Ah, common sense. Who'd of thought such a thing possible. Thanks Michael ---- Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Ya gotta love a discussion that just never ends... > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=7 > "WARNING: These calculations (and those provided by all online tire > dimension calculators) only reflect nominal tire dimensions, which are > often subtly or substantially different than the tire's actual physical > size and/or the dimensions provided by the tire manufactures." > > > Euro-Metric tire sizes like 185R14 are 82 aspect ratio. 185/80R14 is a > later sizing standard, not the same. > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/45_conversionchart.html > > > A sampling of some manufacturers' published 185R14 revs/mile data: > Kumho 857 817 > Yokohama Y356 D 809 > Yokohama Y356 C 808 > Continental Vanco 2 811 > Nokian Hakka C Van/Cargo 817 > Hankook RA08 811 > The spread between the smallest and largest is 9 revs/mile, a bit over 1%. > > Tires change size throughout their useful life as the tread wears. You > can't expect much in the way of precise specifications for something > with this much variation in size. -- David McNeely |
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