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Date:         Sat, 9 Dec 2006 10:31:44 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wheels and Tires
Comments: To: Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <86476e250612091004h236a9594mad12859cdb4f035f@mail.gmail.com>
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Loren has a good point Jack; the tires need to be more than 25 1/2" tall.
Here is a page from www.tirerack.com that gives you an idea of the target
sizes. Looks like 205/60 or 215/60 if you wanted to slow down the RPMs at
highway speed.


http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Spec.jsp?make=Yokohama&model=AVID+H4S&tirePageLocQty
=


I am running 205/60HR15s and almost wish I had gone a little bit taller.


Modern tires make a big difference!


On 12/9/06, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> RE: Tires
> There is an error in you calculations.  The 185R14 is about an 80
> series/profile tire and has about a 26.5 inch diameter.
>






--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
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