tire size
04-14-2005, 11:21 PM
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RE: tire size
If you put on bigger tires, the speedometer will say that you are going SLOWER than you really are. The diameter is bigger so the circumference is too, so for each tire rev you are going farther in the same axle rev, so you are going faster than it shows.
04-14-2005, 11:29 PM
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RE: tire size
ORIGINAL: Magiarn71
If you put on bigger tires, the speedometer will say that you are going SLOWER than you really are. The diameter is bigger so the circumference is too, so for each tire rev you are going farther in the same axle rev, so you are going faster than it shows.
If you put on bigger tires, the speedometer will say that you are going SLOWER than you really are. The diameter is bigger so the circumference is too, so for each tire rev you are going farther in the same axle rev, so you are going faster than it shows.
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