A down side of larger tires is the negative effect on transmission life even with a stock engine. Taller gears replacing RPM with torque stress makes it even worse. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Edward V Barger Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2018 8:35 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: 16 inch wheels & tires missed that should have noted have a 93 Subi conversion has plenty of power so that should not be an issue I have even considered changing the ratio in the transmission if ever I need to work on it thanks ed
Edward V Barger edvbarger@mac.com 310 922 6251
> On Oct 27, 2018, at 4:35 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > what vanagon do you have? tintop or full camper? > > what engine do you have? are you aware of getting 16" rims and tires will tax on the power of your engine? |
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