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tyre profile and acceleration
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Fri, 05 December 2003 11:40
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bit of a stupid question but,
when i got defferent mags for my car the overrall diamter of tyres and mags was larger than the older wheels, i wants to have faster acceleration and i need some new tyres if i went down a profile would this help at all and would it be very notcible.
i have a ta22 and the currnt tyres are r14 205/60 i was going to go to r14 195/55 (reason for decrease in width is rubing on gaurds and stearing component problems.)
thanks any help would be appreciated.
Jason
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Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
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January 2003
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Re: tyre profile and acceleration
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Fri, 05 December 2003 12:52
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whatever percentage decrease in diameter, will be the increase in acceleration. (for a given gear etc etc...)
this page is coool!!! compare your tyre sizes and tells you % difference!!!!!!!
http://www.tyresave.co.uk/tyresize.html
for the sizes you mentioned the 195 will be 5.3% smaller in diameter, and so you will have 5% more acceleration. maybe not enough to feel by 'seat of the pants dyno', but it is still 5% faster!!
Cya, Stewart
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