

What rpm are you guys turning at a recalibrated/calculated 70 mph.

GPS at 70mph(speedo 64) I'm turning just a tad under 2000 (1950 maybe)with 47REauto/4. 10/315s

 

[jimnance]

With my six speed I see 2,000 RPM at GPS speed of 74 MPH.

 

[Diesel Dan]

jimnance,

what size tires do you have? stockers or 315's?



Thanks



DD

 

[jimnance]

315's with 3. 73 Rears

 

[crebelein]

can the stock speedo be recalibrated for these tires? i'd really like for my speedo/odometer to be somewhat accurate.

 

[nkiewel]

Originally posted by crebelein

can the stock speedo be recalibrated for these tires?

If not... Does anyone know if the TruSpeed unit from superlift will work with the 2003 trucks?

 

[David Muench]

The truspeed won't work, it's been tried. The stock speedo can't be reprogrammed far enough. I don't know of anyone who has managed to recalibrate their speedo with the 315's yet. . If anyone has, please let me know how.

 

[crebelein]

Originally posted by David Muench

The truspeed won't work, it's been tried. The stock speedo can't be reprogrammed far enough. I don't know of anyone who has managed to recalibrate their speedo with the 315's yet. . If anyone has, please let me know how.

how far can the stock speedo be recalibrated? how is this done?

 

[jimnance]

If you add 10% to the speedo value you will be within 1 MPH of actual under most conditions. I checked it with my GPS and this method works good for me.

 

[Hammerhead]

seepo calibration

I was at the dealership today and a tech told me the way they calibrate the speedo is by the # of revolutions of the tire per mile. He said the range went down to 636 per mile which would be fairly close on the 315's, but i'm not sure if that is exactly low enough or not!

 

[David Muench]

Right, 636. . I think BFG rates the 315 around 590-600, I forget without looking it up. I was planning on doing some testing way back when, but never got to it. I was going to try to figure out the real revs/mile of the tire.



Oh, and it's done with the scan tool at the dealership.