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Date:         Sun, 29 Aug 2004 06:55:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: [Vwdiesel] Tire size conversion
In-Reply-To:  <1f1.2909bee5.2e6155ac@wmconnect.com>
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On 27 Aug 2004 at 23:27, Libbybapa@wmconnect.com <Libbybapa@wmconnect.com> wrote:

> I have some large tires that I would like to put on my soon to be 1.6TD > vanagon. They only measurements printed on the tires are 27 X 8.5 R 14. They > measure out to 27" tall and 8.5" wide. Doing my best at converting this to the > accepted standard measurement I get 215.9/76.5 R 14 or simplified 216/76 R 14. > Can someone who knows doublecheck my math, I don't know if I'm converting it > correctly, and would like to use a nifty RPM tire size calculator. TIA Andrew

Andrew,

If they are a brand name tire, you can check the mfr web site for diameter specs. I just put BFG A/T TA's in this size on the rear of Westy. They are about 1" taller overall when mounted than the Yoko Y370G in 195/75R14 size that I have on the front. I noticed a very slight drop in RPM at a given speed, since the front remained the same, thus the speedo remained unchanged. You may be better of measuring the exact diameter when mounted, since there is quite a variation between actual tire sizes in a given P metric size.-- Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright ~This message sent by Pegasus Mail, the safe E-Mail alternative~ "Friends don't let friends use Outlook"


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