The Nissan Path

Just thought I would post up my results for anyone who has ever been curious about the kind of gas mileage they would get after adding a lift and larger tires. My pathfinder is a 94 model 4x4 automatic with factory 4.62 lsd. It has a 3 inch body lift and 33/12.50/15 tires on the factory wheels. Driving it fairly easy I get 17 mpg in combined city and freeway driving. That is only about 2 mpg less than when it was completely stock with 31/10.50/15 tires. I'm pretty happy with the results, I never really knew what to expect because I haven't really heard anyone discuss this. It really does seem like it could use a lower gear now. I've considered trying to find one of the 4.90s from an xterra or frontier because the ones for nismo are just way more than I would ever consider paying for just gears. It would be $1,000 just for the parts. So does anyone have any experience with swapping in the 4.90s?

As of now I've put about 1,000 miles on my truck since the lift and tires. I've had a low of 16 mpg with more stop and go city driving and a high of 18mpg when I had more freeway driving added in. I'm positive with even more freeway driving factored in it would do even better than 18mpg because even on that tank I still had quite a bit of stop and go city driving added in. I think those results are very good considering it's a mix of city and freeway. I mean these things are only rated for 15 city/ 19 highway completely stock. So anyone worried that your gas mileage will suffer terribly when adding 33's, don't, you might only lose about 1-2 mpg. If you guys have any questions ask away! Thanks guys