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- From: silver@xrtll.uucp (Hi Ho Silver)
- Subject: Re: Can I install wider tyres than what specified by the auto-maker?
- Organization: What you won't find on my desk.
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:42:50 GMT
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- References: <1855@tekgen.bv.tek.com> <C164J0.71u@news.iastate.edu> <1993Jan20.220944.28988@odin.corp.sgi.com>
- Sender: Hi Ho Silver (Your Most Intoxicating Fantasy)
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- Sayeth mikesteg@syclone.detroit.sgi.com (Mike Stegbauer):
- $|> >If your going from a 195-60-15 to a 205-60-15, the 205 will be taller.
- $|> >This will affect your speedo. You might try looking at a 205-55-15. They
- $No, actually the '60' is a ratio of height relative to the width, so if you go from
- $195 to 205, the height would change slightly (6/10th of a cm?), but should not
- $affect your speedo noticably.
-
- Time to do some math ... here are the diameters of 195/60R15, 205/60R15,
- and 205/55R15:
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- 2 * (195 * 0.60) + 15 * 25.4 = 615 mm
- 2 * (205 * 0.60) + 15 * 25.4 = 627 mm
- 2 * (205 * 0.55) + 15 * 25.4 = 606 mm
-
- So the 205/60R15 will be going about 2% faster than the speedometer
- indicates, while the 205/55R15 will be about 1.5% slower.
-
- The 0.6 cm quoted above is correct, but it has to be counted twice,
- since the tire appears at the top and the bottom of the wheel.
-
- For those wondering about similar numbers for other sizes of tires,
- the difference is large for smaller wheels, fatter tires, and larger
- aspect ratios. My car has all three compared to the above; to go
- from the stock 175/70R13 to 185/70R13 would cause an increase in
- actual speed vs. speedometer of around 4%:
-
- 2 * (175 * 0.70) + 13 * 25.4 = 575 mm
- 2 * (185 * 0.70) + 13 * 25.4 = 589 mm
-
- A 185/65R13 would fit better:
-
- 2 * (185 * 0.65) + 13 * 25.4 = 570 mm
-
- (under 1% difference), but such tires are quite rare.
-
- silver
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