hydroplaning

[Lawrence C Leung]

Not this again! 

Huw is right. It's pressure that holds up the car. All tire width
(mostly) does is change the shape of the contact patch. Check the
archives. There is a LONG string about this. 

LL - NY

On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 15:01:38 -0800 (PST) =?iso-8859-1?q?mike?=
<mikemk40 at yahoo.com> writes:
>> the weight per square inch is exactly the same as
>> the tire pressure,
>> wider tire just makes the patch wider and shorter,
>> narow tire its
>> narrower and longer.  at the same pressure.
>
>sounds like c*** to me...weight per square inch is
>contact patch divide by car weight...wider
>tyres=bigger contact patch
>
>mike
>
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