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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Will 31x10.50x15 tires work on a 1988 2wd 5spd?

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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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yes they will, only prob i have with the pair on the back of my 93 is not a lot of offline torque and a loss of mileage.. but with you having a 5 speed, that shouldn't be a problem
 
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I've heard that they rub for some people, but I have an 88 2wd 5-spd short bed/reg cab and my tires don't rub. They do occassionally bottom out if I take a speed bump a little too quickly, but I'm sure a leveling kit would fix that.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 08:31 AM
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How noticeable was mpg and torque
 
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with mine being a 5.0 with an AOD and 3.55 rear gears... torque is noticeable, and MPG is down 2-4 mpg i believe
 
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Did you take in account the difference on speedo
 
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Dont think there is a huge difference on the speedo.
 
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31's do make enough difference to the odometer to throw milage calculations off about 2mpg. Overall the tire change won't affect actual fuel milage a whole lot but it will affect power delivery and the higher the gearing(lower numerically) the more you lose.
 
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Thankyou all for your advice.
 
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