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Date:         Tue, 26 May 2009 20:04:56 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
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From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Spare tire storage
Comments: To: Brenton Tait <BTait@INVESTEC.CO.ZA>
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At 07:06 PM 5/26/2009, Brenton Tait wrote...
>How can I calculate the rolling radius?


Most tire manufacturer's show the number of revolutions per mile for
each size/model tire. That is directly proportional to the rolling
radius.


A Hankook RA08 in the stock 185R14 size rolls 812 revs/mile. (
http://www.hankooktireusa.com/product/RA08.pdf )


I have Falken Ziex ZE-912 215/60R16 99H tires, which roll 808 revs/mile
(http://www.falkentire.com/Tires/ZE-912-2).


The 0.5% difference is insignificant, even for a Synchro. You'd
probably create more of a difference than that depending on how you
load weight in the van.
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