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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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Is that to much for rear wheels? I'm still trying to figure out why I'm getting such crappy gas mileage by just going to 20's. The weight is only 3 lbs more than the fanblades but I'm losing 1-2 mpg with the 20's. It drops awfully fast also if I go by the message centers reading. So if someone adds wheel spacers to the rear wheels Does MPG drop drastically?
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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I wouldn't go lower than 30mm. I think 1 mpg less with 20s isn't THAT horrible of a gas drop off especially if you are doing city driving.
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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That is a lot of stop and go
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:13 PM
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Damn, you went with a 25mm offset wheel? I'd like to see pics of that. Are they 7' wide rims???

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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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I didn't go with them. They came as the package of 4 wheels and tires I bought. Fits the wheel well perfect to me. They are 20 x 8.5" all the way around.

Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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That does look ok actually. I wouldn't go with awider rim than 8.5' w/ that offset though...
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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And that looks like a 30 series tire. shouldn't be that much difference in diameter than stock. You lost 2mpg? I know Shelby's are heavy but damn. Did you recalibrate the computer for the different size wheels?
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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I bet when they told me these were for 05+ that they just put 4 front wheel offsets in 1 package, or these are meant for 99-04. I love them other than the gas mileage.

I don't think the weight is the problem. The 18" fanblades and tires were 50, and the 20's with tires are 53. I did recalibrate the rotations per mile w/ the xcal. But isn't that only for the speedo and mileage? Not MPG?
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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Hell, I'm not really sure but if you're using the car computer for mileage calc's than that is probably the reason. Do you have a GPS?
Old Apr 20, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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Yes, but GPS doesn't do gas mileage.



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