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Old 12-25-2008, 12:17 AM
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What size tires do you have? Post the size up and someone can use a tire calculator to see what the difference in speed would be over stock. Wheel size doesn't make a difference, its the outer diameter of the tires.
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Old 12-25-2008, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by The Magician
^^^^ Thats why you should not travel more than 7 miles above the posted limit.
i live by this because almost all the agencies i know will not write speeding tickets for anything under 10mph over the posted limit...anyways back to the OP i dont think that your 20" wheels caused this unless you have some extremely tall sidewall tires on them or have had gears installed recently with out recalibrating your computer.....
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Old 12-26-2008, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by The Magician
^^^^ Thats why you should not travel more than 7 miles above the posted limit.
well you were slain by your own sword when you were going appx 100mph in the cruise a couple weeks ago...i KNOW because i was right in front of ya pulling away... ;-)
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Old 12-26-2008, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by 0NF1R
well i have since upgraded to 20" wheels so since the speedometer reads the revolutions from the wheels, if both the 17" wheel and the 20" wheels had the exact amount of revolutions per minute, than the 20" wheel will produce a faster mph, correct?

Nope, its the revs per mile of the tires.
Its not the diameter of ther rim that determines
revs per mile of the tire installed on it.
Wrap a tape measurer around your OEM 17"
tire/rim and then wrap it around the 20"
tire/rim to see the difference.
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Old 12-26-2008, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 0NF1R
well you were slain by your own sword when you were going appx 100mph in the cruise a couple weeks ago...i KNOW because i was right in front of ya pulling away... ;-)

Yeah, Uh Huh. I was just having some fun there. Never really stood on it. But I keep in civil on day to day driving. Every once In a while I'll open her up. Specially sionce we have some cool weather now....
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Old 12-27-2008, 07:14 PM
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if you had a garmin gps, it wouldn't matter what size your wheels are, they give the most accurate speed read outs
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Old 12-29-2008, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by The Magician
Yeah, Uh Huh. I was just having some fun there. Never really stood on it. But I keep in civil on day to day driving. Every once In a while I'll open her up. Specially sionce we have some cool weather now....
i know bro im just bustin ya b@lls a lil lmao ;-)...JANUARY!
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